Evening star., 1925-05-14
SEES CH|NA'S ILLS
SLOWLY HEALING
U. S. Minister Schurman
Warns Against Inter-
Vention of Others.

China eventually will solve its prob
tems OF government, and in the mean
time America and other countries
must have patience and should not at
tempt to intervene, according to DR.
Jacob Gould Schurman, who was
United States Minister to China at the
time of his recent appointment as Am
bassador to Germany.
ar. Schurlson is in Washington to
confer with President Coolidge and
state Department officials before sail
ing for Berlin. He called at the White
House yesterday, and, after a halt
hours chat with President. Coolidge
gave to the newspaper men his view
point regarding the situation in
China.
Says Faith Justified
There is every reason for us TO
nave implicit faith in the future of
thlna,' DIR. Schurman said. Its his
tory OF the past justifies this conf
dence. 1t is only natural for these
peoples, after thousands of years of
imperial government, to be slow to ad-
Just themselves to what we term. a
democratic form of government. The
'hlnese are making headWay in their
eforts to stabilize a national govern
ment-one of sufficient strength and
power to enforce its laws throughout
ITS domain. The Chinese realize the
Importance of this. A convention has
been called for the purpose of discuss
ing the ways and means of advancing
toward this end. AT present China is
recognized by the Chinese as being
governed by q provisional govern
ment, but the latter is lacking in funds
and in power
China looks upon America as her
friend" DR.. Schurman continued.
China knows what America has done
In the past and it realizes that Ameri.
ca has no selfish motives to advance
and that it seeks no special privileges.
Americas s policy of the past has been
one of sympathetic understanding.
good Will and helpfulness when help is
needed. That policy must be contir-
ued.
Sees Problems Solved
China is going to solve its prob
lem in its own peculiar fashion. In
references on the part of foreign ma
tons with the view to helping China
10 stabilize its government would not
nelp. AS A matter of fact it would
only retard the progress and would
make matters more difficult. Real in
tervention of the European nations
would require vast armies to force
their views and even if they succeed
1sd in affecting their ideas OF govern
ment control chaos would follow and
the situation resulting from this
would necessarily be worse than it has
been at any time during the fourteen
years of the so-called Chinese Repub-
lie.
DR.. Schurman said that at present
the so-called provisional government
is not powerful enough to dictate to
the military parties in control of sew
sral of the provinces. One of the un-
fortunate situations as a result of this
IS, that these military parties in con-
trol of these provinces are keeping
considerable of the revenues which
rightfully belong TO the federal gov
ernment and as a result the latter is
hard pressed financially.
According to DR.. Schurman, there
is some Communism in sections of
the interior as a result of persistent
propaganda, but he feels confident
that Communism will never make any
general headway in China.
Business generally in China is
good. The industries and commerce
are experiencing prosperity and give
evidence of getting better.
DR.. Schurman said he regretted to
leave his associations in, China, but
he could not help but appreciate the