New Britain herald., 1928-04-16


 tice is what makes champions an
 classes and the laboring classes Yet propaganda is nothing new i
 China, for propaganda of one sor 'and another has been carried on b
 British and Japanese and Ameri
 cans as we'll. So 1t is not strang
 that the Chinese at first did no
 seriously object to Russian propa
 ganda--for the Chinese are natural
 ly tolerant of the opinions of others
 and they have tolerated propagand:
 on the part of others.
 Russian influence has been ex
 erted through the communist party
 This party has been developing 1T China for the last few years; nc
 one knows just how many people
 it includes. Certainly it includes bu, a very. very small minority-but a very noisy minority. The party in- cludes an outer circle of adherents
 many of whom are of the dare. devil. desperado type. but whose loyalty to the party is not a matter of much certainty, and who easily 1 drop off There is then a smaller circle of men and women who have really sacrificed for the good of the party, and who can be depended on to work Loyalty even under severe opposition. A small. inner circle makes up the center and backbone of the party-men and women of 1 long-tried loyalty, who act with fervor almost as keen as that of religious fanatics. In fact, one may almost say that communism is their religion. and Marx Is their god. Red influence functioned chiefly and most effectively through com munlsts who became members of the nationalist party. These people joined the nationalist party. not as communists, but as nationalists, They gave their loyalty to national ist principles. It is very much the same as in this country the members Of any religious body may join the republican party-they join the par ty. not as Methodists or Baptists or Congregationalists but as citizens of the United States. And yet, after these communists were in the na- tionalist party, they actually came to dominate certain sections. and of course their communistic tendencies affected their actions.
 Red influence was disseminated in China also in the form of politi- cal and economic theory. Many books setting forth communis,ic theories were translated into Chi- nese, and wefe widely read and dis cussed in student circles.
 Why China Listens To Reds"
 "A second question which we may well ask Is. Why does China listen to red teaching?' For the last 75 years China has had increasingly close contact with foreign powers. Her experiences with them have not all been edifying. From the so- called Opium War not only was opium forced upon China. but the granting of concessions and the opening of treaty-ports have brought to China many things which have not been wholly for her upljft Her capital was laid In ruins by the powers. and foreign influence and domination became more than a mere possibility-it was a fact to be taken into account. and China was no longer truly autonomous.
 By 1900 every schoolboy in China understood what was meant hy watermelon slicing.' Tn 1925 here were actually 1s3 foreign war ships ip Chinese waters. Fortunate y for China, the mutual jealousy which has been prominent in the re- aflons of the various world powers n their dealings with China. served IS check on the greed of these towers. and the actual slcing of Ihina was averted and spheres of ! influence with what is known as economic imperialism came into 'ogne. American influence doubt ess had something 10 do with avert ng this melon -slicing.
 Tn the face of this tremendous impact of western nations on China, Fhat was China to do? She might r imply pray that the nations would 'e kind 10 her-yet she hardly dar- q to hope that these powerful na- ions Of the west and east would be- ome like lambs. treating China. the Old goat to be sure--but as lambs +ould treat a goat. China might do 'hat she saw that Japan did-arm l erself. and build | big navy. One I China ou'sta nding diplomats re- lrned 10 China from the Versailles, fter he had seen that justice was ot 10 be had for China even al the 1 innacle of American altruism and , ith such a man as Woodrow ( 'ilson sitting in at the council Of z ln naiions-this diplomat returned . China deeply convinced that the ' 1lv way for China 10 get justice is arm. China has noted with keen i sacrament that if was after Japan f Id defeated one of the great Euro s ean powers in war, that Japan rose i pidly to place Of equality among z e nations-and a marked change I came apparent in the treatment 2 corded 10 Japanese subjects all q 'er the world. And yet. mary 0 llnese 60 not believe in militar- ( m: the Chinese nations has had II G6 years oF aNpericrco ,,J e-,,,, .,