The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1921-10-22

UNCLE THD TALES ON CHINA


'teut Why should China leok to -
to help her out Of her troubles!" in
CURED Jack, breaking into the CONVEX
satioa that was going on ~ the family
gathered in tho sitting room after the
evening meal. ,..r w.. 81.
Uncle Ted had been giving An &C.
count Of the arrival in the United
States of foreign representatives in
preparation for the conference ON linn
itation Of ornaments. He had com
menteA on the fact that the Chinese
delegates were among the first ar
rivals and that they were seeking to
. interest the United States in their de-
Tense against the claims Of Japan.
HAS China ever done anything for
us," asked Ruth.
tNo, China has never done any
thing for the United States in particu-
lar" replied Uncle Ted, "and there
is no special obligation on our part to
help her out of her troubles, but it is
quite natural that China should come
to Us first for aid" ..
"Whyf" inquired Jack.
We'll, you see," responded Uncle
Ted. among all the important ma
tons Of the earth, the United States
is the snly one that has proved toybe
an unselfish friend of China in the
kst. Now that seems like a harsh
thing for an American to say, but it
is literally true. l can remember that
when 1 was boy in the common
schools one of our new Biographies
had change in the map Of China
and We were told that Indo China had
become a part Of France. The French
simply went in and took it. Great
Britain took one important port and
Germany took control of another.
Russia grabbed some Chinese territory
on tho north and finally Japan pro-
voked . war with China and took pos
session Of COrea. Russia had BEEN
claiming some rights in Manchuria,
which was supposed to be q sort of
Chinese province, and Russia and Jap
an went to war and Russia was
whipped. or, rather, the war was
brought 70 an end when Russia was
getting tho worst of it. Anyway,
interests in Manchuria. Then when
the European war broke out Japan
Joined the side of the allies against
Germany aud went in and took pos
h. .esv,oa Of the German concessions in
China.
Bat l am getting ahead of my
story. You remember, perhaps, hear
ing about the Boxer troubles i'll China.
That happened before you were born,
but it is in your history and if you
haven't eome to it yst, yeu win so0s
day. We'll anyway, the truth about
it is that a very large number of Chi
nose got angry about tie w1y etAR
nations we're grabbing their territory
and demanding the right to control
their commerce., their railroads, etc.
These Chinese started trouble such as
we would call a riot or a rebellion in
this country. They acted without the
orders of the Chinese government and
in dsfiAnee OF the government, and
yet l suspect that the government Of
ficials vere . whole Lot in sympotAy
with tAA. The Boxers were not mad
at ANY foreign government in particu-
lar. bst At all foreigners. They not
only attacked foreign private citizens
but they attacked the foreign embas-
sies-the places whore the representa-
tives OF foreign governments live
and they killed some people and i'm.
prlsoned others. In order to rescue
those who were besiesed, the other
leading nations went in with troops
all the important nations sending some
soldiers. Tho United States sent some.
Az . result, peace was restored and
China spologized for the outrage. But
the other nations demanded damages
-iademnities. China agreed to pay
the damage, but this country declined
to accept any more than enough to
reimburse private claims.
CHOW you can uldsIstand why
China looks upon the United States AZ
her one unselfish friend. Practically
every other nation had been grabbing