The Alaska daily empire., 1922-07-20
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 UNIFIED CHINA IN NEAR FUTURE
Lew C. Kay Discusses Present Situation and Problems
 Confronting People.

I problems confronting that country, is l given by Lew c. Kay, in the Chinese I consulate service at Seattle, in an l interview with The Empire today
 MT. Kay is in Juneau in the interest
 of the HirstiChichagoff Gold Mining ] Company, of which he is secretary
 and treasurer.
 Mir. Kay is a native of Seattle. He
 was raised in the Christian religion ! and attended the public schools of
 Seattle and the University of Wash
 ington, graduating in the year 1909.
 After graduating from the University
 he went to China, whore he was en-
 gagged with the Chinese government 1 in educational work. MT. Kay re-
 maned in China six years, when he lreturned to Seattle, where he has
 since been connected with the Chi
 pese consulate service.
 Treating the Chinese question as l it is affected politically. economical l lv. socially and in religion MT. Kay said:
 China at present is passing | III ouSH U dhSitlODdi pSiicN Oi hS'
 history, The change from the oldest
 monarchy to so-called democratic form of government should not be
 expected to take place without some
 civil strife.
 Unity Of Governments
 The world at large has been 1 through period of wars, but China
 lis fortunate in that she is fighting
 the war of elimination and not of aggression; I mean by that China is divided into three factions, the north
 ern, the central and the southern forces, And at present the northern
 leader has been eliminated and at the present moment the struggle is | between the south and the central leaders believe that the unity of | the governments is close at hand When we have unification of the
 whole of China the progress of that
 country, the commerce and trade, will 1 be beyond our expectations. The I potential wealth of practically un- I touched natural resources. coupled 1 with unlimited supply of labor, will l greatly add to the worlds commerce
 and especially the western states of the United States of America. I Look to America
 l China has been exploited by most of the nations of the world for their old selfish gains The Chinese people, ! almost without eNcertion, look to I America as her only friend and sa- I viour There is not an inch of Chi l nese soil claimed by America. She has returned her Boxer indemnity
 fund for the purpose of educating the l young students of China. The Ameri- can people have insisted on right, in- stead of might policy, toward China.
 With all these naturally friendly re- I lations between the two countries one can safely predict an era of
 great commercial relations across the Pacific Ocean when China is politi- l cally united
 | Social Development
 Socially. within the last few years China has developed almost too rap l idly The customs of marriages, of l thC iNiullOH LII ldJHCi dHu DUH, Ol mother and daughter. or, in other < words. the basic family relation of l the Chinese civilization is undergo ing great changes. The old family
 religion of Confucius has had a ten I dency to prevent the development of individual initiative. which accounts
 for the conservatism of the Chinese 1 Today, however, the introduction of modern colleges, for both men and
 women, the teaching of physical cul- 4 ture. introduction of athletics has
 had great tendency to remove the
 old social ideas of education. In l fact, the development of social lib
 erty has been so rapid, that in the
 minds of the thinking classes there
 is fear that we will have the "flapper" problem in China
 l .5.s Missionary Work I 1|'The good work of the missionar. 4 ies in the past generation has been
 evidenced by the great change in the religious life of China As an ex-
 ample. the old temples in the cities and villages have been changed to lpublic schools and the physical con- ditions of the medical missionaries
 and the establishment of medical l schools throughout China It is i'm.
 portant that we have the substitution
 Of Christianity for the old system tof idol worship, because in any coun- ! try where you destroy ancient tradi- 1 tions 1t is of necessity to society that
 some constructive system of belief
 be founded, and this is why we at- tach great importance to the work of our Christian missions. Nope for United China pespite the apparent internal strife among the different sections of China. still see hope of great and united China in the near future. We ask the world to be sympathetic 1 and patient toward this comparative ly young republic. The disarmament conference called by the President of the United States, has been a great help to the future of China. Under those treaties China is allowed to | develop her own resources and to be