The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-26
ny JACK ARMITAcE.

must, with the. awakening which is
oven now taking place, have a marked
influence ON the economic status of
the Occidental worker. Whether
that influence eventually will be good
or evil, must depend largely on the
outcome of the struggle for supre.
macy which is taking place.
Today, all the nations of the East
are in the melting. pot. The state of
fiux in which they find the Orient has
opened before the eyes. Of foreign
capitalists vistas of illimitable wealth,
can they but gain control.
Some of the cleverest brains in
the capitalistic' world are busily en-
gagged on this problem such men as
Hugo SHINES German indnstrialist)
Robert Dollar american shipping
magnate) and Sir N. J. Stabb (gen-
eral manager, Honghong and Shang-
hal Banking Corporation) being three
among many that cross ones mind.
. Any attempt to cover such a. vast
field in one article, even in a cursory
manner would not only be futile, but
must of necessity prove misleading.
To discuss even the economic position
Of the nations of the East in one ar
ticle would prove a herculean task.
For that reason, and as China is re-
ceiving particular attention from the
capitalists just now, propose to con-
fine this article to that country.
A Common MisapprehensIon.
Many people labor under the misap-
prehension that China finds itself
barely able to support its 400 or 500
million people, and is therefore, in a
state of chronic poverty. That state
ment is frigid and calculated CAPT
talistic lie.
The fact Of the matter is that
China, with it's age old conservatism
and economy is in a better position
regarding natural resources than any
other country in the world. The poi
tentialities are unbounded. Her Geo.
nomic and financial positions are both
remarkably solid.
There are, in China, immense de-
posits Of the finest coal and iron,
thousands of square miles in extent,
which have been but barely scratched
while, as an agricultural nation, even
with her Anticipated method of cul-
tivation with the hoe, she is able to
compete successfully in the worlds
markets, so Industrious are her peo-
pie and so extraordinary the fertility
of her soil.
The national debt of China is lit
tie more than $2gold per head, while
such nations as Britain approximate
some $500 gold, per head. Small won
der then that the foreign capitalist
is working assiduously in this un-
cultivated field of wealth.
Chaos aFostered by Capitalists.
For generations past China has
been torn by internal dissensions.
These have been more marked since
the Revolution of October, 1911, and
the inauguration of a Republic in
February, 1912. Internal chickering's,
largely fostered by foreign capitalists
apparently have afforded increased
opportunities for exploitation, tho, UP
to the present, the concessions wrung
from China have been more appar-
ent than real, China has always man.
aged temporarily to shelve- her in
ternal quarrels in the face of the
greater menace of foreign interven-
ton. In order to get grasp of the
situation some conception Of the aims
and detectives, also the past history
of the three outstanding Chinese
leaders is essential.
Three Outstanding Figures In China.
These undoubtedly are, Dr. Sun Yet
Sen, the Southern Socialist leader;
General WI Pei Fu,. military dictator
at Picking; and Chang Tso Lin, Man
churian War Lord. sg
A glimpse into their past history
disclosed that, with the exception of
Sun Vat Sen. each of these leaders
has trimmed his sails to any pass
ing political breeze. Both WI Pei Flu
and Chang Tso Lin have been op-
portunists pure and simple, while the
Socialist leader. Sun Vat Sen, has re-
manned trpe to his principles in the
face of many Universities and tempta-
lions.
chlna's Socialist Leader,
Sun Vat Sen, son of a farmer, born
1856 in the Hsiangsang district of
Kwangtung province, was educated in
the Alice Memorial Hospital, Hong
kong. graduating as a licentiate OF
Medicine and Surgery, in 1892. He
started practice in the Portuguese
settlement at Macao, some 40 miles
from Hongkong, where he organized
the Young China Party. subsequent
ly settling in Canton where he be-
came an active revolutionary.
After the failure of the attempted
revolution at Canton, in 1895. he fled
to Macao, and thence proceeded to
Hongkong, Japan. Honolulu and
America. gathering many adherents