THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
Tnr. Plight Of Cnnt.v. < In 1912. as a result of the teaching of Western ideas, a band of young Chinese agitators succeeded in overthrowing the Empire, and setting up the alleged democratic Government of the Chinese Republic. To the great mass of the people of China this concept was meaningless. But there was one class of people who perceived that the State was, in fact, her that a golden opportunity had arrived. These were the military leaders, who promptly usurped all the administrative posts. Since then China has writhed in torment. The power of the Republican Government, at no time great, steadily declined, and now has , finally disappeared. The army has dis- \ integrated into warring and looting forces, each led by a general who hopes to make himself master of China. Worse still, these leaders have lieen given foreign support, one against tho other; and to-day aeroplanes, mach-ine-uns, and every modern appliance of destruction are being used to rend tho country in pieces. —Sydney Herald.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 February 1927, Page 2
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