Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
Changing China.

Changing China. -
In connection with the disturbances
In China the Public Library calls at
tention to the following books:
Economic and Social Conditions.
China: The Collapse of q Civilization.
by Nathaniel PETER. 1890. F66.-
"'Wise' is the word that comes To
mind as one reads the first half Of
Mr.. PETERS book. He sees things
In disillusioned perspective, mellowiy.
without angry moralizing. He actually
understands the inevitability of his
tory. He admits CHASTITY realities, sees
responsibilities, yet scolds neither Chi
nese nor foreigners-which makes his
book unique among books about China. I"
L. s. Gannett.
Modern Chinese Civilization. by A. r.
Legendre. 1929. G66L524m.E.
AS director OF the Imperial School
Of Medicine at Chengtufu and later
commissioners for Scientific Research
with q rowing mandate, DR.. Legendre
came into contact with ali classes of
Chinese society and, particularly, with
the officials and students Of the new
regime. He Is therefore in o position
to support his opinions with facts and
arguments based on a close personal
observation and a wide range Of ex-
perience."
China. ed: by H. r. James. 1880.
F66.Am37.
Social conditions, Industrial and
commercial development and internal
politics. with an account of events in
Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan and
the frontier provinces. Contains o
photography by w. A. Slade.
The Dragon and the Foreign Devils
by J. G. Anderson. 1928. &c.,
An22E.
THE Wide sweep Of the authors
shrewd observation, his disinterested
liberal point Of view, and his sound
Swedish common sense make It an in
valuable study for Americans In check
ing up our alternately idealistic and
brass tacks' attitude toward China"
Gardner Harding.
Tortured China, by Hallett Abend.
1890. JU66 Ab33.
1.-THE book, naturally, IL not quite up
TO the minute-a defect one must put
up with considering the kaleidoscope
nature OF events In China-but 1t Is
still very timely and sufficiently up-to-
date to be accepted pretty unreservedly
as q picture OF present times" H. l..
@eASSSAAS"os u
Politics and Foreign Relations.
The Chinese Revolution; a Phase In
the Regeneration Of q World Power.
by A. N. Holcombe. 1880. F66. FI693.
THE present volume Is the most
valuable Of all those which have dealt
with the domestic situation in that
great country. This excellence Is due
not merely to the fact that the work
Is based upon personal and frst-hand
study by the author Of the events dealt
with, but also to the circumstance
that these events are effectively evalu-
ated by scientifically trained political
mind" w. w. Willoughby.
The Inner History of the Chinese
Revolution. by Tang Leang Ii.
This careful and detailed study of
the Chinese revolution is without Ques-
ton one Of the best books on the sub
ject which have appeared in this coun-
try. 1t Is written by Chinese whose
position as representative in Great
Britain Of the Central Executive Com
mittee Of the Kuo-Min Tang has
brought him in contact with the lead
erS Of the revolution and given him
access to documents which no foreign
historian could hope to see." F. r..
Dulles.
China's Millions. by A. L. Strong. 1928.
F66St86.
miss strong's chief interest is in the
groups IN China-organi1ed peasants.
workers, students, women-the special
problems Of each and their attempts
to achieve organization and freedom"
The Nationalist Program for China,
by Chao-Chu WI. 1929. JU66 W95.
can explanation Of the principles
and program Of the Chinese National
ist party by the retiring Minister from
China to the United States, formerly
minister Of foreign affairs Of the Ma
tionalist government of China"
The International Aspect Of the Mis-
sionary Movement in China, by
Chao-Kwang WI. 1880. DS66 YVES.
'All things considered, 1t is hard not
to regard this as the most damaging
attack on the social results of the
Western missionaries into China so far
delivered. It Is damaging just because
1t Is in no sense an attack. e Case
by case the record Is piled up Of the
way in which the activities Of the mis-
sionaries have operated to inflict upon
China loss Of territory, impairment Of
sovereignty and indignities of too
many kinds to recount" Paul Hutch
inson.
China, Where It Is Today and Why,
by T. F. Willard. 1928. JU66. M61c.
at Is in politics that Willard Is most
at home. He can look out upon the
sea Of Chinese mass opinion and tell
which waves will break into roaring
breakers and which will wash them
selves out in silence. Perhaps he lays
too little stress upon those economic
undercurrents. which In the long run
determine the surface manifestations. !"
Treaties and Agreements With and
Concerning China, 1919-1929. Car
Peace. Division of International
Law. 1929. JXAR.7C22. va.