Evening star., 1925-04-12

of China is for railroads, and the
building and protecting of them
would take an almost unlimited num-
Der of ex-soldiers. The present dis
turbances have almost entirely de-
stroyed all traffic by rail. Any trips
that must of necessity be made by
rail are taken in open freight cars,
with no assurance of ever reaching
your destination. Many bridges were
blown up by the generals-engines s
and cars confiscated at pleasure
Lines are blocked by soldiers com
fortably quartered in cars which they
have made their permanent homes.
Bandits flourish. Merchants cargoes
are rotting by the oadside-dumped
out to destruction. And people all
over the land are starving and freez-
ing because food and coal cannot be
transported and properly distributed.
The coal shortage has become so
acute chat the few remaining trains
are in danger of being stopped by
lack of 1T. Yet there is plenty all
about Truly the land of Confucius
has become the land of Confusion
China's White List.
But in writing of China's men one
cannot stop with the military,
though they are all powerful at the
only a blacklist, for they are all pots
and kettles calling each other black
and looking decidedly dark to every
body else. China also has a white
list-men internationally known and
| honored. They are not military men,
with armies to support them. They
are not inordinately ambitious men,
scheming and plotting by under
ground methods to advance their per-
f,,&1
| triots-experienced, educated, ever
ready to serve their country's best in
! terests. They are men who combine e
! the highest tradition of Chinese aris-
| tocracy with the best of foreign edu-
cation. ! may mention four of the most
conspicuous-Drs Wellington Koo
| W. w Yen, Alfred SEE, p. w. kuo
They were all educated in America
/ at Columbia, Virginia, Cornell and CO.
| lumbia universities. respectively. They
| have all acted as educators, ministers
| and diplomats. yet with change and
| warfare and Wrangling, and mud
! throwing, they stand out before the
1 world dnsullied and unashamed. II
/ they were given an opportunity they
| might be a bile to help their country
| in her seemingly hopeless muddle-
! they and the few others of their cal
! iber and ability who must be scat
/ tered about this once great country
1 But where are they, and what chance
| have they?
Hoo and Yen WhiteIisted.
| DR. Y. K. Wellington koo (Ku Wei
| Chunl has held important public Of
| fees since 1912. He was Minister
plenipotentiary to Mexico in 1915
Minister at Washington until 1920
! when he was appointed Minister u
| London. He was a member of tht
! peace conference of Paris, 1888
! China's representative on the council
| of League of Nations; Chinese dele
| 1921. Since then he has held the po-
sition of minister of foreign affairs
/ in four or five different cabinets
| Imagine the value of his services to
/ his country if she is to be truly re-
| constructed and rehabilitated
| Dr.. W. ". Yen (Yen Hui-ching)
author, translator and editor of va
! rious books, honorary secretary and
one Of the founders of the Worlds
! Chinese Students Federation, profes-
sor of English, secretary to legation
| (Washington). vice minister of for
| eign affairs, Minister to Germany anc
! Denmark, plenipotentiary to the
opium conference (The Hague, 1879
minister of foreign affairs, acting pre-
| mier. minister of agriculture ano
| commerce! He began his career b!
winning from the Episcopal Htgf
! School. Virginia, L. S. A, the COLO
medal for English composition ano