Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-14
CHINESE IDEALS
SEEN Of us. ORIGIN
American = Trained Men in
Cabinet Direct Policies, Uni
versity Mans Belief.


NEW YORK. March f4-Conditions
IN China, according to Dr. Paul Mon
roe of Teachers College, Columbia Uni
versity. who has just returned from
that country. show notable changes
since his visit there a year and half
ago. Dr. Monroe said he had found
not only great material progress but
an almost complete change in national
psychology. and he feels that the atti-
tude of the Western powers toward
China in the immediate future will
have a practically determining in
f1uence in promoting or discouraging
hopeful conditions.
The United States has a great stake
in China" he said, pointing out that
five of the ten men who now comprise
the Nationalist cabinet were students in
colleges and universities of the United
States. -Four of these men," he says,
have studied here at Columbia Uni
Tersity and three of them were stu
dents in my own classes
Western Ideals Introduced.
mot only these cabinet officials but
mayors of cities and commissioners in
the provinces-the men who are carry
Ing on the constructive activities of
China todav-are men who. through
training in Western schools, have car
ried Western ideals to China"
DR.. Monroe feels that these leaders
with western education who are Striv-
ing to adapt to the needs and temper
of their own race the social, political
and technical training given them in
this country should receive the support
and cooperation of. the United States.
1t is this American stake" in China
70 ho of
interest.
AS member of the board of trustees
of the China Foundation set up in
Peking under the Boxer indemnity set
Elements. he has been in close contact
with the, cultural agencies and leaders
Of China on the frequent occasions
when he has visited China-as he has
Just done-to be present at trustee
meetings.
u. S. Ideals Popular.
AS director of the International In
stitute of Teachers College. DR.. Monroe
has broad knowledge Of the educational
systems Of the world, and he declares
that in no other country has the in
fluence Of American ideas been so
formative as in China" He holds that
the people Of the United States may
properly desire to help in maintaining
to which their own nations gave the
initial inspiration.
THE hostility toward foreigners and
tfe distrust everywhere manifest when
was in China year and half ago."
said DR.. Monroe, have largely diSap-
peared. There is now manifest an at
titude Of friendship or of desiring to
cooperate with foreigners. This change
has been brought about by the mill
tary successes of the Nationalist and
the agreement among the various fac
tons OF the Kuomintang.
Aided by Tariff Agreements.
"The new tariff agreements signed
between China and II or 10 foreign ma
tons also have aided in this change
In national sentiment. The students
in many schools are now settling down
to scholastic work and there is much
less agitation.
Chinese students. DR.. Monroe said,
believe that it is their patriotic func-
ton to quicken the political conscious
ness of the masses. Their way of doing
this has been to arouse national senti-
ment by agitation against foreigners.
They realize, however, that China needs
Western sympathy and Western indus
trial organization, and they are now
trying to bridge over the hostility which
they previously did so much to engen-
der. Beyond this, it is pointed out,
some of the government institutions are
now receiving adequate financial support
and thus making it possible for the
students to get back to their studies.
Foreign trade, DR.. Monroe says. Is ex-
panding and there is much activity in
road building. Several of the provinces"
he related, "have apparently started
road building rivalry and one province
has constructed some 1000 miles of
highways in the last year and half.
This has brought an increase in i'm
ports Of automobiles and auto buses.
many Of these being for commercial
uses.
Rail Construction Begun.
1.-The reopening Of rail communica-
don between the north and south has
been of great Importance. Rolling stock
is being repaired and most Of the rail-
roads are now out of the hands Of the
military. Plans for extensive railroad
construction are under way to connect
the Yangtse valley and the south, Can
ton and the far west
Dr. Monroe sadi the Kemmerer mis-
sion now in China would undertake not
only to work out with the Chinese ON
cials a tax system that would provide
adequate revenue for carrying on gov
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