Every once in a while some for: eign authority on Chinese polities talks about a strong man. All of China's woes would cease were there but a man of nerve and riusele, of character and force, of despotic disposition and popular R approval, who would take the helm Jand steer the ship. So say these authorities. Yet mo such man appears on the horizon. Wu Pei-fu, Chang Tso-lin, Chi_ Hsieh-yuan, Feng Vu-hsiung, Yat-sen, Tuan Chi-jui—where are the strong men of China? The answer perhaps is that China needs not a Strong men but a vitile- generation of men, that China requires not a despotism in government but an erticvlate public interest, that the loyalty to family be—changed into a loyalty to nation. And when these things come, shall we not criticize those who are to the fore Jas too aggressive, as wanting i civility and as misunderstanding our motives? When there is progress, there is always tion. The Hottentots are probably the most satisfied people on earth,
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