CHINA.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14409, 17 July 1912, Page 9

CHINA.

A SORRY PLIGHT. United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, July Iβ. Tho "Daily Telegraph's" special owrespondent in China writes that the revolution let loose such a variety of ideas about tho moaning of the Republican system that it seems that nothing short of a miracle will succeed in placing the country on its feet, and permit of its taking advantage of the chance to becomo a modern, progressive, and enlightened State.

The half-educated idealists who wrought the'' destruction of the monarchy find that they have not the creative capacity for the work the aftermath of tho revolution entails.' Those who pub faith in Yuan-sni-kni and Tang-shao-yi discovered that they wero depending on. broken reeds. Neither was able to control tho elements within their reach, much less tho provinces.

Tho only thing that has enabled the country to pull through so far is the colossal ignorance of the people, the great bulk of whom know littlo or nothing of the political upheaval. Tho sturdy thinking men who made a Republic possible withdrew immediately Yuan-shih-kai and Tang-shao-yi camo into power, and those who are ntbempting to run tho bov«rnment aro half-baked students fresh from school, without an atom of experience;