Show CHINESE PROTEST That the Anier can Chinese do not sympath ze with the despotic govern ment of Yuan Shi Ea s revealed by the fact that the Salt Lake Chinese jo ning with their brethren all over the country have protested to President Wilson aga nst our government s recog nizing agents of Yuan who are seek mg to negot ate a loan for China in the United States They declare that Yuan was not authorized by the Chi nese parliament to make the loan and that the move is one to perpetuate h s despot sm That the pari ament did not authorize the loan is certa n because Yuan sup pressed the parliament about a year ago and const tuted h mself to all intents and purposes an absolute despot L t tie wonder then that the American Chi nese wlo ha e been contr but ng money for many years to establ sh a genuine republ c n China should seek to frus trate all attempts by the able but tyran nical Yuan to perpetuate hisrule Americans w 11 sympath ze keenly with the efforts of the Ch nese in th s country and m the home land to end the re gn of despot sm and to establish on a permanent bas s the rule of the people Whether t would be wise for the American government to take any action which could be construed as a snub to Yuan is another quest on Be fore the world he represents the sov ere gnty of China and if the Un ted States government were to rebuke tne government of China the act on might be m sonderstood by all the nat ons of Europe and even by the Ch nese them selves The go erument at Washing ton has recognized the Ch nese republic and i nan as ts pres dent To dist n-1 gu sh now between the president and the people will be taking a r sk wh ch m ghtN lead to many undesirable com pi cations There can be no doubt of American good will toward the Ch nese people It has been our w se tradit ona pol cy to make f r ends with the people of Ch na and n the centur es that I e just ahead we shall have little reason to re gret having adopted s ch a pol cy when the Chinese were weak and practically defenseless for they are to become one of the m ghtiest nat ons n the tide of t me Already Ch na has a populat on of about 400 000 000 people and m a few generations probably will have 500 000 000 or 600 000 000 people and th s vast population probably will be umf ed under a s ngle government as enl ghtened and as prog ess ve as any that will ex st m a western countrv |