i PIATLY mat a eT Re Volume XL MEYERSDALE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1929 ~ CHINA VIEWED From the Standpoint of Politics and Christian MISSIONS By Rev. K. H. Beck There are two viewpoints from which, to observe the trend of affairs in China; both of which are of interest to the American. The first is the political viewpoint. The Young China Party has, during re- cent months made real progress. In military achievement she has subdued ‘the nation, if it can be called subduing the nation to fapture Peking and anni- hilate the loAg decrepit and practically defunct government there. In diplomatic achievement, the min- isters of Foreign affairs, Dr. C. T. Wang, led affairs a long way in the di- rection of winning for China a position of respect among the nations of the world. America, with other nations fol- lowing her example, has made a new Treaty with China looking forward to a definite time within which extraterrito- riality and other ‘unequal’ privileges heretofore accorded. foreigners in China will be abolished. In re-organization, T. V. Soong, Min- ister of Finance, has done much to help the poverty stricken, bankrupt govern- ment to get upon its feet. Under his man’s leadership, also, several essential projects have been initiated. One of these is the matter of the disbandment of superfluous men in arms. China has had a million too many soldiers, but the matter of throwing out of employment, so large a number of men has long been too serious a project to be undertaken seriously. But Soong has taken definite steps in the right direction. The governmental framework of the Nationalist organization is essentially that worked out by the late Dr. Sungat Sen. It is vastly different from the governmental framework of the United States. It is the type of government that makes possible an autocratic dicta- torship. The question arises, will China’ submit to such a government, and fur-. thermore, will a strong man come to the top who is able: to wield and move the situation? i From. the