"Let us now turn to the objects of the foreign scientific expeditions scientific opinion and gave China its now recognized position in the part it has played in sprimiive culture and the development ud migration of the human species, And it was the finds of Peres Licent Jand Teithard de Chardin that first proved the existence of palace thie} ian in China; finds which none but to China and the effect they are] the expertly trained student likely to have upon Chinese science Palaeolithic implements in Europe The report in the "Leader" says: could have recognized, as 1 can "The Chinese societies characterize] testify from personal' inspection of the action of Sven Hedin as ethically he artifacts, Jand culturally indefensible and! detrimental to the advancement of A Scientist's Self-Deniat [Chinese science atid scholarship.
They propose to send their own "In those early days of the survey exploration parties to the different only one man mong the Chinese parts of China as soon as conditions scholars attention to the become more settled and will place fossils, and ne sas too busy with the results of their investigations other scientific work to attempt] {for the study of scientists through: their study.
For centuries priceless out the world." Let us examine the vertebrate rei ins had been doli-second part of the charge made! berately broken for the sake of the against Hedin and the result of our teeth which were required for medi-examinations will answer the. first ind China's ancient)
"Is the expedition of Sven Hedin tebrate fa remained entirely or any of the other scientific ex-until Professor Max. editions which have come to China Schlosser of Munich identified and detrimental to the advancement of described the fossil teeth purchased Chinese science and scholarship? in Chinese drug shops. Dr. Anders-'Since, as stated in the beginning of son offered to collect th valuable the article referred to, the efforts material and have it described that of the new association are directed begin ing might be made in Chi towards preventing the search by nese vertebrate palaeontology'; foreign scientists for re of hho also offered to arrange for the ing of Chinese students to} ancient man and other treasures geological and archaeological inter-on the work and promised that he himself would train others est, we may confine our attention to this part of the field, What' then Jeollect this material, As there were constitutes advancement of the no funds available for this work, work of such vast importance for science? First, the collection the advancement of science materials with Critical observations China, he surrendered a part of his Jon their occurrence. Second, proper! salary as Mining Adviser to the preparation of the material; third, Government, to defray the neces-identification, description, comparison wita other material and dadu sary expenses.
But mere collecting "of these tions therefrom; fourth, proper fossils would not Publication of: results' with full suffice. illustrations; Afth, pr A vast amount of labour was reed to free them from the material, including material in which they were embedded and this labour could only De. Andersson's Valuable Work be entrusted to skilled workmen, rained in the art of fossil prepara.
It was Dr. J. G. Anderson, then mn. 'There were no such workmen' Mining Adviser to the Chinese Gov-in China. There are only a few ernment, who, in the early days of 1 'o-day; these have been trained by the Geoioyical Survey when the! foreign expeditions and are destin-attentions of the officials were fully on this work for Chi occupied with the questions of the 1923-24 sent we young. Chinese at My expeditions mineral deposits of China, called attention to the opportunity for, and our expense to New York and gave} Importance of, collecting fossils and] bema training in the year's archaeological' specimens, and the Laboratories of the American development of the more purely Museum of Natural History.
We theoretical side of Chinese Earth also established a preparation al Science. He was told that the sur-laboratory in Peking where six Chi-Yey was not financially prepared to nese have received instruction under give attention to these matters and an expert American preps that he might go ahead on his own "The work of preparation comin the collection and study pleted, that of the man of science material.
Though China] Commences. The objects, must, be then had ntany men trained in his-[described, restoratiose' mae torical studies and in the under-made, their proper velations 4 standing of objects of Chinese art, it had none who gave attention to known types and their positions in the scale of organizi jon must prehistory or the remains of ancient animals of China. This was clearly! shown by the absolute lack of know ledge of Chinese pee-history which the world at large was able to obain until the want was supplied by the discoveries of Dr. Anderson, Andersson's "Early Chinese Culture," published by the Geological Survey, was the first scientific contribution to this subject given to ithe world. ty China. It revol And the man who would undertake this must have pre-ared himself by years of training in. verte He most have access to. maseusas rate anatomy. and. palacontology, the most intensive
for comparison of his material with known types. and he must have his disposal the complete literature jof the subject.
What opportunities Jeould China offer in those days, What opport ties can it offer today? There were neither trained men nor an opportunity for com Darivons of the study of Uke The Retention of Types ung men are doing "trained bron "now. n vertebrate. palueone ology, and literature is accumulate Ing but it will still be many years before this work can be earied on independently in China." ven now it necessary" to send the material abroad for study, and much more was thatthe case in the early day, Was China prepared to pay for this work? -Is-China prepared to do 80 how? Cleavy all this inbour should be"compensated, China would not want 10 be the recipient of hasty even in science. What sovereign tras made' that the types should 30> main in Sweden and duplicates turmed to China, and this agreement has een conscientiously "kept.
vas further agreed that publication of these studies should be made In 4 Chinese cient ie organ, though ach organ then existed, The men who did the. selentife work faked for no extra, compensation They were of required to do this work, "They had no clint whata onthe specimens. They uld their work "forthe advancement Eclence, to make the aclentibe tron ures of China: known to, and. ap-Drecinted by the world," And the Chinese who understand ud the york at "hose en, one the which' has conte to China. betauve for it, and appreciate the" glo
it. It was not 40 much, however becaixe of the scleritic' work volved, but it was because the Swedish people in addition furnished finds {0 eavry on the exploration that the agreement that the types should "remain In the Swedish Museums was fair and. Jush Chinese scientists had "described Swedish material they. would consider it just that the types rena Chinese. muaseunis, capecilly they had supplied the means for collecting."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.