Show Treatise on China I Pr ves Interesting i Authoritative riter Is Sym 1111 partial in Viewing I Orientals i iBy By T DL NG i Johann Andersson wh wrote The Dragon and the Foreign Devils was from 1914 to II 1925 by the Chinese geological department de- de and during that time visited vis- vis I aU parts of the and mingled with almost all classes of people As 8 consequence conse- conse quence he to with authority on China 11 An ersson's bool may be roughly divIded into two sections the first dealing with the Chinese mind and the second a survey of China since the revolution of 1911 The portion of the book is more interesting and easier to read than the second which treats the confusion sion of constant civil war WRITES IMPARTIALLY of the charm of the volume arises from the fact that 11 1 Andersson An- An and sym sym- pathetically He does not approach ChIna In the frame of mind in KatherIne Ia 1 o of India nor does he hold up the Chinese and civilization as a shining example ex- ex ample to the estern world was no doubt much not to his taste taste- in China but he has not let that fact Intrude itself Into hIs book nor color his opinIons 11 Andersson does not view the Chinese as an inferior people but in the sensible manner as a people of an entirely different culture than his own China may be sLid to be bean an example of the living middle ages he tOl its walled clUes and farms its shops open to the street and its organization of crafts and trades have a close resemblance re- re semblance to those of Europe prior to the renaIssance Much of the Ch nese culture he states has been modified sInce the polished stone CHINESE HONEST He is inclined to greatly discount tales of graft and esty blOught back by travelers and andis is high in his praise of Ch 1 ese po- po and Chinese are essentially honest he declares but adds that tho great such as and Shanghai most visited by Euro Euro- attract the riffraff riff riff- raff of the country Grail exists China he states but Is riot regarded as dIshonest but rather as a business policy Efforts of western to gain Jand In China are severely criticIzed by Mr Andel SOn s are also rights Injustices tices now In the treatment of China by other nations must e relieved before the nation can ad- ad vance he says Tho Dragon and the Foreign Devils can scarcely be too highly praised for its good sense tolerance toler- toler ance and completeness as a survey f China was orIginally written in Swedish and the English translation trans trans- lation was made by Charles ton LIttle Brown Co Boston I |