Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-29

SaLlOIl are graduates y! e.A :,
Mission school-St. Johns Episcopal
! College, Shanghai. They are: Pr. Sac
Ke Alfred SEE, DR.. v. K. Wellington
Koo, and DR.. C. H. Wang. The latter
is Christian.
| Copyright 1921 BY .ne federal Coun-
ell of Churches.)
Washington, Dec. 27.-One of the
most gratifying phases OF our partl-
cipation in the Conference on Llmlta-
hon of Armament and Pacific Far
Eastern Problems has been the reah-
zation that the American people are
IN Fundamentally behind the aims
and ideals of the Conference. IL IS
his cordial friendship of the Amerl-
can neople and their intense desire
TO promote peaceful settlement o.
difficulties between nations tnat MAKE
rs optimistic of this Conference, as
an important milestone on the road 10
universal peace.
Speaking specifically regarding the
problems of China, | am certain thaI
this gathering of the representatives
If the various nations with interest IN
the Pacific, will result in lasting good.
This is the first time that the young
Republic Of China has had an oppor-
tunity to participate in Conference
of this kind on basis Of equality TO
which our population and territorial
extent entitle us.
China has always been a peace1ul
nation since earliest times and now IN
these modern times il we are prenlt-
ted to make a small contribution to-
ward world peace, we hope IN TINS
way that we may be able to repay the
American people for the altrulstlc IN.
terest which they have always evinced
in the welfare of China. ;,
China owes much to the people OF
the United States. The first treaty
between the United States and CHINA
made more than half century ago was
UNIQUE among documents OF those
times in that it pledged the assist
ance of America to China III case our
country should ever need same. The
profitable trade that existed between
China and the United States for
long period of so years preceding the
Civil War contributed much toward
the prosperity of the early American
Colonies and it is our hope now that
the Conference in settling many OF
the problems Of the Pacific, will mark
the beginning of new era IN our
commercial relations.
It is however in the realms Of cdu-
cation and ethics that China owes
most to the American people The re-
turn of the surplus of the American
share of the Boxer indemnity has en-
abled China to use this large fund for
the education of her young men and
women in the institutions of learning
in the United States. The presence OF
a large group Of Chinese young men
and women has done much to familiar
ize the American people with China
and her ancient culture and ci"lliza-
ton and after they return, to China
they carry with them the ideas
and ideals which they acquired dur
ing their residence here.
On the other hand the educational
work conducted in China through dl-
rect contact, by the various educa-
tional institutions and missionary
bodies of this country, has been of
such great benefits to China that it
is beyond mere words to express.
refer especially. to the many institu--
tions of higher education maintained
in China by the missionary organlza-
tions and to the medical educational
work being conducted by the Rockefel-
Ter Institute at Peking. These are the
elements of Western culture which
have given China real insight into
Western civilization and have shown
us that Western scientific advance
mcnt means more than guns and bat
tleships and engines of destruction.
AS | have said the churches have
done a great deal for China and the
Chinese people. Of the three princi-
pal delegates sent to the Washing
ton Conference, DR.. Wang, who is a
Christian, DR.. koo and myself have
attended st. Johns College at Shang--
hal, an institution maintained and
managed by American missionaries.
And SO personally all of US have a.
good idea of the influence of the
Church in China. We have been in
terested in the work of the Federal
Council of Churches in behalf of the
Conference on Limitation of Arma-
ment.
In the field of international politics,
the American Open Door Doctrine has
given US hope and protection during
our period Of transition from an an
cicnt monarchical form of govern
mcnt to that of modern republic
based upon the enlightened consent of
our people. We appreciate the fact
there are many obstacles along the
road to our advancement and achieve
ment in the fields of sovereignty and
unity, but the example of the United
States will always stand out to US
as shining light in the path of pro-
gress.
1t required the Aferican people
more than three quarters of century
to bring about the unity of their
country after achieving independence
and the knowledge of their own
troubles of the past, are the factors
which make the American people of
today so sympathetic toward the peo-
pie of China who are trying to ac-
compiish the same thing for their
country.