CHAOS IN CHINA.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1494, 17 July 1912, Page 7

CHAOS IN CHINA.

IALF.BAKED SCHOOLBOYS IN CHARGE.

... ?y Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrieht July 16. V,- The "Daily. Telegraph's" special correspondent in Chirk writes fihat the revolu- . tion. has let- loose such a variety of ideas .-.; nbout'the meaning of the Republican syste'mthat it seems as if nothing short of a miracle will succeed in placing the country on its' feet, and permit it taking advantage of the, chance to become a modern, progressive, and enlightened State. The .half-educated idealists who wrought .'■ the destruction now find they have no creative capacity for the 1 work which the aftermath of the revolution entails. : Those who put their faith in Yuan-Slv»h- ---'• Kai and Tahg Shao-yi have discovered that they were .depending on broken reeds. Neither of:them was nble to control the elements .-within his reach, much •■♦... less in the provinces. .-,■■■' Thevonly thing 'which''has enabled the country to pull through so far is the colossal ignorance of tho people, the great bulk of .whom know.little'or nothing of ■' ', the .political :, Sturdy (thinking .•men, who made the Republic possible, . - withdrew, immediately; Yuan-Shih-Kai and ■ : Tang Shao*yi canie into power. '~ Those attempting, to run-, the Government, are, half-baked, students fresh from '. ■ school; without .an atom of experience.