The New York herald., 1922-09-24
Dur Unselfishness Is Appre-
ciatedi in theOrient, Where
the Warning asia for the
Asiatics" Isbeginning toBe
Heard Because Of Foreign
EnCroaChment
By RICHARD r. MONCURE.

T. MONCURE.
! little but which Gautier and Lott ap-
\ preciated-a China almost preserved
in amber-a moving pageant of ORR
entail splendor-dignified by philoso-
phy-havlng felt the impress OF
Buddha, Mahomet and Christ-but a
\ China which if dismembered, would
mean an end to American commerce,
for other countries stand hawk eyed.
not hampered by Monroe Doctrine
restraint-and to this fact the United
States owes the cordiality with which
it's citizens are received in the Far
East.
| President Roosevelt. a deep student
/ of human nature, with a New York
ers keen sense Of business, tried to
corner the Far Eastern commercial
\ prospect by his Panama Canal fore
sight; for, said he, THE Mediterra-
mean era died with the discovery OF
America while the Atlantic era is
4 now at the full tide of its ascendency;
but the Pacific era, destined to be the
greatest, is just at it's dawn"
Seward Early Realized
Importance of Pacific
I Seward also fifty years previous
had sensed this vast possibility for
America in his Alaskan purchase, ex-
/ planning, The Pacific Ocean, it's ISL
ands and vast region beyond. will
become the entire theater OF events
in the worlds great hereafter.
\ The realization of this vision is well
appreciated by men like Herbert Hoo
yer. since every day new possibilities
1 arise, which remind one of John
Hays's prophecy: Whoever under
stands China scsaAly, politically, eco
nomically and relia. =, ,ly holds the
key to the wsrid's politics for the
next five centuries
But the world war and the fluctua-
tions in the money market resulting
therefrom have been felt in China as
elsewhere, and she has been shackled
by two great impediments-her writ
ten language. that is now undergoing
Transformation that will bring pub
lie libraries to the masses. and her
money system, which is terribly hard
for foreigner to grasp and which,
not being stabilized. offers opportunity
for squeeze which is the key Of most
Eastern trading.
Importers and exporters trade on a
small margin, but, since China has in
different sections different money
systems, a tael in Shanghai is not the
same as a tael in Canton, Pekin or
Hongkong-which Is most battling to
| strangers. To try to readjust these
difficulties for foreigners prompted
the establishment Of tho consor.tum,
which is a banking group from
France Great Britain and Japan, since
China is hopelessly dependent on
foreign loans Unless looked after her
mandarins. officers and politicians will
pawn her most valuable natural re-
sources and wink likewise 1T ouium
production and importation.
Movies and Lectures
10 Stir the People
The Chamber Of Commerce in
! Shanghai is awakening to the impor-
tance Of new methods of stimr 7s
the Chinese by the use Of movi ana
| lecture work which radiate wir1
the interior-reaching as tar rs fruk-
den, Pekin and Hanchow. Shs gaai
Of course. remains the premier uort
nearly 500 foreign going ST, uer-
touching at Hankow. which Il ieh
the Yangtze River taps the he n
that vast area known as trt
China. through which Americ 'la-
tributes over 29.000.O00 gallons IN
yearly. Great Britain and Japa ln
outrank America, however. nE
/ other commercial lines in this cr
traffic.
England also holds first place as 10
cotton importations which seems
4 strange. since cotton is a product Of
the Gulf States; yet the United States
ranks first as to OIL China imports
! $500. 100000 worth Of cotton goods
alone. while she exports only about
\ q per cent OF the worlds silk. The
countrys resources are. however un-
/ limited in beef, Mongolian mutton.
poultry and eggs. In Shanghai are
\ huge cotton mills. where not only
weaving and spinning employ vast
throngs OF natives. but a Government
school for vocational training exists
to perfect the youth Of the land as TO
the best methods Of this industry
China always has had ancient ncws-
papers. but when the modern script
now being introduced, replaces the old
style OF writing the stimulus 10 mod
ern learning win increase tenfold. The
saying prevalent has been. "'rhe Ger
mans leave an arsenal: the British
leave a custom house: the French
railroad. but the Americans leave
school house." which adds 70 United
States welcome and popularity.
Hankow is called the Chicago OF
China--whiie the Premier Iron and
Steel works OF Hangyang employ 5000
men and turn out yearly enormous
outputs in pig iron and steel. Shansi
Is one OF the richest coal countries I'm
the world, having seams from % 10
80 feet in thickness. her bituminous
and anthracite deposits being plainly
visible in longitudinal strata. making
mining exceedingly easy.
The necessity for various nationali-
ties having their own post offices was
evinced, as the cosmopolitan popula-
ton Of Shanghai alone Is represented
BY at least twenty-five different
tongues. To the French must be
given the credit Of establishing the
mail system nov prevalent In China.
Otherwise the system OF Squeeze"
which everywhere prevails. would
have made the letter writing OF the