Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
BINGHAM TO SET STYLE
BY STUDY OF FAR EAST
Proposed Recess Tour Planned to Give
Senator Greater Light on
Foreign Relations.

after graduation from Yale In 1924 to
equip himself to become an authority
on the Chinese language and Chinese
affairs. Senator Bingham himself IL
an inveterate explorer and globe-trot-
ter. He has visited all OF Americas
insular possessions except Guam and
the Philippines and has crossed South
America in most directions on several
occasions. He capped his interna-
tiona1 experiences by serving in the
American Aviation Corps in France In
1917 and 1918. Once Bingham wrote
book deCrying the Monroe Doctrine,
but has since recanted, and now
espouses II.
China is bound to loom conspic-
uOusly in the affairs of the whole
world from now on" says Senator
Bingham. 81 am an apostle Of the
John Hay theory of the open door.
am saturated with feelings of friend
illness for the Chinese people. but |
believe they have many experiences
to weather and a good many traditions
| to imbide before they can expect to
| find themselves or command at the
| hands of the outside world all the
| concessions their more enlightened
| leaders are now demanding.
1 w Uiu httSuucS.
when I was a graduate student
at university the book that made the
most lasting impression on my mind
was The Psychology of Peoples by
a French philosopher. 1t sets forth
| the theory that there are certain
| deeply rooted ideals and habits In ma
tons. In the Anglo Saxon peoples.
for example. the spirit of local self
| government and decentralized author
| ity Is embedded. That is why 1t was
! relatively easy for the American COL
| onies after the Revolution to become
| a going concern under an entirely
new form of government.
| China for a thousand years before
| she dethroned her ancient dynasty
knew nothing but a regime which
| handed down ready-made laws to the
people. The world has no right to
expect that a nation OF hundreds OF
millions of people, largely illiterate
and mainly impoverished. can over
night wrench itself away from n
civilization stepped in the centuries
and become a country and a govern
ment founded on modern. enlightened
ideas"
What can the United States and
other friends of China do to help her
TO her feet?" Senator Bingham was
asked.
Needs Lesson i'm Citizenship.
zone thing at any rate must hap
pen," he replied. THAT is, that China
must be taught the sacredness of citi-
zenship. When a man could say I'm
past ages. 4 am a Roman citizen.
the assertion commanded respect
everywhere IN the known world. Since
time immemorial--I am speaking par.
ticularly of some personal observa-
tons in South America in our own
day-a man in most parts of the globe
has only had to observe. L am Brit
ish subject in order to insure himself
a decent regard for his rights.
China must learn that when man
nowadays proudly declares I am ar
American citizen, it means something
that must not be lightly ignored OIL
f1outed. That is the policy which our
Government at this hour, as view IL
is carrying out in China, and also In
Nicaragua. Because it is doing so
have no sympathy with Senator
Borah's criticisms.
! when China has brought hersel
to a complete realization of the in
alienable rights of foreign citizens
within her domains, she will have
taken a long ard fruitful step in the
direction of her own salvation"
iCoDyright. 1927