The death has occurred, sayg "The Times" of January 28, at hig residence in Liverpool, of pneumonia after four days' illness, of Professor Edward Harper. Parker, Professoy of Chinese in Manchester Univers sity and Reader in Chinese in Liver pool University, at the age-of 77.
The second son' of Edward. Parker, surgeon, of Kirkdale, Liverpool, he was born on January 3, 1849, and. was sent to Dr, Brunmerys prepara tory school at Everton and to the, Royal Institution at Liverpool. On leaving school he made a start in 2 vision of an America, sodsly yeh, protected by 10 the dominating element in world finance, Swill foreign countries when thought the occasion required—ity I have not written thy above with the idea of being funny, nor. sar T merely wish to show Low easy it should be for the world-educated person—be he British, or German, or American or otherwise classed or unclassed—to understand reports of industrial, commercial and financial activity ly witnessed during the last five decades, I suppose that China is on the threshold of one of the most inportant years in the history of her foreign intercourse. Clouds hang. giving its opinion to Europe when why the United States has wished to do so, and expecting along registered such bitter opposi-all} low. There are visible many pos: sibilities for misunderstanding not Barope to listen, Ard with all this, tion to entering into any respon "remain permanently. detached sibility from an international angle. Chi only between the Powers and but among the Powers them sua isolated from all. foreign "en-must be remembered that there because of China. America inglements? and international fs no such thing as an "average: at the present tim is supersensitive political obligations.
American" as there fs an "aver~ ge" among the older nations on what is called "'the Chinese quex-'The campaign has been long and tion." For the life of me, more-Vitter, The opponents of the World Europe. How can there be when, over I cannot see how the Ameri Court in the U, S. Senate up to very recently, there was waged can public is to be educated ints apparent desire on the part of the their -war up to the very, last! actual conditions in that ill-fated authorities to regulate the indis-moment, but. they sensed defeat country.
Despite all the reports Jong before it came, As it criminate inflow of by no means the was "are circulated regarding in the Senate that the motion for Dest—and often the least desired internecine warfare and general un. the United States to enter the ~of Southern European popularest from the Pacific to Tibet and tions?
League of Nations was killed, from Canton to Mongolia, the aver-new in the Senate the first step The man who sets out to answer age American will persist in the, hur been taken to bring this coun-the question, "What is an Ameri-belief that China is already capable. tty into, partnership with major can?" must for a long period stand of putting her own house in order, es of the civilized world in a ike an ass braying in' the wilder and administering her laws to tribunal foreigners.
ich exists expressly to ness; for the true American type promote peaceful and amicable me has only just begun its evolution. ternational relationships.
A very large proportion of the Typical of American Opinion Population has a long way to go Position Difficult to Understand Some days ago, in a weak mo to reach that igh type of citizen ment, I consented to speak at a In a gloat internationally-minded exemplified in the true Nordic luncheon club, the subject indicated Place like Shanghai, it is naturally typo—which all true-born Ameri-to be spoken upon being "Extra. dificult to imagine' people in an, can with was the average, but lity in China."
mense and prosperous. cotintry which unfortunately is not. like the U. S.A. so insularly-mind-But the long-fought battle has I went to the luncheon and aded ar the great average unquestionbeen won. Surprisingly implacable dressed some 150 men for 40 ably are, In China, the foreigner and energetic, inspired by a sur~ minutes, endeavouring to give a. hae been brought into practical point of view, in absolute fairness prisingly narrow and insular thes touch with other parts of the to China, of her needs vis @ vis the ory, the diehards have lost, The world than his own country, and outside world, an opinion based on United States, though not fully, has the result with other peoples. His "narrow of 20 years of con-come to see that this is the' age nationalism has usually been temsistent study in many parts of China, of shrinking distances—where pered with a much wider inter-While my audience was frankly international intercourse in polities, terested, I early sensed a dis. nationalistic outlook, He may, and finance, ideas, inventions and appointment. They did not want to, does, remain a good Briton, or a cial habits, becomes more intimate hear the truth, When. it was goyd Frenchman, or a good any and clovo—where the United State phasized that the abolition of other national, yet he thinks of oth in the world and oxterritoralit would be a gross me world matters less in terma of his, where she cannot enforce Justice to China at the present time, own country than of the world of, her position without accepting the compelling her to shoulder a re-all races in general. In spite of responsibility sponsibility which she is in no way himself pos he becomes in: time an international in thought, And it is now quite conceivable fitted to accept, I could tell that and you have only to leave Shany that what has been done, this entry listeners considered that I spoke hai (if you have lived there for by the side door entrance to the with a strong bias. And in truth 15 or 20 years) and go to live in World Court, will open out into the I did; because, like all old China mai hands who have made it their busi-y state in this country to re-avenue leading to her. entrance ness to work for the permanent alize how true this is. to the League, Of course, the opponents to the World good of China, I am very mue' But in the United States you biased in the sense that I know, Court have seen this all _along—have a people whose very national perfectly well that it will not be hence their passionate hostility.
Hope and raison @'étre were built! They saw the Court as this side for China's good to give her all for or. isolation, on knowing and mind= hich she is clamouring in her ing their own business. So true the accep! door I speak of, leading finally to ignorance of what is good for her. fs this that in many inland areas] they conceived i€ te be the When the speech was ended I in-today you find groups _bearin by every means in their power. ted questions, und to my astonish-strongly differentiating native pre: to close up every approach to the ment no one asked any.
When the Judicer, groups of people who, by League. gathering had beckon up, however, lerd instinct, have preserved 'a man approached me and told customs and mode of thought un-
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