To the Editor of the "Nowtn-Cuina Datty News." coin' points, so, different, by SinGWith, Mr. Trebiteeh Lin. the way, from Japan's 21 demands, any really patriotic Chinese must. find himself in substantial agreement, Without belittling the part which the powers have played in the break-up of China, I think we have talked altogether too much about imperialism and too little specialize tin their own linea fe desire of the German Hitterites for Sram, ompatning withthe revenge 4 fe. france, 1 believe German's tutsre greatness Hee science, in musi, and in Hteratarey Father' than in imperialism and ayin a place in the ann" Tu the 18th century, Sweden was a" great Power under' Charles XII who rent own' to. defeat. with. Nis overs frown "militarism stead fretting "herself up for revenge ud for regaining, her fast miragy Prestige, Sweden has Been wise Ra" pursuit of "peace and. int itt cultivation of the atte of peace Time was when Denmark was nation "whose military might rot t9 be despised, But after Net Rrmifiation atthe hands of ise marek, Denmark has teem t90 wise fo" think of "arming" herself tothe teeths During the storm" and stress of actual combat, its hard, special Yor "a "Chinese, to alk bout peace. Bury without pres che defeatism, 1 believe' that' when the "Sinocforien "aiferences wil have been composed, the futare of a fein the cultivation of the arts of peace and not of. ware War has never Been speeiaty, She will not be great in Dr. Hu Shih who have the courage to criticise their own people are stoned at. Now is no time to stone at our own Zevemiahs.
Mx. Lincoln's scheme for saving China is based on the broad generalization that without for igners in the control no Chinese government can be properly run. This to those who are really thinking Chinese is of course a very sad, unpleasant truth. But there is a reason why this sad truth is really truth. Tt is that the Chinese have never been trained in the art lof running something known as the modern state, just as foreigners before the 17th century had never been trained in it, The modern state is a very modern thing, and to the Chinese it is a strange animal. The first and foremost ial which the Chinese know is the family, and to run a state as family is like running a motor car with steam engine. But that is exactly what the Chinese have been doing. Therefore, to invite foreigners to run the Chinese [government is, as I look at it, not js0 much a matter of inviting the foreigners, but a matter of invitstie nation, scheme we can be great in a litaristic way. To achieve is purpose a good, strong govern ment in the modern sense of the term is necessary. It is on this point that Mr. Lineotn advances his deas which, to put them in nut shell, are that there should be, in the first instance, some foreigners versed in the art of running state to put the Chinese machinery lof government into. operation. Many are those, both foreigners, fand Chinese, who believe that in the matter' of corruption and Squeeze foreigners and Chinese ate pretty much alike; that it tendency of human nature to be corrupt. That. the only. difference between foreigners and' Chinese in this respect is that. whereas every foreigner is watched by" every other foreigner, every Chinese is left at large. There. is, in other words, a system in foreign coun tries which checks things up and fetes out certain punishment.to evildoers. With the broad truth Jof this opinion we cannot but agree. But, a system is not an automatic thing; it cannot act of its own will. It must, in the frst Instance, be. put, into operation by righteous, God-fearing men, And dt' is just' thie kind" of. men
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