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Show MISSIONARIES I SHOW WAY TO WORLD PEACE "Convert From Old Way to I . New" WiU Aid U. S., Rotarians Told L, Amcrlra s moves toward securing V world peace and disarmament must K solo practically the same problems W. that were solved by American religious ft' mLsslonarle.s, 'to convert from old & methods of doing thing to tho new I Byway' By-way' according to Professor Elbert jEr D. Thomas professor of Oriental lifw W and culture of the Unirsity of Utah, B who Spoke this noon at the Ogden Ro- in tary club luncheon at the Weber club K rooms. Professor Thomas not only . outlined the problems confronting the world regarding China and Japan, but K. also presented suggestions as to how W these problems can be solved JK TALKS ON BONUS it' lie was the chief speaker at ths iK-luncheon, iK-luncheon, at which President E. 8. Hinckley presided. Arthur Woollev. R representing the American legion, ife.-spoke ife.-spoke of tho adjusted compensation of 'E "oonus ' bill nnxv ifnr congress and 'asked the Rotarians to support th a measure Mia Fay King, Ogden sola- if' 1st, sang "Over the Hill." '& Professor Thomas, in introducing his 1 subject regarding the problems of the I disarmament conference at Vaaninc- iff"' tun ll i- crilrl that It i, i E . v., v,.cv ictuoi ui; lodiiccu r. that "no nation of the world, except tho United States, has necn quuo r square with China, no nation in im j& world except tho United States nua - beon quite square with other nations W concerning China " A cnange rron P" this attitude is necessary to success ac fr the disarmament plan, he sula- I He said thai a mistake hrc oee K. made in the conference by firs', eon- B- sldcrlng tho naval question, rather W than the Chinese, and leaving tho Fax W Liaat problems to the very lasx. It CHINA EXPLOITED f "The principle of the open door li IF not cffectlvi in China." he saM., devel- r oping the Btati ment by showing tne 1 work of Japan, England, F-.nce. oer- ,r many, Russia and other lands in ex- p pioiting China t. their own advantage t through secret treaties and pacts o '. various kinds. jl IMPORTANT NAVAL BASE f That America will contrnue IU con- I rol ol the i'liofic provided it wane-a i up i ! I inuls that Outch hirbor In tr-e P Aleution islands Is more important Be r a naval base than Guum, Yap or otttvr I Islands ol tho Pacific, was u view pre- f seated by the speaker. His conclusions regarding ;he Chi- l nese conaftions follow: H ' This, much 1 do want to say. That f while China does not present the only !' problem which muot Uc- solved before w i an hope to see a better world In 11 the tor east, still it is the place where f we should begin. We can continue f making declarations concerning the In- s tegnty of China; wo can insist upou f open door policies, we can write more f: nutos and have all the powers agree fl to them on equal opportunities, bit f such declarations, sucn notes and such I ogreemeta will jcet cmna and tne Chi- H nese world no whei-o until the follow- I ing things arw don ior China Dy the jr the various foreigners who now hold jv her treaty bound. "She must bo relieved of her extra i : . oris I treaties B She must be relieve I from In r pres- I c-nt foreign controlled tariff system, 'She must be relieved from the for-elgn for-elgn control of her railways. HP ' She must be relieved from the for- . elrn control of her postal system. I ' She must be relieved of the foreign I 'schemer behind the various faction f of her government (China now ha;. ') two presidents and an Emperor and j 1 foreign advisor or two from practically j over) country on earth.) Foreign nations must live up to tti letter and the spirit of their treaties t oncoming their leased holdings. SO MICH BRASS "If the countries now represented at Washington ar not wining to oo least tho above mentioned six thlnt If China Is not considered worthy oi I able to do her part in relation to them, I then all the declarations Concerning China's integrity and independence are J as so much bra&s si.unding hypocrij;. and the great game of International blutfinjf Is still 'ho world's most popular pop-ular Indoor sport "Before China can be considered worthy of a position of independence in tho sisterhood of the nations she I herself, must do at least tns vvmotr- She must begin consistently and follow through an extensive forosta-i forosta-i ion ' ampaign, "She must open up and hlltlrtaln some decent means of communication HH between her various provinces and clt- BIB she must establish a single mono- ! HH tarj system for her whole (ounny, (Those of you who have loured China will feel I am sure that I am suggest- kLVJ ing a general oroakup of that land lor II I know you have felt that every other HVel man was a money changer.) IBB "She must develop a consistent for- 'She must establish a system of ed- H ucatlon that will give at least a rew of hor citizens some elementary know- Bl ledr- of the t iindanu nt:i Is of science, RVJ agriculture, engineering and econom- rvVJ les, Bfl t 111NA IN HOCK China Is in hock. All nations have recognized each other in its respect-in.:. respect-in.:. line'-! and with the exception of the treaty ol VersalHe, Shantung s'i to Japan both China and America Ameri-ca have recognised all in that they im have not protested any of th holdings Root-Takehara notes of 1908 recognized recog-nized the status quo of thut dato Th foreigner in China need not hurt Chlnu If he lll respeet China In her sovereign sover-eign right nnd live up to his lease. Th Integrity Of Chin I must certainly mean then tho "integrity of what 16 left of II China." China, us a place to sell goods and as u place to Invest money Is tne . jl international scramble In the ' world The forolcrner therefore will not come out. nd tho foreigner need not come out He Is much more of an ! asset than a liability to China.' ,in BBI |