Great Falls tribune., 1922-02-20
Washington, d O., FEB. lis

Warrington, d o., FEB. Ills
the door in China really opening!
Are ksr youth movement, her contest
over foreign spheres Of influence. her
new culture movement Turing her down
the ladder Of centuries to an occi-
dental landing?
This seems to be indicated by her
new policies. Walls of old cities are
torn down; congested districts are
being transformed into broad streets
and parks: education is changing TO
suit the demand for new culture in
is to be freely adopted" Ancient
superstitions and the gods Of ycster-
day are rapidly being discarded under
broadening educational Influences
chiefly American. China within the
walls" was STEPPED in mystery, buried
in orientalism. The "Flowery Re-
public today stands on the remnants
OF it's walls and looks back at old
China as the ancient customs change
and progressive China emerges.
From city to city the wall destroy
ing move has travelled until it has at
last reached Canton. Nowhere are
changes more strikingly apparent than
in this, the ancient metropolis OF
south China, the second largest non
Christian city in the world. known
as Yang Chin-the City Of Rams
Canton is from commercial stand-
point the New York OF China. One OF
the chief manufacturing cities Of the
country, hundreds of articles of mer-
chandise are turned out: silks, en-
| broideries, jade, blackwood furniture,
carved ivory, cloissonne, lacquer ware,
! idols, incense and fans. Pottery man
ufactured in Canton is exported to
nearly every country in the world.
Exquisite small ornaments are made
from the brilliant feathers of the
kingfisher bird; rich brocades are
| woven into oriental patterns by the
hand loom. The majority of the in
dustries are carried on by trade
guides, some Of which have whole dis
tricts devoted to the production Of
their respective wares. One most IN
teresting section for visitors is the
factory district where the blackwood-
cutters guild is located. Here are
fashioned for occidental eyes, tables
and chairs of teakwood carved IL
beautiful and strange designs. The
carver is proud OF the fact that, bis
ancestors worked in the same shop
with the same tools, long before the
foreign devils thought of coming te
China. Near the chair carver vii
sometimes sit an idol carver putting
the finish touches on his image, pre-
pairing it for it's coating of gilt. Yet
| side BY side with this ancient handi
work may now be seen some OF tn.
modern machinery of the twentieth
century. Thus Canton becomes {
sample Of China's sharp contrasts;
constant forging ahead of the new ovel
the old, the first step in the marci
Of progress being the destruction O
the restricting walls.
| Influencing Public Spirit
As the great mass of Cinnamon ar
totally lacking ia what Americans know
as public spirit, and are closely boun'
together by family ties and traditions
the progressive modern officials ma
to prepare public sentiment for tn
physical changes such as the destruc
ton Of these ancient walls and tn
STRENGTHENING of streets. The latte
was q tremendous undertaking Ol
Canton is made up Of hundreds
small twisted streets or alleyways
each darker than the other. allowin
only the passing of a sedan chali
Tiny and crooked they were maze a
this time in order that evil spirits 1
) pursuit could not travel in straigh
line but must zigza- around corners
, High above these six-foot streets,
mere strip Of sky shows betWee
overlapping balconies and signs, an
through the narrow passageWay