Show FORMER UTAHN DESCRIBES ES CHINA Dr Edmunds Says Republic Has Place in World Peace Painting a a. kaleidoscopic picture of the conditions In China which he had gained from a mile mlle survey In the Asiatic republic Dr Charles W. W Yo Edmunds Edmunds Edmunds Ed Ed- munds president of the Canton Christian Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian college and former University of Utah professor told a packed house at atthe atthe atthe the Assembly hall last night that China must be put upon the map by the people people peo pee pIe of America It is false doctrine to leave the Chinese out of our plan to make the world safe for democracy and subvert them to the prey of imperialistic monarchies monarchies mon men archies he said There are but two paths for the Chinese to follow one as asa asa asa a partner with the free peoples of the earth or to be subjugated and trodden under foot The The chief obstacle to the advancement advancement advance advance- advancement ment of China in a short time is due to the immense which Is one- one fourth the population of the entire g globe lobe and the lack of communication b between the peoples of the Immense republic r There are only miles of r railroads in a country far exceeding eding therea the a area lrea rea of the United States and not one s single ingle trunk line that would connect th the e peoples of ot the different sections of t the he republic I think it is inevitable the t he sort of disunion this would bring a bout about Ib ut I aC Dr described the people of C China hina as a nation of of burden carriers Tp T They rhey hey carry loads of sometimes p pounds upon their backs for miles in I c competition with the railroads and as ashe ase h he e tersely stated The Chinese have I d developed a strong backbone but It m mh must be brought to the front Many h humorous Incidents enlightened his lec lec- ture ure Once he said that China being he the land of pawnshops the Chinese p pawned their winter clothes In the I ps ummer summer time and their summer clothes I in n the winter time and spent the money in n the meantime In discussing the Shantung issue be between be- be tween Japan and China Dr Edmunds I be-I stated that it wasn't so much a political I i and nd economic Issue with the Chinese people as It was a religious issue Con Con- i the great prophet of the Chinse Chin Chin- con I esc se se was born and burled buried at a a i m mountain city In the province of Shantung Shan Shan- Shani i tung ung and It Is for this reason th that t the peoples of China are so united In re repulsing re- re I 1 pulsing the tho occupation of this province I i iy I by IY y any foreign races whether It be I Japanese or German I In his survey of China Dr Edmunds Ed- Ed m munds discussed the religious beliefs I Ithe i the he he conditions of the roads the characteristics I charac-I charac- charac I I of the people and several other interesting sidelights s upon his trip I through ugh China I I |