It is the vogue at the present time! to lay all China's ills at the door! of education. It is rightly said] that if these young men and women had mot been educated on modern lines in the new schools of China or residence abroad we should not have had the present political: chaos, This statement is based upon the theory that it is only necessary to} keep people ignorant in order to make it easy to govern them. I do not believe in the truth of this theory as a theory, and even if I did 1
}would not subscribe to it for 1 am! opposition "to attempts to Jgovern China with outside force [China must govern herself and must Jcontrol her own destiny; the surest Jand quickest way for lier to be able te do so is through the education Isjof leaders who will n turn train the masses, As compared with spectacular! revolutions or military campaigns. this is a slow process but it is the Jonty one which promises permanency fof results. The attempt to govern the country by catch-words hag been repeated many times during my fife in China. In 1898 it way the new education" of the K'ang-Liang movement; in 1900 "uphold the Man. [chu and exterminate the fo 2 in 1907 Hsien Fah—constitutional government in 1911, Keamin—revolution; followed th 1912 ho—federation: and Inter by h-words gives no greater pros of permanency than resulted from their use in the Great War, best they are only temporary, expedients; lasting results in "the uplift of the nation can only come from educat The Future already written at tow great length but I cannot close Without expressing again my con jon that China will eventually, emerge from its present condition and become an orderly self-governed nation. This is my belief even in the face of the present chaos of military oppression, party corrupt. tion, loose social' "morals, and violated pessimism, The process will take a long time and will prove to be a severe upon the-patient forbearance of the outside world, It can be facilitated by wis counsels and enlightened leadership, and it can be seriously retarded by prolonged internal disorders, but sooner or later China will learn develop orderly government moder Tines, Instead of being ward of the Great Powers she Hvecome one of them. Sloth, avarice, pride, and deceit "may delay but Jeannot prevent this outcome, for the [Chinese people have in themselves. sufficient mental and moral equip= iment to overcome these evils and te solve their own problem
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