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THE PROBLEM OF CHINA.- REVIEW OF BERTRAND RUSSELL'S BOOK.

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(STAŞER JOHN JORDAs, G.c.M.O,]

ROUND THE WORLD

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THE CRUISE OF THE

“AMARYLLIS.”

Te the average landaman, whose ex. perience of long sea voyages usually begins! and ends with passages on large and well-equipped steamers, the thought of circumnavigating the globe in a small wooden mailing vessel savours of a tempt- ation of Providence. Yet the greater part of this long and arduous journey has just been accomplished comfortably aad sucessfully by Lieut. G. H. F. Muhlbau er. NB, in his yawl rigged yacht Amaryllis, which arrived at Penang recently, from Singapore.

Sir John Jordan, who for many years H.M.'a Minister at Peking has written for The Observer the following interesting review of the Hon. Bertrand Hussell's recently published book entitled

The Problem 56 Chinn":- Books by foreign writers about China may be roughly divided into two classes shose written by people who have an in- timate knowledge of the country, but who have to great gift of literary expression, and those written by persons who have only a passing acquaintance with China and is problems, but whose training and

The little vessel, sare the Pinang Güzelte.. experience enable them to take full ad vantage of their limited opportunities, was built by Messrs. Summers and Payne, The latter class of works is generally far Southampton. She is constructed of teak the most. Wadable, and a book is, eer and oak and is only 28 gross funs. Her tainly one of the most interesting and in-length on, the, water line is 52 feet and structive of its" class. Mr. Bertrand she is fitted with a 12 hp. Sterling Russell has brought Keen observation and motor, which is only had in calms. The great intellectual power to bear upon the Amaryllis is surprisingly commcdious tangled Chinese problem, and the result for all her small proportions. Amidships, is a book which will give the question ans a large well appointed and roomy assured place in the herature of the alons from which access to two cabins is West, 1am in profound disagreement with the author in his views of Western easily gained. There is also an up to date civilisation and itx effect spon the East, lavatory and a fo'c'ale forward. bue the high estimate which he has ferm. ed of the Chinese character and Chinese culture, while perhaps rather favourable at times, records, on the whole, with my own experience. He does not think that the Chinese are inscrutable, and does not believe in the wyth of the "subtle Oriental Neither do "and a closer nequaintance with them, instead of alter ing his opinion, as he thinks possible. would probably have confirmed his convic tion that the Chinese and English have many fonts in commen. But I confess that much as I admire the Chinese coolie. I have never, perhaps through my own lack of appreciation, detected in him a love of art or the

unconscious effort after uty." On the contrary, I can recall many happy hours spent with he engaged an Indian, after which be set coolics sitting with their backs to beauti: sail for Fanama." He made the journey! ful bits of scenery and discoursing inter through the Canal and called at the tinably upon the cost of food, the eternik Galapagos, making them the jump. want of cash, and all the other. ills ofing off place for a long and interesting life...

Admiralte summaries of the early history of Ching and Japan prepare the rentier for an understanding of the modern problems of the Far East. With these the author deals in a spirit of fear. less criticism, which is, however, tinged throughout by his bitter hostility to all things Western China, he says, pro daces everything its people require, and we forced trade upon them solely for our uwa benefit, giving them in exchange only things which they would do better with out. This might have been true at one time if the statement had been contined to opiam, but it does not account for the fact that the Chinese continue to take foreign imports for in excess of their ex ports, and that the figures which he him self gives show an ever-increasing de mand for foreign goods.

Lieut. Mohlhauser left Plymouth fr September, 1920, with three friends. There were no puid hands aboard. The voyagers first called at various places in Spain and the Canary Islands, dltimately turning west across the Atlantic to Barbudos, a journer which occupied twenty days. At Barbados, two of the three friends left the ship to take up positions ashore, and to make up his crew, the master shipped & young French lad. From Barbados the czuled was continued down to Trinidad and all round the West Indies to Jamnica, where the remain- ing friend left to join his wife, who had arrived before them by steamer from Eng- land. This left the owner with only the French boy and for lack of anybody else

tour through the islands of the South Pacific. The next call made was at the Marquesas Islands and after a short stay there, the cruise was continued through the Low Archipelago. Calls were made at Tahiti, Karatonga, Cook Islands, Tonga Islands, Suva, in the Fiji Talands, and New Caledonia. From New Caledonia a good passage was inade to Australia where. A brief spell was spent before procesding to Auckland. There' Mr. C. R. Tadgall joined the vessel, which returned to New Caledonia, culling at Noumea. The new Hebrides, Banks Is, Solomons, Pepus and Thursday Island were vleited in tara, and the remainder of the voyage to Tenang Throughout the trip, excellent weather made via Timor, Java and Singapore. was experienced. Several bad storms were encountered, but the little vessel behaved perfectly. The natives of the South Sea Islands, the travellers found to be very obliging and in only one instance when they called at the New Hebrides, did they find anything in the nature of hostility towards them and even that wis more a display of illnatured tolerance.

He is right in considering the Chinese good merchants, but the difference which be sees between their methods and those of. Europeans is more. imaginary than real, as a little acquaintance with Treaty Port life would. have taught him. He

Lieut. Mablhauser expects to be in dwells upon the brutality of the West and the maltreatment of Chinese hy Pinang for a week or two and will not white men, and in one passage we are attempt to complete his long journey until given a lurid picture of what is going the north-east Mousoon breaks. So far, to happen fifty or a hundred years hence, the voyage, which as has already been when, as the result of a sweated prole aid, is merely a leisurely pleasure trip, tariat he spread of Christianity, and has taken two years and two months to nther sinister foreign influences, every complete. It might be added that another white man throughout the Celestial Echange was made in the ships company. pire c). will be massacred at a from some secret society.

AH this need not be taken too seriously The history of the relations between Chinese and British merchants, since the old Canton factory days up to the pa sent moment has few parallel in any bountry for cordiality and mutual con fidence and is quite sufficient to dispel all these, exaggerated apprehensions. And as regards Christianity, it is common knowledge that the missionary is respect ed, as never before, throughout the length and breadth of the land.

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at Singapore. The Indian left for Australia. and his place was taken by a Belgian from an American vessel.

OXFORD SCHOOL OF PATHOLOGY,

A large attendance at the Convocation of Oxford recently passed without a division a decree accepting Sir William Dunn's offer of £100,000 to establish a School of Pathology, also £3,000 to adapt the existing Department of Pathology as a future School of Pharmacology. The decree proposed that a site of three acres

the parka near South Parks road should be allocated for the new school.

The author seems to think that the Bolsheviks may have a chance of being accepted as the liberators of Asia from "the tyranny of the Great Powers." He admits that Bolshevisin, as a creed, is not likely to appeal to the Chinese, but sees impartial witnesses. China, he admits, possible future before it as a political did better at Washington than might force. I have too much faith in the have been expected, but he sees little common-sense and inherent stability of hore that the decisions reached by the the Chinese to believe that they will ever Conference will permanently benefit | look to that quarter for their regenera China Itake a much more hopeful view tion. Bolshevism has made little or no of the results achieved at Washingtou,“ impression amongst the mass of the and see no reason to believe that Japan Chinese population, who live rooted to will resort to the reprehensible measures the soil in the enjoyment of an excellent he suggests to avoid carrying out her pro- Taystem of land tenure,

mises Nothing has, so far, occurred in The best chapters in. the book are, those the subsequent negotiations in regard to which deal with the Chinese character Shantung to justify such a charge, and and higher education. Here the author by withdrawing her garrison from Han- writes from personal knowledge, and his kow Japan has gone further towards opinion on the educational question is meeting the Chinese than her Washington entitled to great weight. He pays a modertakings obliged her to do. tribute to the thoroughness and excellence The concluding chapters which deal of the work which the Americans are with Industrialism and the Outlook in doing both in the Tsing Hua College and China are largely in the nature of a in the Rockefeller Hospital, and con- counsel of perfection. We are told that siders that their action in remitting the the three chief requisites for the re Boret indemnity has abundantly justified abilitation of China are the establish itseif, both politically and commercially ment of an orderly Government, indus This ja the view of all those who are con trial development, under Chinese control, versant with the question, and it is the spread of education. I have my grottable, that it has so far, found, little favent with the British Government.self preached similar doctrines for years,

and am still looking forward to the fal could have wished that the author had flment of my hopes. But I Yoject the tole more of the progress of the New statement, that "all the Great Powera, Thought Movement, of the spread of without, szception, have interests which varnacular (pai hua) literature, and other are incompatible, in the long rus, with kindred matters.

China's welfare and with the best develop ment of Chinese civiliantion."The exact In dealing with the relations between opposite is the cass so far na Great China and Japan during the war, with Britain is concerned, and, it proof is the Washington Conference, and with needed, it is found in the fact that the Industrialism in China, Mr. Bertrand resolutione in which the Associated Russell is on les solid ground, and is British Chambers of Commerce in China. obliged to rely to a large extent on the ammually outline their policy and terimany of others, some of them not pirations invariably met with the hearty (Continied at foot of next column.) conenrrance of all clamos of Chinese.

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