Now, let me ask "F.D.Z," who and where are China's ruling close? 'Who are the nation's leaders?' The The alleged poli I genius of the Chinese "race vainly invoked by "F.D.Z." failed to produce that ever '80 small politically conscious minority. Instead, they have well-meaning utopists like Dr. Sun Yat-sen, whose humanitarian principles, when put into practice, have been distorted into a farce of national liberation movement his own direct relatives, immediate followers, and a horde of unserupulous political charlatans. They also have individual capable and some-the greatest value to the world." times even scrupulous _provinci governors, devoted to their provin-goes on, "then who knows if the interests, though incapable of Present chaos of China may not be ising above them. the one thing desirable?" How But individuals, however unself-this miracle is to happen, he pro-ighly devoted to 'a cause, can do bably never troubled to ask himself, Tittle unless. they themselves have nor would he and his like contribute sprung up out of a class of men to find practical solution of the who, having their national interests puzzle. "All he does is to hope, that st heart and thinking and feeling Someone else, some de facto ruler, like from Mukden. to. Canton, as he terms them, will do it for irrespective of their provincial the rest. His reference to other distinctions, would respond to the nations having also "passed through leaders' call and give them their times of chaos and succeeded in full support, whether it pays them developing" a new order superior or mot. If such men exist in the to the "one preceding" betrays his ans of China's "educated and ignorance of comparative history. prosperous business circles, why don't they back into power leaders He thinks chaos "But the stone through which out of their midst who would voice often treads." In really chaos is their own. opinions? Why don't means a necessity, the one they assume the duties of @ ruling thing desirable" in a nation's his-class? tory, and many nations knew how Altitude of Self-Respecting Chinese to avoid it. He forgets, that, whenever mations emerged strong and The answer supplied by "F.D2." united out of chaos, they invariably justification of his countrymen's had already possessed elements of a political inertness is the strongest fature ruling class in the very argument in favour of Senator Gel point o€ view. "Because, says midst of anarchy, Some, had to pass through the humiliation of icgrede Nisei! by pecting Chinese foreign conquest and foreign domination in order to achieve their taking an active part in public and national aim. In fact, foreign con-political life, "Most people in quest has often been the penalty China, he explains, are simply not paid for prolonged internal strife interested in the affairs of the State and misrule. But what of those. and they will abuse any political nations whose political genius never power which comes into their woke even under the spur of alien hands." oppression who for centuries and Here we have reached the bottom some even forever lost their nation-of the question. China's philoso-independence and degenerated phers have taught their intellect into slaves? trials to despise ambition and publicity, to scorn all that is China's Danger To-day vainglorious, loud and therefore Let "F.D.2." realize, that China's vulgar. They preached humility racial and national integrity stands and self-"ffacement, in fact, they to-day in far graver danger than it expounded a lofty and noble in-has ever stood in the past. Ten dividualistie theory, the product of more years of civil war will reduce refined, but over-civilized minds. this comparatively prosperous coun-'To the Chinese gentleman polities try to a wilderness of howling are a game for crooks or profes: poverty, famine and savagery. And sional officeseekers. He is, therefore, carefal to Keep out of it then the worse might yet happen: foreign conquest or partial himself and leave the ruling to memberment. The danger this others, Where decent people keep time will not come from "British ut, crooks naturally come in. In Imperialism," as "F.D.2." and. his} fact, who holds the power in China? ike are inclined to think, for The'country is over-ridden by bandit British public "opinion is firmly chiefs and generals, which amounts opposed to territorial agerandizeto the same, and, to use "F.D.2's" ments (if it only could have hap-own terms, "these men are fortune pened it would have been all to hunters and they feel practically no China's benefit), but from more responsibility at all." immediate neighbours, China's only hope. of salvation The Ancestral Tyr ies in the event of her propertied Here again we have an iMlustrafand educated elements constituting. tion of the way Chinese minds are themselves into an active ruling "burdened with the tyranny of an class and appointing their own de organization made for it by its facto rulers. The next step towards ancestry." The great Master's securing the working of a new so-philosophy was intended for the concial order in the future is to educate sumption of intellectuals disgusted the young generation from the with public life by the sight of school bench in a spirit of national overbearing conquerors and their inner discipline self followers wielding power in true tuchun-like fashion. Cultured Chin-operation, In ese shrink from everything. brutal. shake 2ff their minds and souls the So they retired into the privacy of bondage of slavery and the Asiatic their homes and resigned them-readiness to allow others to decide selves to the fate of being ruled their own fate, Chinese lack of the by others. Thus the ancestral instinct of mutual help and ce: philosophy helped to kill the last operation is notorious: witness, th vestige of social instinct, already almost daily street sight of acclfaint through inheritance, dentally injured human beings sur-minds of Chinese intellectual rounded by helpless crowd, none of rendered them sterile as a potential whom will mov a finger to as-along class, ist the victim, or instances of In vain will "F.D.Z" extoll the robbery and violence committed ancestral virtues. "They are of no in broad day-light without anybody social use in the present crisis, no troubling to rescue their neigh: more than the chastity and sanctity hours. China has yet to learn the Of cloistered monks and nuns dur-truth, that the community and not ing a plague epidemic, when their the family is the highest form of help was needed by the outside organization, that, where world. In both instances moti national welfare is at stake, duty are equally selfish and unsocial. to the community comes before duty to the family, just, as on a smaller public life, by refusing to contribute deliberately keeping out of scale, family interests rank higher towards common welfare with a than personal ones. This does not share of the intellectual and China has to renounce! spiritual treasure of which they her traditions. On the contrary, let: were holders, China's intellectuals her worship and preach the more have made their country a place of her ancient high principles the greatest contradictions and inhumaneness, tolerance and filial consistencies. Side by side with piety, but let her purge the ancest-the highest teachings of merey and ral teachings of everything uns hhumaneness we have facto of revolting cruelty and injustice; a race The Only Hope Known for its peaceful ideals and its abhorrence of violence is being When we shall witness Chinese continually torn by civil war and students bodily rising to disarm override by armies numbering the guard of some self-appointed nearly two million men, who daily war-lord and traiter, like Gen, commit every conceivable act of Chang Fa-kuei, instead of cowardly violence and brutality; a nation venting their temper along the line boasting of its ancient and refined of the least resistance by mobbing culture tolerates nearly 400 millions defenceless missionaries and hospital of her nationals to linger in the staffs, or inciting coolies to strikes most, abject ignorance, superstition and violence; when we shall hear of and bestiality, and so on... a chairman of the Chamber of Commerce proving his civie courage Ignorance of Comparative History by>firmly opposing the extortions -D.Z." fally shares his country-a uniformed bully and un-men's ignorance and indifference to flinchingly refusing to surrender a immediate political issues, when he cent of public money at the risk of optimistically expresses his belief his life—then we shall know, that that "the chaos in China may give the last day of militarist rule birth to something which will be of come and with it the dawn of a new
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