New Britain herald., 1928-04-16

any major issue These Chinese can. not believe that anyone who stud. 1 les history can continue to believe that force can really settle problems
 And fortunately for the world, China has not as yet set about making
 ton.
 1 "As she looked about the world China saw what seems to be a new
 way Of meeting this domination of
 western nations-a way which Tur-
 key and Russia seem 10 have em-
 ployed with marked success. China
 is willing to learn anywhere and
 from anyone who can help her
 solve her problems. China Is not
 now merely g. country with the doors 1 wide open-the doors and windows are wide open, to be sure. and the walls are torn down. The Russian propaganda was one more thing for Chinese youth to study-youth who are intensely patriotic, and eager to i help their country out of her dff- i faculties. In Russia they have learn ed what purports to be a gospel for national and international ills. Conscious of Japanese Threat China is constantly conscious of
 the threatening posi- ion of Japan strong enough to dominate the Far
 East. and with many indications in
 the past that she might try actually
 to dominate. China remembers the
 twenty-one demands, and other at-
 tempts on Japan's part to use the
 strong arm. Then what should be
 more natural that China should lend
 q listening ear to this gospel"
 which Japan's former arch-enemy
 proclaims?
 "Stin another reason why China
 listened to red teaching. is the utter disappointment Of the hope that there might be substantial help from the powers in China's effort 10 es- tablish a real republic. Dr. Sun Tat Sen gave himself in untiring efforts for forty years, and finally gave his life, in the attempt to build up a true republic in China. Tn all his efforts. he secured practically no help whatever from these countries of the west. But here was Russia-she voluntarily abolished the extraterritorial right under which her citizens had lived in China: she not only talked about giving custom autonomy, she actual ly agreed to letting China have full autonomy: she not only admitted that the old treaties are unfair and should be abolished. but she actual ly abolished them and signed new treaties with China on the basis of equality and mutual respect. Here was more than a friendly gesture with empty words on the part of Russia-here was real putting into effect the things that the other pow CTS only talked about. So it was not strange that China should be willing to listen to what Russia had to say.
 "A third question. of deep inter- est, is this: What has the red inf1u- ance done to China?
 Russian influence gave material ! help to the nationalist cause by helping to organize real military | lcademy-the Whangpoo military academy at Canton. which has turn i ad out most of the officers who have 'taffed the victorious nationalist | lrny In its spectacular drive north , ward into the Yangtze valley.
 The Russians have helped 10 give | he nationalists a morale. They said | You don't need to be the under hese powers" Go ahead and do r.
 'Thc Russians taught the Nation- lists technique of ropaganda,-- ind very effective technique. which aas done quite as much as the mi!i- 'ary equipment to carry the Ma ioralist banner into the heart of 'hina and even farther northward. 'osters and slogans were very effect vely used. Perhaps the Nationalists night have learned quite as much rom some enterprising advertising Irms in New York. but 1t was Rus ia who actually offered the help.
 The Russian influence has been instrumental in giving the workmen nd farmers a new idea.-the idea hat they can get together and en- orce their demands for fair share l the products which their labnY 4 lakes possible, and that a much larg- r share is their just due.
 Stamps and Communism
 What has China done to the 'eds? Very much, in the four or ve months that have just passed. hina has ruthlessly stamped out and driven out the Red 5risers and propa gandists from all aflonalist territory. We must not ak" the mistake of assuming that cause there remains the color red
 the Nationalist flag. that there re Red influence and policies are III dominant. The Nationalist flag
 a white sun in a blue sky, over the rfh made red by martyrs blood 11s IS the second choice of national oblem which was chosen in 1911
 the time of the Revolution which 7erthrew the monarchy. To the alnese this IS a poetic symbol which cans Justice. So we must not mis- lderstand the color red which re- ans in tho Nationalist flag, nor |