Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-20

Washington, Feb 20g--fs the door
IN China really opening2 Are her youth
movement. her contest over foreign
spheres OF Influence. her new culture
movement Turing her down the lad
der OF centuries 10 an occidental
landlng2
This seems 10 be indicated by her
new policies. Walls OF old cities are
torn down; congcsted districts are
being transformed into broad streets
and parks education is changing 20
suit the demand for a new culture "in
which what is best In western thought
is 10 be freely adopted" Ancient su-
perstitions and the gods OF yester-
day are rapidly being discarded under
broadening educational influences
chiefly American. China within the
walls" WAS stepped in mystery. buried
/ in orientaiism. The "FlOwery Repub~
lie" today stands on the remnants Of
It's walls and looks back at old China
as the ancient customs change and
progressive China energies.
From city 20 city the wall destroy
ing move has Travelled until IL has al
,ast reached Canton. Nowhere are
Z changes more strikingiy 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 oi
Rams-Canton IL from a commercial
standpoint the New York Of China
b ono Of the chief manufacturing citiei
= OF tho country, hundreds Of articles d
J merchandise are turned out; SILKS
embroideries. jade. blackwood furni
ture. carved ivory. cloissonne, lacquer
ware, idols. incense and fans. Pot
terry manufactured In Canton is ex
ported TO nearly every country in tn
world. Exquisite small ornaments ar
made from the brilliant feathers o
tho kIngfsher Bird rich brocades ar
woven into oriental patterns by tn
b hand loom. The majority Of the IN
, dustries are carried on by trade guilds
some OF which have whole district
J devoted to the production Of thei
: respective wares. One most inter
Q esting section for visitors Is the fac
0 tory district, where the blackwood cut
/ ters' guild Is located. Hero are fash
ioned for occidental eyes. tables an
chairs Of teak wood carved in beauti
: ful and strange designs. The carve
d Is proud Of the fact that his ancestor
:. worked in the same shop. with N
% Same tools, long before the "fOreig
Is devils" thought OF coming 20 Chin
n Near the chair carver will sometime
e sft an idol carver putting the finisi
" ing touches on his image. preparir
h Il for It's coating Of gilt. Yet side !
Is side with this ancient handiwork ma
l. now be seen some OF the modern mi
chinery OF the twentieth centur
~ Thus Canton becomes a sample
?" China's sharp CONTRACTS: a consta
A. forging ahead Of the new over q
at old, the first step In the march
Id progress being the destruction Of q
le restricting walls.
le Influencing Public Spirit.
l. AS the great mass OF Cinnamon a
I'd totally lacking IN what America
Of know as public spirit, and are close
m bound together by family ties a.
D. traditions. the progressive modern {
I'd ficials had to prepare public sen
Is. ment FOR the physical changes SUI
n as the destruction OF these ancie
p walls and the Strengthening OF stree
re The latter was a tremendous unde
he taking. Old Canton IS made up
.e, hundreds OF small twisted streets
rs alleywa'ys, each darker than the 9th
allowing only the passing Of a sed
T. chair. Tiny and crooked they we
Il made at this time in order that e
Is spirits in pursuit could not travel
.rs a straight line, but must zagzag arou
en- corners. High above these six-ri
,or streets, a mere strip Of sky shows
tween overlapping balconies and sig
be and through the narrow passagew
X. a babeling humanity flows. Throu
he liz floats the odor OF burning fish q