Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-03-13 | Page 21 | War with China Idea is Scouted

War Tag With China Idea Is Scouted s o. o o o m u. u s. s Ain Aim to Protect Says Says' Abbett e o o 0 Internal Fighting Grips Country y I War Var with China or with any faction of the state stat is out of the the question presence ot of armed forces meaning only that United States citizens will receive the protection protection pro to which they are entitled said C Commander Harry J. J Abbett who is In charge of navy recruiting activities In the Intermountain country The United Stat States s lis Is interested In the affair only to the extent of affording protection to the lives and property of our nationals in a are re region ion where the recognized government government gov- gov is unable or unwilling to afford atford such protection Commander Abbett explained Due to the great area to be covered and the enormous enormous enor- enor number of the inhabitants who may become hostile at short notice It is expedient to concentrate concentrate concen- concen all foreigners ners and to combine forces with other nations for their protection as s has been done at Shanghai ALIGNMENTS CHANGE The alignment of forcEs forcE's in alliance alliance al- al liance has frequently shifted due t to o the changing interests ot of the leaders leaders lead lead- ers concerned This condition may be Expected to continue as tong long as the leaders observe Interest self rather than a fixed principle of support support sup sup- port of or hostility to the tho existing government As generally understood China Is one ot of the worlds world's largest and most densely populated nations This is true only in part China Is only nominally a nation with Peking 1 as the seat of government Actually Actually Actu- Actu ally China Is an expanse of territory terri terri- tory torf cut up into provinces provinces- which are prevented from forming a homogeneous nation by differences In personal chara characteristic language financial systems and personalities of those in authority The history of China has been beena a long list ot of conquests Tartars Mongols and have come impressed their manners and customs customs cus- cus toms on the conquered and have been assimilated having In the province occupied their racial chara characteristics char char- a to an extent directly proportionate to the strength of those characteristics and the tho time they have held power FEW EDUCATED The written language of China is the Mandarin which is generally generally gener- gener ally understood by the educated classes Under the empire the key to cavils civill preferment was a classical education hence an all who sought advancement had to take examinations examinations examina- examina In the classics Only about 25 per cent ot of the Chinese people can read or write The spoken language language lan lan- guage is broken uP Into provincial dialects and though neighboring provinces may be able to understand understand under under- stand the dialect it is doubtful This condition tends to Increase the lack ot of coordination between bet een the provinces One ot of the strongest items of the lack of cohesion of the Chinese nation is the personality ot of the provincial leaders Each of these I who is personally ambitious sur- sur I I rounds himself with a more or less lessI well drilled army and rules his I province ice as an independent principality prin- prin waging wars with ith his lis neighbors and converting th the tax money to his own uses uses I The present dl difficulty is a war of actions north l versus south The northern chiefs are nominally the government of China since they I hold Peking eking The development devel- devel can probably be traced back to the capture and recapture I oba owned British steamer at Ma- Ma Jt It is doubtful whether 8 80 p per percent cent of tine the population of Understand understand un- un the affair