The Bismarck tribune., 1922-01-17
CHIN A SEE KIN G
.BETT ERMENT OF
HER GOVERNMENT
Traveller Speaks to Local Audi
ence on Progress Made in
Great Empire
ASKS FAVORABLE OPINION

China is nation, OF the people, py
the neople and for the people.
THIS statement was made by MISS
Jessie Ackermann in her lecture on
.China at the present tlme' at tl'e
American Legion hall last evening.
The program was opened with sew
eral musical numbers. Henry Halvor-
son sang, "An Old Fashioned Town."
ana an encore. Mrs. Fl. 0. Wray
played Chopin's c Sharp Minor.
Miss Hazel Nelson introduced the
sneaker, Miss Ackermann, who as an
& introduction to her lecture on China,
smoke Of the part women were taking
in human affairs at this time. MISS
Ackermann said that the war had
made it necessary for women to go
into business, that the world was less
twenty million men at. the signing OF
the Armistice and that women had
helped to take their places. The motto
of the Women in business is "Coopera-
tion with the work Of the men and
producing a larger amount tor them
selves" Miss Ackermann character
lied the women as the Reserve
Force"
China Today. ,.
She then spoke OF China and the
various events that have placed China
where it is today. Great Britain
forced China to raise opium and this
put an end to the great financial re-
sources Of the country and because
of other laws passed, decreased the
import and export duties.
When China needed money to fl
nance her country some of her re-
sources were given as security. At the
beginning Of the war nearly all OF
China's resources were held as Sc
curity. tEf h}ssEE
The Chinese were prevented from
getting the proceeds of their postof-
fices and laws were passed prevent
ing them from doing anything to bet
ter their condition. Then during the
Great War when the United States ne
gotiated with China to send coulees
to help France in the War it was
agreed that at the close OF the war all
claims to Shantung, the Oldest,
wealthiest, and largest province OF
China, would be restored tc China. The
capital of China had been in this
province for 1,100 years. The. peo-
pile Of China wanted this to be re-:
stored to them because all chinese
civilization had originated there.
Miss Ackermann gave a graphic de-
scription of the temple erected to the
memory OF Confucius. Eighteen enor-
nlbus marble columns surrounded the
building. Dragons wound around each
column to about half way up where
the head and front claws OF the ami
NAL are thrown out There was also !
small temple to the wife CT Con-
fucius here and II small temples to
his II first disciples.
Introduce New Alphabet.
The Chinese are now introducing
new alphabet of 80 letters, which it is
said will greatly simplify the lang
uage. They are also planning schools
for 40 million Chinese children. A
minister of education is in charge of
the work in China The United States
is the only civilized country in the
world whose cabinet does not contain
a minister of education.
Miss Ackermann said that the Chi
nese believed that mo nation can
hammer out civilization for another"
She also said that China had solved a
way to keep cut of war by boycotting
all countries in favor of war.
Miss Ackermann concluded with an
appeal for the people OF China who are
now standing where the people of the
United States once stood, and who are
now working for larger democracy
and for the right of self determina-
ton.