Evening star., 1925-04-12

chatting. His career has dovetailed
with that of DR.. Koo, and, although
they did not attend the same college.
they are members of the same fra
ternity-Phi Beta Kappa.
Patriot Alfred SEE.
DR. Alfred SEE CShih Chao-cbD be
gan his career in China in 1906
through railways and customs TO act
ing minister of finance in the first
republican cabinet. He Is related by
marriage to Tang Shao-yi, well
known and greatly respected Chinese
patriot, who was also educated in
America. DR. SEE was Minister TO
Great Britain, 1914; to Washington.
1921; Chinese delegate to the Wash
ington conference, 1921. In 1929.
with Peking full of plots and count
erplots, and TsaO Kun beginning 70
save up money TO buy his way TO
the presidency. a cabinet was made
up, with Alfred SEE as minister OF
foreign affairs. Says the China Year
Book: Alfred SEE was chosen because
in politics he was neutral, but had a
reputation among foreigners which
would make him valuable TO any gov
ernment." And again-when those
who had sown their little crops of
deceit were reaping a fine harvest Of
treachery: Alfred SEE, who had
taken UP his post as minister %
foreign affairs when he had just re
turned from America and who there
fore knew nothing of modern Picking
politics, resigned in despair and dis
gust February 3, and shortly after
went abroad again" Recently in
Geneva he represented China at the
opium conference.
DIR. KaO the Educator.
| The last man mentioned out Of
| the number of renowned and efficient
public men who had been educated
| abroad without any loss Of that in
| herent fneness always ascribed TO
! 'topside", Chinese is Dr. Kuo (Kuo
| Ping-Wen). He is a teacher and an
| educator on broad. ambitious lines.
/ being founder and president OF
! Southeastern University, Nanking,
and of the College of Commerce.
| Shanghai. A few weeks ago came an
| edict displacing him from the posi-
! tions he not only ably filed but had
| helped to create, the explanation
! being that he had brought upon him
/ self the disfayor of Tuan Chi-Jui by
| his part in influencing the powers a
Shanghai to deport Tuan's former
| secretary. that notorious trouble
maker, Little Hsu," when the latter
| was just about TO round up all the
| stray soldiers about Shanghai and
/ start another war. Fortunately, thf
plan was discovered and frustrated r.
| and Hsu sent on a trip abroad TO
study how TO be Of more use to
China" But with things settled
peaceably one way in Shanghai there
was shift of power in Peking and
Dr. Kuo is called upon to suffer for
| what the foreign consuls did to Hsu.
| However, in this case, all concerned
are so truly devoted to DR.. kuo thai
| they have voted TO ignore the man
date, and the man appointed as his
successor will not take Office. 1t re
| mains to be seen whether or not the
| order will be enforced.
In China it is hard to be optimistic
and TO believe that "the pen Is mtghtier
than the sword" The country is in
| the grip of the mailed fist" of men
| full of seIf-interest. subtle treachery,
| cruel inhumanity. At the conference
for the rehabilitation of China only
the military are represented. OBJ
viously. any change Will be superb
cial and temporary. II only there
might be born a spirit Of truly ma
tionaI ambition, free from individual
| aspiration and personal jealousy;
from hatred and distrust of the for
eigner: from hypocrisy and corrup-
| tion: If such an ambition could be
| engendered and sustained, emma
could be built into nation rtvaling any
| that the world has ever seen