The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-12
WOODHEAD COMES
BACK FOR A new
DOSE AT u. OF c.
British Don't Permit
Chinese to be Unjust"
BY STUDENT CORRESPONDENT.

BY STUDENT CORRESPONDENT.
H. G. w. Woodhead, imperialist
extraordinary and minister of British
capitalism in China, delivered a lee
ture on Wednesday, July 8, in favor
Of extra-territoriality, to the students
in Leon Mandel Hall, University of
Chicago, and then walked out into
the hallway only to find that the Chi
nese had stolen a march on him and
were there in force, distributing to
all who came by twelve pages of
mimeographed matter prepared
especially for the occasion, and re-
futing in advance all OF his argu-
ments.
Something Like America.
Woodlands only point thruOut the
lecture, was that the Chinese law
courts are sometimes venal and that
some of the punishments are unjust
He almost succeeded in convincing
the audience that man with money
stands hardly more thance of being
convicted Of murder In China than a
gunman in Cook county, and that
some of the punishments inflicted are
as capricious as those Of Judge Blu
sick in Sacramento. And Woodhead
claimed that because Of these abuses,
in isolated cases, the British had a
right to set up their own courts,
as also the French, Germans, Ital-
ians and Japanese, and administer
their law in their own way, on Chi.
nese soil, wherever a foreigner was
one of the litigants, or was accused
of crime.
The literature distributed by the
Chinese at the doorway cited many
cases in which Judge Busick seems
to have influenced the white courts in
China, for their justice is very
friendly towards the white capital
lists, and very harsh on the Chinese
laborers.
GuileIess Students Trust U. 9.
Imperialism.
Along with the pamphlets, a cover
ing letter was extended to those who
heard Woodhead's lecture which,
after politely thanking the institute
members for sympathetic attention to
China's problems, pointed out grace
fully that Mr.. Woodhead did not know
what he was talking about. It wound
up with naively trustful remark that
the traditional policy Of the U. s.
government Of fair treatment would
undoubtedly prevail. 1t was signed by
Lung c. Lo, president Of the Chinese
Students Alliance.
The letter, it is reported on the cam
pus, was drawn up before news
reached here that American marines
and bluejackets were vigorously us.
ing their bayonets against the Chinese
on Chinese soil, in defense of Rookie
feller's interests (including his
church) in China. What effect this
would have had on the students in
Rockefeller's own university, is. of
course, a matter Of dispute.
Can't Nick a Wood Head.
The questioning of Woodhead at
this, his second lecture, revealed the
same complacent faculty for nisinter.
probation that he exhibited at his
first speech, last week. When a stu
dent asked, IF the British think that
the Chinese law is unjust to them.
why don't they get out Of China?
Doesn't China belong to the Chinese?"
Woodhead blandly replied;
why my young friend, 1 have been
telling you for some time now. that
the British don't permit the Chinese
to be unjust to them; we have extra
territoriality in China" And he said
not a ward about China belonging to
the Chinese. Evidently that is one of
the things that people OF our sort
never speak about, don't-you.know.
And That Was That.
Another question was, why are
the English so unjust to the Chinese ?"
This one Woodhead solved happily.
from his own point OF view, tho It Is
doubtful whether his answer was cal
culated to soothe the feelings of a
Chinaman who is being prodded with
bayonet to make him become a
Christian. 43s
Woodhead said, 1.-THE English are
not any more unjust to the Chinese
than are the French, the Italians or
the Americans" And that was that.