Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-24

S. Active Throughout Mon
goIian RepubIic-English
Printed Papers Increase
PEKIN. - Old China's multitude
nous life is. and for 1000 years has
been. like vast continent across
which individual lines leave only
slight trails, if any mark whatever.
Like nature itself, Chinese life has
way of absorbing and growing over
everything that disputes with it the
possession of it's native soil Hordes
of invaders have for centuries swept
into that soil and seemed to sub
due its people, but later, if not soon
err, only to disappear, leaving as the
only traces of their presence a few
survivals of their art and architec-
ture, the names of their dynasties,
some literary remains of their schol-
ars and the faiths of their seers.
The little foothold that foreign"
nations have yet acquired is confined
to the concessions" of a few acres
ports, which they have gained by
force or by treaty, for their legation
quarters and their commercial and
shipping interests.
The few hundreds Of foreign resi-
dents who acquire old or new Chi
nese houses and live within the Sc
clusion of their compounds" or
walled Enclosures. count very little
in the swarming Chinese city" sur
rounding them. The foreign-lan-
guage newspapers, mostly printed in
English, have only a small circula-
ton, almost exclusively among for
eigners. They can claim little if
any attention, much less influence,
among the large reading public in
Chinese language newspapers, quoted
daily at length in the English Ian
guage press, show increase in their
number and influence.
The Flag Floats
American trails, however, are nei-
Their overgroWn nor out of sight, Ell
Their to natives or to American tray
elers on the highways and byways Of
China's life The flag floats over the
legation and the consulates. Here in
Pekin it's staff stands guard over
two wireless radio towers, one plant
ed within the legation inclosure, the
other on the adjoining city wall,
guarded by American marines to
prevent the foreign population from
being cut off from communication
with the sea coast and the outside
world, as it was during the siege
by the Boxers, twenty-five years ago.
Names standing high in the his.
tory Of our country not only, but In
the citizenship of Chicago, are asso-
ciated with the American legation at
| Pekin. Two former Chicagoans have
served as United States ministers to
lkChina-the late Judge w. J. Calhoun
and Charles r. Crane-while a third,
! Frederick Delano, declined the offer
Of this appointment. Mrs. Calhoun's
| gracious presence and hospitality
are greatly appreciated by her many
! friends, who cherish her continued
residence in Picking. The names OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Crane are
said to have been more familiar and
more often referred to in the native
city and elsewhere in China than
! any hitherto officially registered at
! the legation. So true and loyal were
| their friendly interest in and rela-
| tons with Chinese and Americans
alike that they are held in affection
ate esteem by both. Their photo
graphs on the walls of an American
college for Chinese youth remind
teachers and scholars of their help
full personal fellowship and service
which others have reason to remem-
Der gratefully at many other GEN.
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Trails That Get Lost
The newspaper men form another
group of Americans trying to serve
both west and east. They are On the
| trail of all American interests in
China, and of as much OF Chinese
news" as their wits can approx
mately verify But they confess
losing their trails in the broad eva
siveness of Chinese officials and in
the impenetrable illusiveness of Chi
mas political ways. This perplexity
thwarts the staffs of local papers,
which yet must publish something
daily or weekly, as we'll as the free
lance special correspondents of lead
| ing journals in America. whose Yam.
kee shrewdness and capacity to
bring things to pass are equally I'M
awaiting. They all claim, however
| that Chinese journalists guess little
| if any nearer the facts than their
foreign" fellow reporters and edi-
tors. Few, if any of them all, are
| better equipped with historical and
| literary sources of information, sup
| plemented by rare curios of China's
past and present development, than
| is William r. Giles, who has SO
| long served the Chicago Daily News
as it's representative in the Far East
at Pekin.
Among the multitude of "advis.
ers' retained by each successive
president and administration Of Chi
mas republic, Americans claim their
full share of functions and salaries.
The technical advisers have at least
more obvious functions, while 9th.
ers are said to be held in readiness
or reserve to influence foreign opin-
ion, loans or policies far more than
to advise Chinese officials.
The pessimistic British critic OF
China'S recent experience, j. O. P.
Bland, says his disrespect to what
he calls 1.-The lost legion of, the Chi.
nese governments foreign advisers"
in these drastic terms: 1T includes
all sorts and conditions of men, from
eX-miniSters, eX-miSSionarieS and
professional men Of good repute
down to hirelings of the baser sort
and the hungry jackals of journal
ism. From the cynical Chinese
point of view many Of these advis-
ers are neither asked nor expected
to advise. Whatever their record or
their role, the result of their col
lective opinions and activities is to
confuse the mind Of any earnest
seeker after truth"
Whether these retainers will share
the fate of many discharged en-
ployes of the former administration
who have lost out in the clean sweep