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Show Bm. sssm BV Kb MISS HARRIET SMITH Of Chinese Y. W. C. A. iiiK to BOOB the railroad employees at their posts anil explaining that It was patriotism for them und for water works and electric lljtlit employees to continue to work. At the end of that week the students hint won the first point mihI the militarists were out of power." when sufl'riiKc In any form wall comes to China Miss Smith feels that It will be granted to both men and women wo-men because of the way women are helping to build things up now. Worn en sliidents took tin active part In all of this bloodless revolution. They had their places on all of the councils Their part of the work was to trans late much of the literature Into phonetic phonet-ic script and when a boycott was declared de-clared on Japanese goods to begin production pro-duction of goods In China. "All of the students threw away their straw hats purely Japanese products at the beginning of their movement, and the women students set about making white duck hats, which were called patriotic hats and Immediately became very popular. TI en they begun devoting themselves to the milking of parasols and of tab , cum powder. Some of them paraded, hut none was arrested. "China Is the last country In the World tO fear class feeling and antipathy, antipa-thy, which seems to be gripping the rest of the world," Miss Smith says "In China there Is a wonderful social solidarity. People get together, not so much by localities, hut by trades and professions. Kvery one belongs to I guild, and these guilds are wonderfully organized, as the Chinese have a genius for organization. Despite poor lines of communication, lack of railroads and telephones, these guilds hold closely together. Yet their organ l.atlon has nothing to do with caste Willi a leadership us highly organized organ-ized as that of (he students a great amount can he done Leading men of China Interpret the siudent movement as very significant the forming of a new national parly It Is the duty of nil Christian organizations In China to give these students, who are now the leaders of the Government, everj poi Bible bit of aid ami inspiration, as thej need more than human help to In In.' China out nf her dlfllCUltlei lUCCeMfUl ly. The V. W C A Is doing what II can to help the women students. .'i of these students have given up their vacations ami ale working hat I throughout the summer." Miss Smith has seen China Change, within ten rears, from one of the old est ami most rigid monarchies of the world Into a republic She saw the Mrs) republican tings go up and feels that China has accomplished n great deal, fighting nil the time as she has, against the great odds of Japanese and European aggression In addition to the old monarchist le party. Given time. China will become one of the great republics re-publics of the world, she says. Miss Smith lives In Richmond, Va., and Is home on a year's furlough. She expects to return to China In the spring. |