All this, he continued, goes to show that the day "of the self-sume lent, Isolated country, such as China of a Uttle over a century ago, is past. It countries are to exist and prosper, they have to be on friendly terms only with their immediate neighbours, but indeed with the world. The world, og 0 whole, is anxious to be friendly with Ching, and China now has to demonstrate and prove her desire for friendship with the nations of the world. No country can now be selfsumefent and prosper.
He has had little of no opportunity yet of observing the value of the New Lite Movement, but while he greed that basically its principles fare very good, he feels that it can achieve little towards the unification the nation until China's communtcations are smore widely developed. In France it is possible to travel from one end of the country to another in matter of twelve hours or so, and similar rapla transportation 1s possible in every one of the leading nations of the world, who In popula lon are far smaller' than China. In no reason why within a hundred largest city in the world.
China to-day, there are a few alr} raules and one oF two railways, such as the Peiping-Hankow railway, and a few more railways and highways fre being developed, but on the whol many parts of China are extremely Isolated from this point of view.
'Until the Nanking Government is {in a position to move large armies or supplies swiftly and' surely to any art of the country, whether to deal with civil wars, rebellions, the activities of bandits and Communist armies, 'oF floods and famine, It cannot claim to be powerful enough to rule the [country as it should be ruled and to enforce the Law, 'A "Leader Welter"
'Turning from polities. Pere Robert mentioned in passing that the Mis sions Btrangéres in' Shanghai, now housed ina magnificent building in Route Delastre, had been subscribers to the "North-China Dally News" ever since he first came to China, and that they still relied on this Journal for their local and world news. knew Bob" Little, your editor forty years ago, very well," he said, "and even wrote some of the leading articles!" "He had made a tour of Japan and Korea, he explained, and on his return, the then editor of the aper, Mr. Little, suggested that he write' some articles on what he had seen and learnt; these subsequently appeared in the "North-China" in the form of leading articles.
Pere Robert was a member of the French Municipal Council from 1888 1903, and was a party at all the dis cussions which took place between that body and the Shanghai Municipal Council relating to roads, - public works, and the supply of power, electricity and water. "Route Pire Robert is named in his honour, and It is owing to the efforts of Pere Robert and M, Paul Brunat that Avenue Joffre came into being. A member of the FMC, Public Works Committee, he drew up plans for a Jong avenuetorun from the Boulevard Montigny to Route de Say Zoong, fand later curving round to join the Route de Zikawei by what is now known as Avenue Haig.
When he showed his plans to the Council, it was felt that they were over-ambitious. Now, he said, thinks that they erred slightly on the: side of caution. 'That avenue was at frst named Avenue Paul Brunat, but was renamed after the Great War in honour of Marshal Joffre, who visited inthe early' "twenties"
bert also recalled the fling. in of the winding, smelly Yang King Pang, now hidden beneath Avenue Edward Vit, and said that this marked the beginning of the modern development of Shanghai,
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