Arizona republican., 1922-02-08
CHINA IS SUBJECT
Of INTERESTING TALK
To K|WAN|S CL j B

In an address which was described
afterwards as unquestionably one o
: the most entertaining and instructive
of all the late offerings at the lunch
sons of the organization, w. 70. Priest
ley, representing several large fire
works manufacturers of Seattle ant
China, presented to the members O
the Kiwanis club yesterday his views
on modern China as gained after az
intimate acquaintanceship with thu
people. customs and ideals of the
great new republic in Asia.
"China," Mr.. Priestley said. zone
fourth of the people of the earth; i
has the Oldest language, written ano
spoken, in the world. and it has the
oldest civilization. To China we are
indebted for printing with movable
types, silk worms and silk weaving
gunpowder, the mariners compass
many astronomical instruments. and
other inventions without manner.
Now China, the oldest Of king
dons. has become the youngest of re-
publics-and is well on its way to
becoming one of the great powers OF
the earth. Politically. things in China
are in a mess, but it is coming out OF
it slowly. and when we remember
y
great republic finally found its foot
ing, we need not fear for China be-
cause a decade has not seen every
thing right in that country.
China today is the richest country
In the world in resources. There are
coal fields in China with seams 150
feet thick. The Japanese have two
mines with 100000. 900 tons of coal
in sight. 1t is estimated that there is
coal enough in China to serve the
world for 1000 years. 1t has the
largest mineral deposits on earth, and
it has the greatest supply of cheap
labor You can believe, then, that
China is a power to reckon with,
and when her agricultural and graz
ing possibilities are taken into ac-
count, we find that we nation of
such potentialities as belong to
other"
MIR. Priestley then spoke of the
work OF the missionaries in China,
emphasizing the good that they are
doing, and stressing the necessity Of
sending ais missionaries men of edu-
cation and broad vision. He then
spoke upon the Japanese occupation
of Shantun, declaring that it had its
only parallel in the German rape OF
Belgium, and expressing qualification
at the possibility as enunciated dur
ing the disarmament conference. that
Japan will withdraw from the prov
ince, which is the "holy land' OF
China.
Mr.. Priestley was particularly en-
phatic in his remarks upon the opium
traffic, saying tMat the opium and
morphia which is now being smug-
gled into China by the Japanese
comes from the large drug manufac-
turers of the United States. whom he
named.
''But chickens come home to roost." T"
the speaker said. Half of the mar
cotics shipped to China are smuggled
back again into this country, where
they satisfy the cravings Of the mill
ion or more addicts that the United
States has"
The speakers remarks were inter-
spersed with a number of intimate
personal glimpses of the Chinese and
their customs, as the belief of the
people of central China that all blue
eyed persons are blind. while Ameri-
cans. because the stars in the Ameri-
can flag were first thought by the
Chinese to be flowers, and are called
the "flowery flag men," His descrip-
tion OF a Chinese battle convulsed his
hearers with laughter.
Another feature of interest yester-
day was a pep talk by A. L. Esgate,
cashier of the Valley bank. who gave
a brief resume of business conditions
in the United States and the Salt
River valley.
The meeting was opened by Presi-
dent Jay Alkire, who, after the in
production Of guests, had Roy Muir
tas r.F
Of members who are engaged in the
saolf tournament at the Country club.
Following this, Leo Weaver, chairman
of the committee in charge of the
Kiwanis end OF the sociability run to
Florence on February %, gave some
definite information concerning the
excursion. All members will meet at
the old Central school block at 3
O'Clock in the morning. and at AZ
O'Clock there will be barbecue In
Florence. At 1880 o'clock the Kiwan-
ia.ns and Rotarians will visit the state
penitentiary. and then they will 60 to
the diversion dam.
c. w. Goodman was made Kiwanis
representative on the Americaniza
tion committee, and announcement
was made that Press Bancroft. chair
man of the membership comittee, is
TO De uOllllSu VI AhS al aN"A ~ I.,AS
city of any visiting members of the
club. 1t was also announced that
Rotary had refused to meet Kiwanis
in a basketball game.
The chairman Of the day was Guy
Alsap, who got right down to business
and put over one of the best meetings
the club has had in weeks. B. V. Won
Sender, chief of the clubs entertain
ers. then produced his "Kiwans Club
Roaster," which proved to be a catchy
little song in which number of the
members OF the club were held up for