Evening star., 1925-12-01

There have been many revolutions,
| there never has been n greater ma
| tional evolution than is now on the
verge of amazing fruitage in China.
| The revolution is marked by battles
| between rival tuchins which Will az
| feet the Chinese government; the
evolution may change the face OF the
world, and in certainty will change
! the face of CHINA quarter of the
| world in population.
No longer is China asleep; no longer
| is she ultra pacific, with apologies to
| the powers for daring TO exercise nor
NAL sovereignty She has, today, in
the field more trained soldiers than
has any nation in the world-1.7O0,-
600. She has accumulated vast stores
of military materiel. The giant ma
ton Of the Orient is aroused.
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1t is not China's great armies in
! the field which are significant to the
nations of the Occident. China is
not threatening with the yellow
peril" about which we have heard
stories for decades. She has millions
! of Young men - students and the
young men see visions, the old men
dream dreams" The dreams are con-
tinuationS of the Somnolence OF CEN
| turies, but the visions" of Young
| China mean much.
Last month an international con-
| ference of representatives of all ma
tionS having treaties with China, and
| which had forbade her to fix her
-, 1I- tn
recommend that all tariff dictation of
| foreign nations should cease, so that
after January !, 1929, China might
fix her tariffs to suit her own inter
ests, instead of the interests of for
eign nations. This agreement of the
conference awaits ratification Of the
respective nations.
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For half a century China has sub
mitted to the humiliation Of permitting
foreign nations to retain jurisdiction
| over their respective nationals within
Chinese territory. There were no less
than II foreign codes of law admin
istered in China. That is 'eXtrater-
ritoriality."
On December IS a commission of
representatives of each treaty country
will begin an investigation into the
| operations of eXtraterritoriality as the
| preliminary background of Il move
ment to abandon all eXtraterritoriality
and trust to Chinese administration of
| justice to foreigners, as other nations
| deal with 1.-The stranger within their
gates"
| The commission Is appointed in ac-
| cord with article of the disarmament
! conference of Washington. 1t has no
power to accomplish the abolishment
| of extraterritoriality, but is a fact
| finding body to report actual workings
| and general conditions under the law.
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"The heathen Chinee" What of
him? Christian missionaries have
J been seeking to enlighten him in re.
| ligion for 125 years. Today there ar.
rives in Washington a somewhat
! startling pamphlet issued by the com
| mittee of reference and counsel, For.
| eign Mission Conference of North
America, 25 Madison avenue, New
| York in which it Is authoritatively
| argued that the day has arrived for
withdrawing missionary work in
| China, and permitting Chinese Chris.
tians to carry on upon their own init.
ative and under their own manage
ment.
There are now 5000 Christian mis-
sionaries in China. Associated with
them in active Christian work are
$1,000 Chinese. There are between
| 5000 and 5000 organized churches,
with $4,000 baptized members. In
Christian colleges throughout China
! there are 100000 students-not all
Christian young men, but under Chris
| tian influences. The treaty of 1858
provided, in Article xxx:
THE principles of the Christian re-