The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-04
Mistake on China May Mar
Farley, Warns Diplomat
Noted Chinese Statesman Urges Powers With
draw Recognition of illegal" Pekin
Government
BY WI LING FANG,
Former Chinese Envoy to the United States

metalled roads: the encouragement
of education and other" measures
too numerous to be specified. 1t is
there to be seen by all men.
Look, however, at the other side
in Pekin. Education is practically
discouraged. and corruption is rife
in nearly every department of gov
eminent; taxes and government
funds are arbitrarily seized by the
various military officials.
The Pekin government is entire
ly under the domination of the
tuchuns and super-tuchms. in
other words. of the military, and
the so-called President Hsu Shin
chang is unable even to appoint a
high official OF transact any i'm
portant matter without first get
ting the consent of these military
leaders.
All Chinese merchants. bankers
and the people in general are en-
phatically dissatisfied with the
Pekin administration. 1t is no ex-
aggeration to state that the Pekin
government exists only nominally.
and it has not actually disappeared
simply because of the recognition
of the foreign powers whose repre-
sentatives reside in Pekin.
Have Vast Resources.
/ assert that so long as the for
eign powers continue to recognize
the Pekin administration as the
government of the Chinese repub-
lie. so long will China continue in
her present deplorable condition.
Let the foreign powers withdraw
their recognition from the Pekin
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~ illegal and unconstitutional. and
there could be little doubt that all
the provinces would soon recognize
the national authority of this gov
eminent and a united China would
instantly become a fact and a real
ity. Honest. enlightened and pro-
gressive men would be employed.
and. not least. foreign trade would
increase ten-fold in volume and
value. In word. China would
soon stand erect as a modern state
governed democratically.
We are peaceful people and
have everything that is necessary
peace in the world. We do not
covet the territory OF other people.
as we have all the land needed for
vast stores of natural resources,
waiting only to be tapped We do
not want the raw materials OF
others.
Asks American Aid.
We have lived as a nation for
thousands of years. during which
we have developed a culture and
civilization of our own. the cen
trail teaching of which enforces be-
lief in reason as the chief factor in
the settlement of disputes.
Let America assist the democracy
of China to secure the international
recognition of it's legal government.
and Immediately there will be
central government with the power
to restore unity and to enforce
order and peace throughout the
country.
China cannot be saved from the
outside. In her case. as in other
cases. salvation Is the work Of in
ternal forces. And the internal
forces. which can bring the great
gifts of peace and prosperity, and
so of national salvation. can only
be organized and rightly directed
by a national ruling body deriving
its authority from the Chinese con-
stitution.
what United China Means.
The authority OF Pekin Is ad-
mittedly not derived from the con-
stitution. But the government
whereof President Sun Yat-sen is the
chief executive derives it's author
ity from the constitution.
Finally. I repeat that the uninca-
tion Of China can be effected II and
as soon as foreign Intervention
comes to an end in the shape of
Withdrawing international recogni-
tion from Pekin.
A united China means the estab-
lishment OF a national government
which shall transform China into a
modern state, economically sound,
and based on the enduring founda-
lions of Chinese culture
And when this is realized. all the
other issues involved in the Far
Eastern question will be auto
patically solved. and the saying of
John Hay will come true and the
Washington conference will have
accomplished an immortal work