Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-11
4. S..CH|NA UNION
Urged T0BALK )APS
,,,de Envoy Says His Republic
Must Be Saved to Halt
Nippon's Plans
MENACE TO WORLD SEEN

.io, If China and the United
s,otes to prevent future ca,aTiSsn,
s.dd'V s.d render impotent what ne pelleveS
!. ~ Iiopan's menace TO- the WprlG y psaue,
y ISp ,Sp nIea Of DR.. Tehyi Hsieh; OF the
p,,osu v to Of Chinese Labor ana iraGc
Sc.nrsoors, who is making a brief VISIT
,oubbjis ,bis citr. He spoke at n luncheon at
~ ~, Union League today, ,,
tug ,cgcording to DR.. Hsieh. Japan $
.nsce rests in her worship. OF the
rtL"io rNIodo and Of militarism, and her lack
I'rl y moral force. He goes on to say that
~ o. n,odorn warfare. nations must nave
u nj iron. copper and other metals Is. all
Ta, 9 which japan must get from China.
"Tf China's undeveloped resources
.oclaimod " declares Dr. Hsich.
@ aH,i,b the help of the United States.
.Od an embargo is placed on these
snn .nods with what can Japan tight:'
p"Tbina and the United States stand
4, tho same ground of kindred spirit
w. w. constrrctivpness If we do not come
t.ward in time. the weakness of China
vi piri invite aggression. The very con-
Hct with American pep and punch
sod spirit has made China realize that
sbs cannot afford to play the part of n
Ginning baby any longer.
Nation Spirit Changing
. "Ir order 10 prove herself worthy Of
American cooperation China is earn
,stly struggling for complete rogener-
stion, She is rPnovating every phase
NJ her national life in accordance with
tho fundamentals Of modern civiliza-
tion The five essentials of this for
ward movement are as follows:
The abolition of archaic forms of
,dpcation. and the introduction Of
Chinese Esperanto which is new
phopptc script of thirty nine letters.
which will revolutionize the entire
country.
"The establishment of constitutional
government manned by the most up to-
date and modern educated men, no
longer Of the kind typifying insular
Concet.
The rise and growth in the phe-
nomenal change from the conservative
idea of supprcssing publicity, following
American models.
THE evolution of customs. manners
and ideas in regard to industry, which
il Quickening in striking fashion due to
the contact with international powers.
Would Shake on Opium Hold
The entire rclcgatiou to the past Of
The menace Of opium and the earnest
desire Of the Chinese to free thmselvps
from the benumbed stupor which held
them for centuries.
"A sixth might he added in the ad-
nncement of women. and the appear
snCe in China Of women lawyers. teach
Gs, journalists and civil leaders -
In regard to the awakening to the
value of publicity, DR.. Hsieh declared
that it was through publicity that
America discovered for China such great
men Of hers as Ii Hung Yam. WI
Ting Fang and Tang Shao vi. In re-
turn The distinguished visitor said that
China first discovered for America the
greatness of Herbert Hoover.
Philadelphia has contributed largely
to the modernization of China" de-
Clared DR.. Hsieh, with such men as
General Ward in the TAPPING rebellion,
Dr.. Huifnagle, the first American con
sui general in China. who introduced
tea as Il preventive of dysentry.
At this point DR.. Hsieh remarked
AumorousIy, that in view of the pres
snce of prohibition here the United
states should acquire the tea habit more
generally than in the past.
Leaders Trained at Penn
The University of PENNSYLVANIA has
uaIn"d Nv" men who have become
powers in China said DR.. Hsich. who
named X. 7. Chen. head of the Indus
GlaI Savings Bank of Shanghai. and
quo Tai Chi. who was a member of the
feaCe Conference delegation.
T. me distinguished visitor from the
far ft,ar East, who speaks almost perfect
ihnSll$h, ana possesses keen. intel
Ds T'GaI rountonance, is n great admirer
VI Abraham Lincoln. of whom he be.
sah to read early in Chinese volumes
translated from The English. He be.
neVeS that Lincoln should be the model
o. S !0e whole world in the present dis
'uf0Ti condition Of affairs.
we DOW IN reverence hofnro tb,