| Show CHINA HAS NATIONAL SPIRIT An American having lent sent cable cable- cablegrams cable grans grams from Shanghai declaring the Chinese were without a na am na- na national of spirit and knew not the meaning of patriotism a a Chinese student at Yale Vale has made answer er as 81 follows The Chinese republic Is 1 young oung being scarcely 16 years old Yet since the tho last quarter of ot the nine nine- nineteenth nineteenth century there has bas been a steady growth In China of demo demo- democratic democratic cratic cralle ideas This led to the over overthrow throw ot of the Manchu dynasty in III 11 with I little bl bloodshed shed and the 11 immedIate defeat of two two attempts to 10 restore a monarchical form of government by a small Email group ot of royall ts The popular education educational al sl movement In recent years ears championed b by Chinese educators as well eU as lIS students has Imprinted on th the minds of ot the muses masses of the population a firm conviction In tho spirit ot of o democracy and na- na nationalism na no nationalism The fact act that thai the com corn cornmon common mon day laborers have haTe been ac- ac acUTely ac lively participating in the pres pres- pres- pres rut ent political demonstrations and the fact that the nationalist gov government eminent Homent which by virtue ot or Its being warmly supported by the Chinese people both people both northerners and has southerners has been able to make sweeping victories and to occupy half halt of o China within within in i 1 months n Is ample proof of ot the general Interest In the unification ot of the country under rule As to pr provincialism I dare say of ot It in that there III now cow no more China than there is In la Great Groat Brit Brit aln am or the United States We halO havu often heard people from the Kingdom call caU themselves Scotch English or instead of British Wo We 0 also Infrequently hear heaz people in this country call northe northerners ners southern southern- southerners ers era New Englanders or New York York- Yorkers York ers ers era Instead of ot Americans Does this mean that each of o these two l is muth divided ell within i herself At home borne among mong ourselves the Chinese might US use such names I as Kl Hunan to d des designate s- s Ignat ignate our birthplaces But when to foreigners I dare say say n nut t a single Chinese e will mention his province ro In preference nce to his known known country country It is generally that the the the- Chine e are the most homogeneous people among all the civilized races Several thou thou- thousand sand years Of ot history and culture bare bave given us a racial radal solidarity not found round anywhere else in the world Notwithstanding the pres- pres pres present ont ent nt political dissension in the country country-a a condition that is soon to the disappear disappear the people are united by a thousand ties which are absolutely Inse Inseparable arable A cou- cou coupie cou couple pIe of ot years ears ago when there was wac waca wasa wasa a great gleat famine in th the north hun hun- hundreds hundreds dB of ot thousands of ot people In Inthe inthe Inthe the south Louth cut down the number of served at their meals to towo tae cave money foi to famine relief I then hen It is hardly necessary to mention the many diplomatic diplomatic in- in incidents in incidents which were often local In character but were ere responded to toby toby II by the Ice whole nation nallon |
