Young China's Views on Great Britain: Opinions of a Protagonist of Chiang Kai-shek Fae Oce Own Connesronoext Taichow, Che, May 31.
I have recently returned from a 10 days' trip to Taichowfu, Owing to the unsettled state of affairs down there a few months ago, my visit has been one of special interest. I may say that from the time I left Shanghai until my return I did not experience a moment's anxiety, The officers and boys on the str, Chusan vere very friendly and considerate and polite, ities in this southern part of th province, He spoke good Englis warm admirer and staunch partisan of Gen. Chiang sk. He was strongly anti-British and said China would always regard Britain as hostile until she agreed to sri of Unequal Treaties.
Questioning as to what had happened at Hankow and Nanking I asked him, with whom he expected Britain to make treaties in China today? If she treated with one leader she offended another. Until there was an established authoritative power China, it was impossible fox, Britain or' any other Power to make satisfactory treaties with China, He saw the force of this and rather reluctantly admitted its reasonable Downtrodden Scotland He then asked me if I knew i, and referred to India and The previous British' oppression there, He did not seem to know what a very largo measure of self-government India people enjoyed, in being froe to members of their own Parl Realizing that he had not established. many points against Britain, he then, to my astonishment, spoke of Scot= land as a country' trying to free herself from British tyranny! asked for an explanation. "Oh" he said. "I read in a Chinese paper not long ago id was dem= anding home rule, and no longer wished to be ruled by England} Well" I said, "it is quite likely that some people in Scotland are calling out for home rule, but it is absolutely, ridiculous to talk' about England oppressing Scotland. Scotland has a big share of governing power in the British Parliament, and helps to govern not Scotland only but England as well. The Scotch and English are all Britains, and the majority of them and the best of them are proud of the fact." At this point our conversation was interrupted by a steward telling ug our evening meal was ready.
Much Food for Thought The manner and spirit og well the matter if our conversa tion gave me a great deal of food for thought. Here was an enthusi-ostic, intelligent, educated young Chinese official, strongly opposed to College in Shanghai, starting off on his official career, with a mind steeped in prejudice against land, a prejudice sprung, as often the case, from a want of know= ledge, which during the season of his training might have been so easily. and effectively remedied.
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