| Show DESCENDANT OF CONFUCIUS COUNSELS UNITED STATES TO FOLLOW OPEN DOOR POLICY I EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE NOTE For For NEA Service Service Ser Ser- SerVice vice and The Telegram Hsiang Hsi Kung leading Chinese edL educator and nd foreign relations expert has outlined outlined out out- lined the conditions that actually confront China today A direct do de- de descendant descendant of Confucius he is dean dea of the Chinese branch of ot Cerlin college college college col col- col- col lege and is is in America now as hi country's representative to the Sesquicentennial Sesquicentennial Ses- Ses qui centennial Exposition at Phila Phila- cle delphia Ip Ii is By HSIANG HSI KUNG Chinese Foreign Relations Com Commission m n. n Much of the so-called so Information tion given out as to conditions in China is m mere re propaganda Some Soe Of f it is issued to meet the urge urge of of the American public for n news ws and anda a good deal o of misinformation is given in this way There Is no denying de- de denying denying de de- nying that we have unrest troubles troubles troubles trou trou- bles and war in China Just as has been the case with other nations when the people have broken brek away vay from old to new conditions Also there has been beema a ge good d de deal l lef of or unrest in China which is Is after all not as bad as reported This can be shown by an analysis of commercial conditions From the returns of the Chinese customs we not that tha both beth imports and nd exports experts are greater greate than ever before This Is s emphatically true of American commerce American structural ste steel l lumber oil motor motel cars and tobacco are eton s seen n I everywhere There Is an n ever growing grow v I ing ng Importation of American food I stuffs Last year bags of American flour were sold In China MODERN IDEAS So this period of unrest In China must be gone through Just as the mariner finds the waters of ef the se semore Seamore sea seamore more easily stirred up as he approaches approaches approaches ap ap- the harbor harber Because China China China Chi Chi- na is going going through a chance b bf Ideas and these modern Ideas a ace e emore more quickly assimilated b some some than by others ethers we ye find the present unrest st C H Hence nce In today China today today we nave have I ve people who grasp gral modern Ideas quickly and are aree e g r l' for chance On the other hand there hire are those to whom new Ideas come slowly and who vho deprecate sudden changes 1 For er this reason spine clashing of opinions is inevitable Politically ally different leaders have differing ideas asto s tc wh what is best for forthe forthe forthe the country Some bell believe ve in more mere democratic principles for the people people peo peo- pie others ethers that the people must be guided Some hold that the need of the country is the centralization of power others that the provinces should be given ghen complete autonomy y These various political factions actions are naturally natural desirous of success It II It Itis Is Inevitable therefore that they should call upon their military friends for Cor assistance This induces in induces In in- Induces duces the military Leaders to form the habit of interfering with politIcal political pout ical a affairs a. a The modern statesman who h has s' s b been en most responsible for this condition condition con con con- Is the late President Yu Yuan n I Shih Shib Kai Kal Himself ignorant a t of or the ihie true meaning of democracy arid de desIrous desirous desirous de- de sirous only of becoming a dictator he ie us used d both beth money and influence Influence with the military leaders who were his is That really started the he interference with political af affairs affairs affairs af- af fairs on the part of ot the militarists CHRISTIAN AND AUTOCRAT Even among the military l leaders aders however th there re are two distinct types Some Seme like Marshal l Feng Peng Wu Vu Hsiang the well known ChrisIan Christian Chris- Chris Ian tian tian are desirous of helping forward forward for for- ward democracy Others lUte like MarshaUs Marshalls Marshalls Mar- Mar Chang Tso Lin and Wu Pel Pei Fu are more thore more autocratic about present situation situation sit sit- I 1 am sorry to say foreign lations are not wholly without blame With sonic some It is isa a matter of business China disturbed and unquiet Is a good mar market et for guns and ammunition Many have made in tilts this wa way way- over Left-over military supplies from Crom Europe st stuff ff forr there is is' is no market elsewhere else else- where can be dumped In in- China in-China China at ata a handsome profit With others It t is ii policy that China should be kept U tied d down and find weak W people In China believe that the he United States Is our sincere friend She was not net only the first t nation to return the Boxer Indemnity Indemnity Indemnity f funds stipulating that th they y should b be used for the the education of Chinese students but by by calling the Washington conference to consider con con- e sider elder the outstanding questions with China and giving China it a square deal won the confidence and gratitude of the Chinese nation Missionaries scattered China through h. h their educational medical and philanthropic labors the American representatives In the theY Y M. M C A. A and nd Y W. W C. C A. A and such an institution as the great Peking Pe Pe- king Union Medi Medical al college established by Mr Ir Rockefeller have made the name arid and charitable Influence of A America erica widely videly known and felt tl tl ro China The offshoots in China of such American educational institutions as Yale with a lale in Hunan Oberlin In Harvard Princeton Princeton Prince Prince- ton Grinnell and the the- University of P Pennsylvania n are arC widely disseminating disseminating the test best American spirit and antI culture p p il There have been officIal official representatives representatives of the United States in China China Chi Chi- na na sach as as as' Mr Charles R. R Crane the l Idle te Dr Paul Mr Julean Julean Julean Ju- Ju lean Arnold and Mr Silas Strawn who have been wholly desirous of helping C lna I However many times they have flave been unable to make an effective use se b of bf friendliness and s sympathy sym sym- m pathy because of the weakness of American diplomatic policy In China Therefore Americas America's official official official cial influence may b be described by bythe bythe bythe the Chinese phrase empty words Formerly the great American statesman t John Hay Ilay enunciated the famous doctrine of the Open Door In China If the United States Staten will WUl follow up this policy vigorously It will not only be bea a a. blessing to China but will be helping to Insure the peace and safety of the world A S I J |
