The third part of the "San Ming Chu 1" deals mostly with China's internal problems. It is an attempt a theory of social re-applicable the] peculiar social conditions of modern!
If there is not much of originality in his suggestions, Sun at Toast displays some shrewdness in his selection of ideas and methods; drawn from Western programmes of social reform, and in his adaptation of these to the needs of his own country. But unfortunately allows his anti-British bias to emerge micro than once in the midst of an otherwise interesting exposition, and usually with the effect of spoiling his argument. In summarily outlining these lectures the same endeavour has been made as in the previous two parts to do Sun full justice by giving Jas much prominence to his reasonable pronouncements as to his wilder extravagancies. But since, in this third part in particul jun appears; ta allow himself the licence of now] end again departing from his project, in order to indus in quite " gratuitous" innue st Great Britain, it has seemed Permissible to retaliate by inserting of his lectores a lore of eriticiem and of re-than we have "previously permitted ourselves, That China has some just causes of grievance against the foreign Powers no open-minded man would dream of denying. "The worst of these are connected with abuses of the privilege of extraterritorial rights held la China by foreigners, Curiously enough, this is a subject to which Dr. Sun does not refer in the whole series of thave lectures. On called grievances which are causing the other hand, many of the #0-
the present agitation in China are purely imaginary. The face thatthe Chinese are raising such an outery about certain matters is a proof of their ignorance either of economic laws oF of historical facts, The Cmuse of Succens One.of the chief causes that excite the rage of the Chinese against foreigners is the existence of large and wealthy foreign settlements, or "con-close proximity to many largest cities. "They see! splendid buildings, broad and well-kept streets, open' parks. They see foreigners living in luxurious houses, driving in ears to, racecourse and club, and enjoying all the modern conveniences und comforts that money can buy. They contrast these things with their own narrow, squalid alleys, their uncomfortable houses, and the huddling together of th massed population. Then they eay: The foreigners have acquired all this wealth by exploiting our country, Itis the foreign trade that is robbing, us and keeping us poor. All these! things rightly belong to us. If the foreigners will not give them up, we ought to take them by fore A Chinese Refusal to Understand What the Chinese cannot or will not understand is that honest trade is not exploitation. If wealth has come out of China, then wealth must have been given in exchange. If the foreigners have received China's'raw materi have paid honest silver If they have taken liver from China, they have gi kinds of manufactured articles in return.. The foreign merchant has required. wealth, undoubtedly. But so has the Chinese merchant who dealt with him. Furthermore, respectable proportion'of the foreign merchants' gains has been returned to China. For the construction of all these buildings and streets and public works has given employment to thousands of Chine: e coolies, with higher wages and (in all probapilits mtahtne Score et the hand His lene of conception the other main cause of discontent the part of the Chinese Nationalists is the foreign control of China's Maritime Customs. This certainly, a Cees, eras tee sains aatany of crat China under modern conditions. must not be forgotten, however, that during the past 60 years these customs dues, imposed at foreign dictation and collected under foreign aac have raided one suds hou of mame ages which the Chinese Government could always depend, the remaining one being the Salt Gabelle. It must also be remembered that. the system out of certain historical circumstances. At the period of its initiation it was seen to be the only modus operandi which made it at all possible for foreigners to carry on trade with ima,. How far the system now re= quires to be modified, or whether it ought to be superseded, are questions which ought to be settled, nbt by Doyeotts and mob violence, but a sober inquiry into present conditions,
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