Show THE CHINESE REPUBLIC I P ha had good reason to make a fe festival ti nl of the thc formal recognition of the Chinese o republic b by the time United States and it is well that this country took the lead among the great nations of the world in such acknowledgment ac nm- nm knowle of the success S of the thc revolution which transformed China from from one olle of the most despotic of empires into a nation with a n mo modern cm constitution guaranteeing guar guam popular government and free institutions No Xo other great power stood in so SQ favorable a position position pos pos- tion for such action The he attitude of tho the United States during during- the troubles which tho tim Boxer rc rebellion ellion brought broughton on China was more moro generous and ond helpful than that 1 t of any European nation an and the tIle courso course of this country since that crisis has been so frion friendly ly and FP so important tant taut to the safety and welfare of China Ohina that its value has oft often n been publicly acknowledged by bj Chinese statesmen of the highest rank Moreover the tIme greatest republic ought to lo lead in inthe inthe inthe the encouragement and aud support of all sane and reasonably rca rea directed movements for the spread and up up- building of free institutions It is the impressive example example ex ex- ample of success under such government to which lovers lov loi ers erg of freedom the world o over er turn for pro proof f of the tho practical success of libert liberty and amid its power to benefit mankind |