The border vidette., 1930-04-05
CHINA, LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE
Shanghai, China, Jan. 30. 1880.

| OuuuH uoI, SuluoS y dus w, lOOVs
Dear Editor:
Here comes letter from this
land of make believe" This is
Chinese New Year, but the gov.
ernment would make believe it
is abolished and forbids it's cele.
bration. But it is Chinese New
Year. Firs-crackers boom as of
old. People in their best go.
to-meetin's". greet their friends
with "Kong-hsi fah-dzai"-con.
gratulations and abounding
wealth. Stores are closed.
| Markings order is ignored.
You can't change ,0O0-year-old
customs of 45O million people in
q night. But this is not the
only make = believe. Marking
makes-believe China is unified.
1t "ain't". China is split into
smithereens. Chang Fa-kwei in
| Kwangsi is fighting Marking.
| Yen Hsi-shan has Shansi and
Chilli and rules we'll. Chang
Hsueh-liang lords it over Man.
churia. Tang Seng-chi keeps q
hornets nest buzzing in Honan.
Wong Yoh-dziang sways Shensi.
Szechuen goes it's own way, and
other rebels keep the Capital on
"pins and needless" Yet Nank.
ing has repeatedly reported each
of these discordant ones over.
come or won over. Is is only
make believe to hood wink the
world.
Chang Kai-shek is the con-
queror of the North and the
unifier of China" But what he
seems to have done was done
mostly with, Russian brains and
ca pital until he took Marking.
After that the rest was won by
squeezing money from people in
the rear of the fighting lines"
and buying enemy commanders
in front. There was hardly one
worth the-name battle fought.
1t was mostly victory by pur.
chase and buying of victory
takes the gloss off the glory. If
Marking had the money now she
could purchase all her present
enemies. But what's the use?
Soon there would be swarm of
other enemies. It's profitable to
be an enemy of Marking!
China had to humble herself
before Russia for Russian Off.
GERS could not be bought. But
in China the Itching palm" is
conspicuous. Remember this and
you can understand much about,
the wars in this "squeezer.
greaser" land.
China is getting worse and
worse. Property rights are gone.
Life is unsafe. Business is par.
alyzed. Freedom of the press
and speech has vanished. 10y.
atty and obediance are not.
Liberty is dead. Bandits abound
but Marking makes-believe all
is "as fine as pie" and issues
pious reports. Most officials are
sons of the laboring class and
of the newly-rich They are
young and inexperienced. They
pay great attention to trivial
things and neglect great things.
If in our Washington it's said,
He that is without GIN among
you let him first cast a stone,"
can we condemn heathen China?
But I'm getting away from the
New Year. Superstition is rife.
Every temple is crowded with
people Offering incense. candles,
paper money and prayers to all
the gods. They pray most for
wealth. That prayer is not make
believe. They want wealth, and
they worship the god of wealth
with all their hearts. Every
home has one made of wood.
mud, or of paper, but he is
"Dzai- zen all the same. When
business gets poor in China they
| say the gOd-of wealth. mas gone
to America. The gods throne
is a big ingot of gold set with
jewels. Mountains Of gold are
at the gods left and Silver Hill
is at his right. In front of him
is a great bowl of jewels. On
Silver Hill in the money tree q
shake of which will shower you
with untold wealth. This god is
very amenable to fattery and he
who fatters best gets most. But
he too is make believe.
May the true God of Wealth
prosper you and friends in all
good.
Yours longingly for a sincere
and prosperous China,
(REv } 81. G. @. HALLOCK.