Show COMPARES COf PARES CHINA CHINATO CHINATO CHINATO TO U S 8 IN 1776 Struggle for By Many Tongues LAFAYETTE Ind 2nd Feb 11 11 By rho Th A a a Is facing the same ime situation which America faced In 1778 1776 and again i iL InI she 1863 tl he Is trying to 10 gain her na- na national na national independence and preserve ler ier nation national at unity said Mid Dr C 11 1 Robertson recently returned from 25 years year earll spent pent In III China and Rus- Rus Russia siS sia Iii In an address at Purdue uni- uni university Sunday Sun Dr Robertson an nn alumnus of oC Purd Purdue lie and former science lee Ice lecturer for the tho th Y tl M C A pointed out that China Is struggling out ot of years year of autocracy Into a democracy MUST CHOOSe w WAY wY Y China coming out of ot feudalism Is trying to decide between bet the th cap cap- it cap capit and the tho th communistic BYS- BYS terna tern ys-tern of oC economics economic and und lire life Dr Robertson continued II Just and prompt action by Amen Ameri America ca a and nd other worl world 1 power powers will go 0 far to decide o this Issue We W Ve must realize that China is than the lh United States State Cen trill Cen-trill trill America and Mexico put to- to to together gether that she slip has hns or a quarter ot of the tho tarth earths earth's population The Tho Yangtze river Is CO GO miles wile at ot its mouth and so deep dep that the biggest battleships can go as asfar a atar tar far as GOO miles from the sea In this one river valley live IIvo people AO NO O UNITY THERE The Tho speaker pointed out that China was not a united country that It was WM like Europe with about aboul the same population and has ha about as many languages Dr Robertson traced the tho his his- history history his history tory ot of China and said that until recently north east cast and central ChIna have been dominated by three thrle conservative militarists Chang Sun and Vu Wu Northwest Northwest- Northwestern em ern and south China have l been dominated by two inore morn more radically Inclined leaders leaders-Feng leaders Feng and Klang Kiang The Tho conservatives Dr Rob Rob- Rob erton explained have been backed and recognized by the th whole west west- west tern tern lern world the th radicals backed and recognized by Russia Mr Robertson told of ot the th Rus nus- Russian sian stan advisors advisor living In Canton nn and of the studies being made mad of tho the soviet oviet system by Chineo living in Moscow |