Detective in plain clothes makes The return to feudal conditions is not a normal condition in any modern country. The trend toward nationalism, the joining together of outlying districts by railroads and other modern means of communieation, the tendency toward uniform mity in language and customs serve to mitigate against the parti los of feudalism. In China, the founding of the republi have been many nationalizing influences,' some of which have wrought havoc the country, ecause of the drastic methods employed, but others have served to build @ foundation for a stabilized structure. In the previous articles this subject, we have discussed the destructive forees at work during the 14 years of the of the Republic. Our tat to find those elements in the situa tion which are serving to make Ching a national state.
The role of th central Government in China has naturally been difficult one, for no state can dominate its component parts unless has control of the army and the finances. Both of these have been taken from the central government by the process of feudalization. Even as recently as the administration of Hsu Hsib-chang, the Ministries of Finane> and Commu tion were good posts because these ministers were less subject to the feudal lords than, for instance, the Ministries of Wor and Navy. But tonday, the Minister of Communieations cannot even appoint the Direc-for-General of a railroad because the feudal lord through whose territory Tine passes, insists upon his henchman holding that post. The Central Government then must be Altogether disréizarded as an element for stabilization and the currents of unity must be found perhaps beneath the surface, like thave \itreama who-flow underground only to emerge as sparkling springs and freshets,
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