New Britain herald., 1925-08-06

burning antl-toreign feeling and called forth an insistent demand for the removal of foreign aggression in China. The indignity was perhaps by the fact that Britain uses Asiatics (sikhs from Indta) as policemen in China, in the settle nents which Britain controls.
 "The government in Picking is now weak and corrupt and a great deal of the real power in the coun- try lies in the hands Of the military governors of the provinces. In 1915 Yuan Shih Kai then serving as president, inaugurated the system of having a military governor in each province, each with an army; of course. all of them were responsi- ble to him. But after Yuan died there was no successor ot like power and these military governors got out of the control of the central government and for eight years past they have been carrying on almost as independent satraps. each with his army, which he maintains as best he can by taxes and various revenues, and which he uses to ad- vance his own interests. Natural lY there have been iealousies among these war lords tuchuns, they are called) and cliquing together 10 ad- vance their own interests against theirrivals. The result is the limi- tation of power of the central gov ornment and rather frequent wars between rival aspirants for power. It Is 10 be noted that the importa- ton into China of western military methods and the sale of arms and munitions (by Testerners) to these war lords have tended greatly to aEgravate China's political difficult ties"
 Actually, there has been very nftle progress toward the stabilizing of the central government of China. However, in certain places progress .is being made toward the stabilizins or local government, especially in the model province Of Shansi, But although there has been too little progress in political lines, 1t must not be thought that China is stand ing stillsor is disintegrating. There has been great progress in education in China, which Is of course laying the foundation for stable govern ment in the future. Moreover, there has heen real progress in commer- cial development both as to exports and, imports. and in internal com- merce."
 If the powers show willing ness 10 treat China on a basis of equality and 10 throw to the winds the vicious theory of Anglo Saxon superiority it is safe 10 say that there is ground for hope for much i improvement China now feels very | keenly that she is being treated un- justly by other nations-and true to human nature, she thinks more about those grievances than she does about her own faults--and 1 pFL 'lI pE lS lllOl IfdlCuS lO ODLdl0 i the fighting of those grievances than she is 10 correct her oHn too- obvious shortcomings, If now the nations can be fair and far sighted enough 10 accord China the treat ment which she feels Is simple jus tice 10 her. attention will quite cer- tainlv be turned away from these 1 grievances against others, and will turn toward her own weaknesses: this should at an early date result in causing the Chinese themselves
 to undertake in a much more seri-
 ous way, some really constructive
 work in setting right her own na-
 tional problems.
 ''If on the other hand, the DOW CTS should continue the attitude that characterized certain actions toward
 China in the past. should seem ,o
 desire 10 keep China down, or
 should insist that before any change
 in existing treaties can be made
 China must first achieve a measure
 of stability and national unity which
 for her is quite impossible oi
 achievement under existing condi
 tions-if this should be the result
 Gas we may well pray that it may not he)-then China would be con 0rmed in her worst suspicious Vitf regard 10 the real intentions of thu
 western powers; she would clain
 that professions of willingness tc
 help her are hut empty talk; Sh' would claim that the powers hac
 given the lie to their professed con
 cern for her welfare at the time O
 the Washington conference, anc
 there would certainly be further in
 tensfying of anti foreign feeling il China which would doubtless hreal
 forth occasionally in manifestation of a serious nature; Chinas pro
 gross toward stability and efficienc, of government woud be seriously re
 tardcd. and the grave danger of in ternational embodiment as a resul
 of weak China would continue in definitely. If this should be the at
 titudn and decision of the westerl powers, the prospect in the Orien is not at all pleasing to contemplat -either from the standpoint o
 China. from the standpoint of tn
 relations Of other nations wit
 China, or from the standpoint O world peace"
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