Mr. Chang Chien deserves tthe thanks of the public. But what a pity that some of the timorous nations with such large interests in China cannot take a leaf from his open album and deal with the Chinese as they deal with each other. Let us conceive Mr. Chang as occupying a position in ithe nation comparable to that which he holds in this province. If his cook or coolie were killed by railroad gang of thugs, he would stop every train in China until satisfaction was attained. He would have called no conferences, written no votes, but he would have gotten action. Furthermore he wotlld have been immensely advanced in popularity and prestige, for if there is one man in the world to whom China kowtows it is the man who stands for his rights, with a sublime indifference to any discomfort he may occasion others, We cannot conceive of our Home Government as being indifferent to our rights in China, or as being actuated by any other policy than what they believe best for our interests, but had the. Lincheng affair been deliberately planned by Chinese officialdom, our Goyernments could not have fallen in more completely with the plans for their own humiliation. The strong man who is afraid to use his strength is worse off than his brother who is too weak to defend himself. The latter is oppressed, put ignored and forgotten; the former suffers the same injuries, but in addition the contempt and derision of the bystanders. Mr. Chang Chien has shown us how to treat his fellow-countrymen. Is there not some nation that will follow his example? Woud not such a nation come to be known as the great the public to pay. For if there! benefactor of the Chinese people!
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