Some roads towards peace Volume 1; a report to the trustees of the Endownment on observations made in China and Japan in 1912 - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...to build up a free government in China. What American could fail to sympathize with men in such a dangerous position, trying to do this immense service to such a people? Yet during my stay in China I seldom met Occidentals long resident in the country in diplomatic, consular, commercial, or industrial positions, who manifested genuine sympathy with the revolution, or any hopeful belief in the possibility of creating a free government in China. It seemed to me that this lack of sympathy and hope was partly due to the fact that most foreigners in China live there for years without making the acquaintance of a single Chinese lady or gentleman. The merchant may conduct for many years a successful and widespread business in China without knowing a word of the language, or making the acquaintance of any of his customers. In the clubs organized and resorted to by English, Americans, and other foreigners in the Chinese cities no Chinese person is eligible for membership. It is the missionaries, teachers, and other foreigners who labor in China with some philanthropic purpose, who really learn something about the Chinese. They get into real contact and friendly relations with the Chinese, both educated and uneducated; while the foreign business men probably remain ignorant of Chinese conditions and qualities, and Chinese hopes and aspirations. The ground for holding to the hope that it may be possible to create a free government in China is that the Chinese deserve to be free, because they are industrious, frugal, fecund, enduring, and honest. China will need a long period of reconstruction, and the Western world ought to stand by China with patience, forbearance, and hope while she struggles with her tremendous social, industrial, and political problems. She needs ...

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