Show S i fj DEPENDS DEFENDS THE CHINESE SE DEN Wu 95 I Fang Tang Speaks Out for forRace His Race ce a aWu Wu Vu Ting Fang Chinee minister to the United States delivered the convocation convocation cation caton address of the University of Chicago Mr Vu Wu took for his subject Chinese Civilization and said sid China China had been be n like a recluse community in inthe Inthe inthe the heart of a mountain mount in inThis This mountain community may ray be be China in miniature he continued To her isolation she un tin undoubtedly undoubtedly owes her long freedom from front foreign domination Foreign influence I indeed has had h d very ver little to do with the national development of China Before the nineteenth century the only possible foreign enemies she had to meet were the nomads of or the Mon Mongolian lIon Mongolian golian golan plateau who occasionally made sudden incursions upon the settlements I along the northern frontier and pi pirates pirates s I Irate rates rate f rpm the Malaysian islands who sometimes som spread terror along the sea seacoast I coast coat by their ravages ravage These warlike encounters fortunately were not very frequent Far from the th conflicts and of the west est the Chinese have been able to give through trough the thO th past centuries al almost almost almost most their exclusive attention to Inter Internal internal nal mi development They have accord accordingly accordingly accordingly solved solve their political problems in their own way way ay and worked out their destiny without foreign interference e Nature has blessed bl the country with every variety of soil soi and climate so that the people have never been obliged to look to other countries for the te sup supply supply supply ply of their wants want They The have been able to live within themselves without difficulty and to get along without having havin anything to do with wih the outside nati m Their long seclusion has ha been nat not only a matter thatter mater of necessity but also a matter mater of o choice j 1 I The Chinaman Chin ran is the u principal type of Oriental civilization He is phlegmatic phlegmatic matic and sluggish Time is no object o with him He takes things thing as s they come and arid never seems to be in a hur hun hurry hurr ry How different Is the American the r highest type of Occidental civilization He Bc H is nervous and energetic He acts on the principle that time is money mone and accordingly Is impatient of re restraint restraint restraint and always on a a rush When hen the old Oriental civilization meets meet the new Occidental civilization c it i is to be expected that there there will wi be a clash Which will have to give way to the theother theother theother other is by b no means certain for the therace therace therace race is not not to the swift swit nor the battle batte to the strong str strongS S There has ha ng lately been a great Seat dhal deal d ol olof of newspaper talk about civilizing Chi China China China na na I give gi credit r dit to those people who advocate ado ate such a course coure for their good intention but its it desirability to say nothing of its difficulty should ho ld not no be e a of Tier her er own It I is the growth of time Long before beford the ancestors of df the people of the west ceased to be naked savages s and ana na emerged from the primeval forests of central Europe the th Chinese had already known the use of the compass and the te art of or printing Now for the people Of the west to turn turnaround turnaround around arund and then ask the Chinese Chines to put away their old oid civilization is rath rather er novel novel The people of the te west wet may know nore ore than the Chinese about bout the te Jo of the floating of oC loans IO S the combinations c m of cap J m the tb n of resources resources and andI an this is granted but the I f fr Jall j feel that they are in int t t position to judge judg what Is best lor their ir own interest and welfare than any sn outsider can be Therefore any attempt to impose upon them any an re reform refon reform form fon or religion they do not feel the i need of is to create trouble The use of force is especially to be deprecated as this serves serve ony only to inflame their passions and rouse rouse their resentment Presentment Und nd opposition But on tin the other hand much can be accomplished al by exercising tact tac and discretion and above all aU by giving due Jue consideration c to their sentiments and prejudices 00 j 0 I 1 If I the people peole of the west will wi study the civilization of China instead of trying tr to pull pul it down they will wl save themselves a great gr at deal of ot trouble They wi will find that that the Chinese are not addicted to ways a s that are dark and ad tricks that are vain yaIn as they are rep represented represented represented resented to be by an American poet They will wi find that China ol s she Is still exhibits all al the strength and vigor of full maturity They will wf find fird that thaI the civilization that has ha stood the test of forty centuries is far from being eing effete They They wilt vill wiL find that the proper prop r course to be e pursued in n putting China on the road to t prosperity and happi happiness happiness happiness ness Is not to o shake the foundations of her social and political fabrics fabric but to allow low her to Incorporate steh elements element of western n civilization as a she can as assimilate assimilate On th the other hand China Chia must keep up with wiH the times In the onward march mach machof of progress To end it is necessary necessary necessary sary for her to take ake lessons from the western wester world But she need not be a servile serie imitator Her requirements ments are peculiar to her position among nations and to of her life Ule By B adopting from the Uw west only what wha is best for her welfare w and avoiding everything that is not suited suied to the conditions and ana needs of her people she will wl transform herself into a modern nation naton without losing these elements of national character which have made madelien her lien great and ands strong r in the past |