Evening star., 1921-11-28
red PROPAGANDA.
DANGER TO CHINA
BoIshevist Teachings Said to
Be Spread Broadcast
by Students.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.


Responsible Chinese leaders declare
that the peril they now fear Is red'
as representing Russia. One ofhciaiiy
as we'll as personally qualified TO
speak for China assures me tnat
there is a real and grave menace
from bofshevism in his country.
I'VE are not afraid of the peasants
They do not bother their heads about
such matters as the form of govern
ment. All of their thought is OF good
crops and of a livelihood. Most Of
the people. of China"-and, as II to
make his point emphatic. he repeated.
''yes, 1 am sure, most of them
do not know that the form of gov
ernment has been revolutioniSed from
an empire to a republic"
Not Aware Of Change.
The speaker paused and looked at
me quizzically. to see how his amaz-.
ing declaration would strike me, and
continued, After ten years. the ma
jority of the, Chinese population does
not know of the great change that
has taken place. That statement con-
Veys some idea of the vast extent of
Snlna 8 area anu the Size Oh neF pOpu-
lation-4O0,000.0O0 people.
Naturally, if the people do not un-
derstand the transformation of the
government in China, tney are, as d
whole, untouched by the new ideas
from Russia. The bulk Of Chinese
Bolshevism makes no appeal to
: Them
Then this officials face grew graver
as he continued, But the students
they are a fertile field for radical
ideas. Our young men and women.
tion. seem to take naturally to the
most extreme theories. While dis
carding old notions. they do not al
ways know where to stop or how to
and western appeals to them. And
they have rare genius for agitation
and propaganda" In the light of
what student uprisings have done in
China of late years, this struck me
as conservative statement.
Extensive Propaganda.
Among these impressionable young
er Chinese. many of whom are disap-
pointed at the failure Of their coun-
try to give them the opportunity to
use the training they have acquired
abroad. there is great deal of boil
sheviks propaganda at the present
time. 1t is a matter of concern to all
thoughtful Chinese.
Our particular fear is that as the
banded they will be led by students
who have been infiamed by these red
teachings. so that great trouble may
be caused to the country"
This Chinese also intimated that any
disappointment with the results of
the conference might be the occasion
for outbreaks by the radical elements
in the mercurial student body. Some
what the same opinion was expressed
by an American authority on Russia.
whom I met Immediately after inter-
Viewing the official quoted. Said this
American, who occupies responsible
place in our government:
wireless station Menace.
II hope this conference will re-
member the big wireless station at
Urga, the capital of Mongolia, and
what the bolshevists are saying
Can't you imagine them crying to a
disappointed China. .Ah, we told you
that the oppressed peoples OF earth
can expect nothing from that gath
tic vultures at Washington. Now will
you listen to us?''
This mans idea is that the heaviest
blow that can be struck against the
red propaganda in the far east Is for
the conference to remedy the most
fragrant abuses in the orient as quick
. ly as possible, SO that the faith of
the orientals in western civilization
and western governments may not
be shaken.
China Refuses "Bait.''
This same man is authority for the
statement that had it not been for
the Chinese governments refusal to
accept Moscow's Invitation. the pres
ent bolshevik conference at Irkutzk,
Siberia. which is reported to be run
ming parallel to the Washington
meeting and in a sort of rivalry to it.
would be an official international
gathering. China declined the soviet
bait. and therefore the Russian gov
ernment relinquished it's plan for a
conference of far eastern nations
and turned the project over to the
third International That body called
the present Irkutzk conference of
the toiling masses of Asia" and en-
larged its scope to include all Asiatic
peoples. BY wireless. by printed page,
by messenger, these malcontents are
broadening their attacks upon Eu-
ropean and American governments
and are Offering communism as the
only way out of Asia's troubles.
Copyright. 1871