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TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1927.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

“DEMOCRACY.”

DR. SUN YAT-SEN'S THREE PRINCIPLES.

I

"NATIONALISM EXPLAINED.

THE ECONOMIC FACTOR IN CHINA,

SECOND LECTURE,

H

The Rise and Fall of

Races.

rupted by foreign importa and we can do nothing to protect them rather the reverse: It is like a war In which one side digs trenches for the enemy to use In 1921 Imports, to China exceeded exponts by 500' million dollars, an increase of 241⁄2 times in ten years. In another bon years at the same rate the excess will amount to 1,250 million dollars. That means that China must pay to foreign countries this huge sumifor goods alone.” -

than

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THE "PRESIDENT LINERS"

TO SAN FRANCISCO VIA HONOLULU, SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA. "THE SUNSHINË BELT”

PRESIDENT JACKSON Thursday, April 14th 8 n.m.

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY PRESIDENT LINCOLN PRESIDENT CLEVELAND PRESIDENT PIERCE

Foreign Banks. The "China Mall" publishes to-day the second of the series of Banks are another example of economic oppression. The Chinese six lectures in which the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen explained his three pr to-day put little faith in thei

banks and great faith principles of Democracy and Nationalism. This lecture deals with own

in foreign banks," and nowhere Kwang the economic factor in China as it was seen by "The Father of the

more 50 Tung. Notes of Chinese banks Republic."

used to circulate there, but now silver has taken their place and bat in China Why a few days ago even this is at a discount compared Anw twenty or more warships with foreign paper. Foreign paper threstoning Canton Imperialism is ousting our silver currency Just is now ranged on the side of econo-na it did our bank notes, and there mic control, a far more danger-are now tens of millions of dollars am thing than political do-in foreign notes circulating in the mination. The latter anyone provincd. People will not take sil The prosperity or decay of B

The Cantonese did vor; they prefer foreign notes. can recognise. people depends primarily on the Krowth or decrease of its populas to their sorrow when they saw The same is true of Shanghal, Tien- the twenty men-of-war. Thetain, Hankow and wherevor trade tion." Now since history began

Econo-enters the country. We are infect- many peoples, some of them fam-former is more insidious,

of economic ous, have perished through naturalmic penetration by the powers has ad with the virus causes. The Chinese people, how been going on for many years un-dependence. We have got used to million- ever, has not only not perished observed by the mass of the people regarding foreigners as

than alaires, not realising that they are through some six thousand years of luati China is no more progress but has Increased to its colony of the powers. You console buying our goods with mere paper. present dimensiona. Are we then yourselves by saying, "Only half They are not naturally wealthy: to assume with some that this pro-uur country is a colony of the much of their wealth is, as were A present from us. They only need gress will continue indefinitely and Powers." I say that their ocono-to print ten million paper dollars that as former calamities have fail-mic oppression is worse for us that and our acceptance turns them into ed to destroy us that it will always if all China were a colonial posses-hard cash. For a few cents they be so I am not certain. As far sien. You talk of the Koreans be

can produce a dollar, ton dollars or ay extinction gces, we shall probing enslaved by the Japanese and a hundred dollars, and this cheap ably escape that in any case. But the Annamites being enslaved by product exchanges for solid goods progress entails a combination of the French. But you do not realise which we bring them. Think for natural capacity with human effort. how parlons is your own situation yourselves what a vast sum we lose Human effort in its most important ever worse than theirs (?). over the transaction.. aspect is directed towards two Now whose colony are you? Who

Why cannot we do the same? Tha things, governmental and economic are your masters?

dependence They are all answer is economic helency, These two things are of those countries with which you have again. We trust the foreigner not Apr. much greater importance than na

We are the slaves of ourselves, and our paper will not "20 But trenties. turul capacity for survival.

The slaves of one circulate. Then again our people Apr. our race has drifted so far that every nation. they have turned to instruments of nation Kave a right to call, upon remit theit money through foreign May oppression,, and we are struggling that nation in time of distress. banks; and besides commission, in the deep waters into which they have carried us.

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But during the great famine in these banks make a profit on the fan Francisco North China, the powers did not exchange and over the difference June tacis-alto- Juda In the past thousand years, the consider it their duty to contribute between dollars and

Foreigners in gether something like two or three. Juno Chinese have twice suffered oppres- towards relief. alon in the aphere of government China did so: but we realized that per cent. on every transaction. It Jaus San Francisco by the Mongols and by the Man-the motive was charity and not a costs between two and three hun-30 2 chus. Neither of these peoples feeling of duty. Masters would dred dollars to remit ten thousand for their dollars from Canton to Shanghai; were numerous and they were ulti- have done, much more

and our people lacur there losses mately absorbed. Now the situa-slaves. That is what I mean when simply because they are cursed with tion has changed, I have already say it is better to be slavee of the econoraic domination of out- shown how the foreign natione one country than of alt countries siders. have grown during the past hun together. I would rather "use the dred years, and how they are likely phrase "a secondary colony" to to grow during the next. The Red describe us as one speaks of secon- Indians of America show the na-dary products in chemistry. tural decay of a race.

one might say "under-colonies" like Now when a race decays by na-under secretaries. tural causes, it does so slowly Political and economic pressure can destroy it with much greater rapid- Why should we have to claim the ity. This is the immediate dangor. Customs Surplus which ought to befuse to put their money in it. They

Dishonest Officials.

Or

If we can staye off the political and ours anyhow? Beause the foreign economie control of foreigners for ers have seized the customs ten years, we may survive. If not, venue.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South) we shall perish just as Indis has

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China of the Past.

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Interest on Deposits.

Then again take the case of de- posits in Banks.., The Chinese when they have money to deposit, do not go to a Chinese bank and ask "What is your capital? What interest do you give?" They only ask, "Is the management Chinese ?" and then re-

do not go to a foreign bank and ask. re"Is this bank sound or not!" "What Interest, does it pay?" but as soon In early days we knew nothing as they are told that the manage- of customs. We had no external ment is in the hands of foreignera done

trade the door was closed. By and that it has a foreign nams, they and by the English came to China lose all sense of caution and put When the English destroyed the and knocked at the door asking to their money in it. They do not

nation thay feared us trace with us. Indian

China shut the door trouble how small the interest is. Now they do so no longer. We have lost much territory, Wei-hai-and refused. Then their economic A mast remarkable instance was the wei, Port Arthur, Tsingtao,, Kow.system and Imperialist policy drove conduct of the Manchu Royal house, loon and Kwong Chau Wan. After them to break down the door. who fearing after the Wuchang out-

placed all their re the war the powers were pleased to Their army occupied Canton, found break that their property would, be These ed Hong Kong instead, and an-in-sources in foreign banks without Tsingtao and Wel-hai-wel

interest. give back their latest acquisitions, they could not hold it and demand-coniscated,

After the defeat of the are, however, only minor conces- demnity: China was too poor to pay

The original idra of the and mortgaged the Customs to Eng- Imperial troops so much money and The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New powers was that Ching was help-land and allowed her to collect the valuables were deposited in the for- less and could not govern herself, import duty. The Manchue thought eign banks at Peking by the Man- chus that these banks not only re- Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

used to pay interent but demanded payment for recepting deposits,

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so they seized the coastal districts that the debt could be paid off only intending to partition the country. after a long time, but in the hands But after the Revolution they said of the Engilsh it was found that and the depositors were so anxious that China, was not quite helpless the Customs produced enough to to intrust the property to them

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton, and and they abandoned the idea. When pay off the indemnity in a few that they paid whatever was de-

London via Panama Cana

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TAKLIWA NELLORE JEYPORE

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Fath April Moji, Kobe, Osaka and" Yokohama 0.853

15th April Shanghai, Moji and Kobe 7,048 18th April Shanghai,, Hoji and Kobe

1G a.m. 9.138 18th April Shanghai, Meji and Kobe 7,754 22nd April Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Osaka 7,023 29th April Shanghai, Moji & Kobe, 10,053 29th April Shanghai, Moll & Kobe

6,968 8th May Maji, Kobe, Danka and Yokohama

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the Revolution broke out some said years. The emperor then realised manded. At that time the foreign that it would result in partition, but that much rivonge had bean: banks received on deposit fully

They

the reverse has been the case. It swallowed up by dishonest officials twelve thousand million dollars was the war between Japan and and gave the Customs to the Eng-(7). Some of this of course was the Manchus which lost us Korea, sh to manage. By and by as the recovered. But some ten year Formosa and the Pescadores. It was after a war with France and trade of other nationa grew their sc after when Fung Kwok-cheung. a. Chinese victory at Chan Nam nationals were appointed also to the Wong Chim-yuen, Lei Tua and Tso Kwan that the Manchus like fools service until it fall entirely under Kwan suppressed the Manchu off

Every cla's the spotle only amounted to & surrendered Annam. ("The first the control of foreigners. time" said Frenchman, "that the treaty made with foreigners has few tens of millions each.

(Continued on page 6.) victors have sued for peace-What been to the disadvantage of China strange people you are?") and the and the Customs treaties are no English took Burma from us. Then exception. The Chinese are de- we gave away our northern coun-prived of the collection, and spend- tries to the Russians. Then there Ing of their own customs revenue; are the Lao Chao Islands, Siam, and this is a thing we must fight Po Lo U17, the Sulu Archipelago for.

Java, Ceylon, Nepaul, Bhutan, all The Value of a Tariff, · formerly parte "of the Chinese Em. Now a tariff is a weapon against i atpire. In those days there was no outside economic pressure and a

forelyn Imperialism in Asia only Chinese Imperialism, and the small defence of internal production, just nations feared us accordingly.. Now 88 forts on the coast are against protective tariff when the Kwok Man Tong held its invasion. Á assembly in Kwangtung recently, preserves the industries of a coun representatives came from Mon- try against foreign imports. Take golia to see whether this new Gov- the case of Americs, once an agri- ernment which had been established cultural country which has taken was imperialistic like its predeces to a tariff to protect itself against Bore. When they found what was the industrial nations of Europe. our attitude on this point, they The heavy duties charged in other went away full of praise for us; countries make imported godds dear and all the small weak natione feel and bring prosperity to home the same towards us.

trades. How is it with Chinn?" In China's Status.

old days, she was self sufficing: Since the Revolution, the powers "Men plough and women weave." have begun to realise the difficulty What has happened now? Our a political control of China weaving industry has been destroy.

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They have seen the Manchu des-ed by foreign competition and cheap notiam give rise to the revolution foreign cloth. Our people have lost and they realise that the resistance their means of livelihood and be which we should make to polities come, unemployed in great numbers domination would embarrass them through foreign economic pressure, So they have set their hearts on Even where we have native Industry economic domination. They thought it uses imported yarn, Recently that by abandoning their schemes however we have got foreign for political domination they could machinery and begun to weave yarn avoid a collision with one another from home grown cotton. There It is true that so far as China was are a number of mille in Shanghai concerned they were successful in na wall as cloth factories, which doing so but in Europe the Balkan ought to enable us to do without Peninsula set them about each other's ears and caused them Imforeign producta

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"THE FAST SHORT ROUTE"

PRESIDENT TAFT Wednesday, April 20th 2 a.m.

PRESIDENT JEFFERSON PRESIDENT GRANT: PRESIDENT MADISON PRESIDENT JACKSON

Wednesday, May 4th

Wednesday,

May 18th. Wednesday, June ist. Wednesday, June 15th,

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Wednesdays. TO EUROPE AND NEW YORK. VIA MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ- PORT SAID-ALEXANDRIA-NAPLES GENOA-MARSEILLES, :

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