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Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-28 | Page 13 | The Chaos in China

Type issue
Date 1926-11-28
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Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title The Chaos in China
Type article
Date 1926-11-28
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 13
OCR Text T r y 1 The Chaos n China i iBy S S By SILAS H. H STRAWN Distinguished Lawyer and Chairman of the International International Inter Inter- national Commission on Extraterritorial Juri Jurisdiction diction in China S Senator Borah has warned the United States and other powers that any nation using force forcen in n China under the the thep p. p p sent conditions will tied dod d d- d the hc land to endless bloodshed and i in m n the end settle nothing What these conditions are nrc S Mr Strawn sets forth in this article written on h's hs is return from eleven months in China to help c carry rry out tho Washington Washinton treaty treat ing the 4 tariff and the r solution resolution concerning J extraterritoriality S What can other nat nations ns do to help r rescue the Chinese pe people fro front the c enslavement of of the warlords war warlords warlords lords and to bring out of the c existing ch chaos os That I Is one e of th th- big wor world word d' d problems In its solution tion as in that of any other difficult problem we begin with a l knowledge o. o of the facts China is larger h than the United States Mexico and nd C Central America combined It Is s larger than all Europe More Jore than Ulan OO or on one fourth of If the the tho people of r the earth live in China As nearly as Os as' as can be it Is H estimated that 97 per cent o of th the Chinese can read rend nor write even ven in the Chinese language By that I do not me mean n that the Chine o are stupid or or of a low order orde- of af intel Intel- U nce The Tho gret t mass haveS haveN no edu educational op op- op S China has a great groot variety of natural resources There are comparatively ely f fow v Industries The great reat mass of of people exist by bY tilling the soil sail There are aTe miles miles- of af railroad compared with in the United States The tonnage available le for transportation Is large larg On account of cheap labor th th's operating ratio of tho the Chinese railroads to their the earnings is less than that that of o-f any other country Instead Rd of f the the- earnings o of the railroad going in first to the ament of and for tor operating ex expenses expense's ex- ex cx- cx pens pense's and m maintenance then the net to the owners a as in other countries in iii China all of the earning earning- of f the railroad are art confiscated b by the war lords Since April 10 1926 1026 there has been no government govern govern- ment nent No regard is paid to the orders or wishes of the eo called d regency cabinet The entire country Is overrun overrun by sol soldiers and bandits Foreign For For- olga eign legations are unable to secure any redress from the central government nt for wrongs done don to their the nationals in any part t O of China Tro officials ls hold the central government and its orders iri 11 contempt con Long past clue due obligations foreign and aid for or money borrowed and materials furnished to operate the railroads and public utH- utH lUes give the the- central government little or no conC con con- C corn cern The officials official who are arc the mere agents agents' of the war ar interested 0 in are solely devising de way wave and means of of- Increasing the loans and raising raiding funds to io meet the requirements of thair masters mamers Outrageous internal tax taxes s of every conceivable are i e levied upon merchants and t tradesmen the ther r revenue venue from om which not go to the support of 5 54 01 if P H ss fl-ss but t but to tile the mu military ta Th The officials t remain unpaid un S S SS S Xo No Chinese 2 I citizen dar dares dars protest protect t or attempt to do anything anything- to bring order out of the chaos that obtains Every newspaper article which escapes tire U-e cen censor or and which may may- maybe be regarded as a of O the dominant wa wa- walord lord of of his hs und und-erlings subjects the editor to the tho peril of summary execution exe exe- cution cu without oven eaten the pretense of a trial It would be unreasonable able to expect t tany any people much Iss ls those o 0 a a. a f so 0 vast in area so numerous rouS' iii fi in population 50 so o without means man o of com com- and so so Illiterate as the Chinese to evolve republic a.-republic t along occidental lines within the sho rt sae e of of fO fourteen en y years at Today we cannot j e ard as a e Jn jn anything more than name nam e.- e. ft f 4 S sl our tra tade trade r as s sven vr well ven ll n as tl that t of ot the itle z wi lq h Ch China a. a c cannot be in Increased ed or jEv ep mt o cI Oft jt J ba basis bas until Inert s 's Ts s nea pae e f so O that the frugal Industrious us and patient nt Chinese people ma may enjoy the Ule fruits of their labor rather r than be continuously robbed b by bandits and and sol soldiers 5 The attitude att of the United States toward China Ina always has been helpful and sympathetic Conditions Condi Condi- in Ip China change so o rap rapidly I it would seem Impossible Im Im- tin tin- possible for our government gO to announce In advance advance ad- ad ad ad- van vance e any dE nite policy which could meet the changing con conditions It Jt is entirely sympathetic with our cr creditors tors in th their lr efforts to collect lonE long past due debts from Irons the Chine Chinese government nt and also with th-a th interests of our oui merchants and manufacturers s who rho are arc desirous desir ous of promoting trade With the Chinese rhe The responsibility of our aur r lat ns with China rest rests primarily upon the president pre and the ro secretary of state I have an abiding abiding- confidence in their ability and willingness to discharge that duty wisely and well I Copyright 1926 Cosmos Newspaper Syndicate Inc
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