Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-20
WATCHING CHINA CHANGE
By-Frcdcric J. Hsskin

sewerage, sfnoulderlng Josh sticks. tho
bouquet Of ancient remains ~ skinned
dogs and rats offered for sole. Tho
visitor notes tho fsltuous titles D, tho
streets through which ne has passed.
The Street OF Refreshing Brsozes. and
tho Street Of Nine-FOld Brightness.
The street OF Ten Thousand Grand
sons ~ more apily named.
Against this ingrowing spirit of de-
yotion 20 old methods. ways and
places. the more progressive of tho
controlling powers have AZ last made
appreciable headway. Public spirit is
70 large degree adjusted and Can
ton now boasts Of several broad high
ways, graded and macadanized. over
six miles Of paved avenues, and one
large park, beautined IN occidental
manner. Thus has occidental push
arrived and the wealth of Canton. at
the present time. may even discard the
icalIn Of sedan chair and revei In
the speed Of a modern fivver.
Other improvements are under way.
The famous CITY Of tho Dead" with
all It's weird rituals and ceremonies.
WIN soon be transformed. For years
the Cantonese have buried their dead
in the land surrounding tho city. a
recent authority places the graves
within tho present city limits az is,-
900. 900. The Chinese have the great
est reverence and worship for the
spirits OF their ancestors, and ono.
, buried it Is a sacrilegs 20 disturb
them. The far reaching effect Of ths
new forward movement can best -
appreciated when 81 s. known tho de-
cree has gone forth by the youthful
city Fathers that the necessities Of
the living outweigh the claims ~ tho
, dead. The collins are being dug up on
, an average Of 10000 a month. and
soon Canton VIII add more miles 20
. her broad macadam streets.
Young China and the New Culture
The young officials whose orders srs
magically transforming China are said
in some quarters 20 have modelled the
Young China" party after Mazzinfs
= italy party--that their cry is save.
= transform. re5uvenate China On the
- other hand the charge IS brought
= against them that they are returned
4 Students" men who have come IN
= contact with the destructive" infiu-
r lences Of western civilization. IN this
9 fluid mass known az Young Chir-a'
q largely composed of returned Students
n there are two elements Of western IN
!. nuence. One Is composed of thos'
e who have had the benefit Of efuc,,
tion at American universities. and arr
o. therefore inculcsted with American
:, principles; the other. Of those WI.
" after the Russo-Japsnese war hocke'
l. 10 Japan to study, or who. living Their
= as refugees, irnbibed its influences an
- culture beyond that Of any sbsort>
n, in the west The new culture NOV.
% ment is made Up TO 2 large sx.er. Q
~ Arnericanized Chinese and Japsnize
"a Chinese with varying aspirations, q
western ideas straight from the wes
and western IDEAS gathered via Japa
"a are apt TO have different objective
a. However, whatever the influence b
n, which China is being pushed and r.
~ juvenated, whether Il DO an out
: growth Of the student movement. {
= 1918 or a charactsristically Chimes
~ one promoted By Chinese stucan,
:. who have never left home the rssul,
. will be- watched with unfagginx iate,
= est
=, They are working 70 build up a r.s
- regime, 20 create a new mind II
- mind "a being trained through the ma
- intellectual movement 70 look forwar
We instead OF backward; 70 place itse
~ on the common meeting ground wit
a. changed thought and conditions OF Q
"a day. New China is cleaning house al
Jot claiming ler O"l III Tue il4o1s'h "'s
a. forces.
rs, 1oou lOae-s eIe upi,'',i- --.4s plo1ee
ay ing wallis II s9e e~s .<1i41-ii-li As :
gh disappearing q ouI IHo U0ol - Des-'
"a ming TO swing vide.