"What are the forces retarding engineering development in China to-day? Finance has been mentioned, and, probably, that is the chief difficulty, but there is also the Position of the old classical scholars, combined with what may be called the Mandarin type of mind, that type of man who is to be found not only in China, but in all countries of the world. You only have to read the Great War memoirs to realize the position of War Office and Admiralty officials towards any. new ideas. The tanks were forced through in the teeth of determined and uninformed opposition, During, my lifetime a British admiral opposed the introductions ventions in war ships, to the engineer as "a "The only way of meeting such opposition is by increased publicity, and it is publicity that is particular: ly and urgently required in Chins to overcome the opposition which is apparent. It is like a search-ght In the misty atmosphere, and it will nally affect and dissipate Such evils as corruption and ignorance, concerning the effect of sclentitle work. through the Yangtze Gorges rom summer, as we passed
Tehang to Chungking, we saw Junk being man-hauled by' about 100 men, sad ittogk them some four monte cover the Journey of approximate:
400 miles: our steamer took four days, but over our heads we sav an airplane passing swiftly along, which covers the distance in four" house snd that is symbolical of. what happening In China to-day."
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