A study of this book, then, will reveal the aims and political ideals of the party which is likely before Tong to have the upper hand in Ghina. In part the book is painful reading, for it displays a pitiful misunderstanding of the attitude of Great Britain towards China, and 'a regrettable spirit of antagonism towards the Powers which did their best at the Washington Conference te encourage China in the path of internal reformation. These misconceptions undoubtedly have arisen }from the sowing of the Bolshevist [seed in the minds of young Chinese during recent years. Until these misconceptions can be removed the of, establishing more friendly Yelations between the Powers and China seems hopeless. Yet not only the welfare of China but the peace of the world may possibly. depend upon an improvement of these relations in the near future.
What is needed in China to-day is some form of official propaganda to combat the insidious lies and perversions which the Bolshevist. agents have boon spreading with such success. The firs tain a clear idea of the nature of the misconceptions from which all the anti-foreign feeling arises. It is in the hope of assisting in such a preparation that the following sum. wa] mary of Dr. San's lectures is offer-
The "Sax din Chu 1" or "Three People's Principles," falls naturally into three divisions, The Arst part deals with "The People's Race for Racialism, in six lectures. The lectures, deuls with "Phe Poop! Power," or Democracy. The third Part, in four lectures, deals with "The People's Life™ or Socialism, Anti-Forcignism The second part of Dr. Sun's work brings him to the subject of Democracy. As the first part, on Nationalism, was concerned more 0 less with China's foreign policy, this second part will bear more directly upon her domestic programme. The Cuntonese revolution-ints in their conduct—Iast "year in Canton, und this year in the Yang. {tze Valley—have shown clearly that in their foreign policy they are Dropared to carry out Dr. Sun's principles to their logical issues. The anti-foreign strike and boycott, the repudiation of treaties and the general antagonism to all foreign interests, if they are not directly. urged by Dr. Sun, are at least Togical deductions from his teaching. In the same way, in their internal Policy, there is no doubt that they intend to establish some kind democratic communism, inspi part by outlined the second and third parts of the Three People's Principles Democracy to Cure all Dr. San, like all modern educated Chinese, had a pathetic faith in democracy. To him, as to them, it is the panacea for all China's ills. The tragedy of the 14 years which have elapsed since the foundation of the Republic of China has no whit, discouraged them. The fact that the bulk of China's population are still illiterate, and have no more idea of the use of a ballot-box than cow of a gramophone, does not trouble them in the least. Demo-Jeracy, and democracy, and yet more Jdemocracy, is their one prescription {for all China's diseases.
It would be coxy to criticize Sun's Programme, utd to show the utter futility of expecting the social reconstruction of China to tke place ina generation, or even i'n century. It is not +0 easy, perhaps, to do him Justice in a summary of his views such as the following article atted in Chinese on paper which allows
which we have already dealt with, occupies 140 such pages. The second part runs to 200 pages, or more than 67,000 characters, in Chinese, The attempt here made is to summarize Sun's teaching, giving equal prominence to his wisdom and his folly, and especially not exaggerating the latter by any kind of caricature, How far the attempt is successful can only be judged by those who fan read the original work. in Chinese. Meanwhile it is hoped. that English readers will obtain a little insight into the political workings the modern Chinese mind, and Into the forces that are'now trying to shape the Chinese nation.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.