The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-19
BY EDNA LEE BOOKER
I. n. S. Staff Correspondent

| Picking, May 10 - America and
every Other nation must keep hands
| off China during this critical
period and let her work out her
! own salvation" declared DIR. John C.
Ferguson, adviser to President Hsu
Shih-Chang, on his return to Picking
from Washington.
ssFor the first time since China
has been a Republic outside pressure
has been lifted. and China thanks the
Washington conference for this said
DR. Ferguson. China realizes that
she must bring about peace and uni
fication within the land, that she mud
pay her foreign obligations, that she
must have a Central Government that
is strong enough to maintain order
and protect life and business inter-
eStS.
Despite the apparent chaotic state
of things-of threatened civil war, OF
bandlby and looting'- America and
other nations must maintain a hands
Off policy if China's salvation is to
come about, This is China's prob
lem. Let her fight it out, or work it
out, without foreign interference"
DR.. Ferguson, who received me in
his picturesque home a former
Manchu official residence - where
peace and quiet reign in the court
yards and the lovehest treasures OF
old China furnish the rooms with
their carved ceilings and ornately-
designed doors-is optimistic as to the
situation in China today.
He takes the long view of things,
seeing far into the future. and out of
the disorder of today he sees order
for tomorrow.
Regarding the present strife in
China, DR.. Ferguson says that great
military leaders are restless; they
want to impress the other leaders
with their power. their ability to con-
troll Picking. and, incidentally. rach
one desires to become President. 1t
seems that the Presidential bee has
yet advanced to the stage of street
corner talks and great national po-
ntical conventions.
He sees no immediate solution of
the problems facing China He be-
lieves that not one of the military
leaders has sufficient strength or con-
fidence Of the people to gain and keep
control of Picking. He sees no man
on the political horizon who is capa-
BILE of being a second George Wash
ington or Lincoln. He believes that
the present President will ride out
his term of office without resigning.
fleeing or being assassinaJed-
R en15bes 5 r sel PT F to be
the form of General Government to
meet the needs of China
The Central Government must
give up its idea of having a great
advanced in 1905. and the govern
ment has been working toward this
end ever since. There must be no
great National army. What China
needs is to abolish all ideas of one
great army, supported by the Central
Government. and cut her army into
provincial armies. The soldiers must
be fed and looked after by the people
of the provinces, and there will be
no bleeding of the National treasury
The people in the provinces will re-
duce the army. for they will not sup
port an unnecessary number of men,
The navy must be supported also
by the provinces China needs no
navy except for police duty, and the
ships should be stationed where there
is the greatest need
There is no need of a Ministry of
Education, of Agriculture. of the In
terror in the Central Government
These offices should all be conferred
in the provinces. There should be a
Bureau OF Defense. q Bureau OF Com