GUN-RUNNING IN CHINA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 81, 29 December 1917, Page 13

GUN-RUNNING IN CHINA

THE SLIM TEUTON AGAIN. '

Spea,king : of his'missions to Chinii.| and other parts for- the "Times" at a. dinner tendered him by Sydney journalists on December 17, Dr. G. li. Morrison said that one of the first men/ he met in Peking was a native of I'rw este, who callea himself a. "stalvvurts Britisher." His name was Louis Schnei-'i der. (Laughter. ) That man had had' an exciting career iii this country, where on two occasions he became; known to the courts, while in Peking! he got into a good position, and was: one of the most successful urms-dealers! who had ever gone to China. It was; on record that that mait'planted on'; the Chinese the most inferior consignment of weapons ever brought into; China, and that la succeeded in indue-' ing the Chinese to buy them on "tlw ground that they were the weapons: with which England had won the battle j of Waterloo. (Laughter.) Dr. Morrison went on to say that it was now 22 years since he first joined : the "Times," ! and of that period he had spent five years in the service of the Chinese Government;. It had been his good fortune to travel in every part of the Chinese dominions, and by all classes— from the highest officials to the humblest class—he had been treated with a courtesy and a generosity the recollection of which would always be with him. (Applause.) He was one of those ' who believed in the future of the Chi- ; nese people. That country, with its , vast area, was the largest undeveloped, , unexploited area on the earth's surface at the present day. Their ally, ; the Japanese, had realised the importance of the country. Their men had travelled all over China, and they knew more about.tlie resources of China than did the Chinese themselves. But he did not think that the knowledge l they had obtained would be used other than for the good of tho Chinese people. (Hear, hoar.) In Korea the work done by the Japanese Government was'one of the most remarkable pieces of administration ever; carried out in tho history of the world. Lord Curzon had ! in 1894 written of Korea that it was • the worst governed portion of the I world. But if he were to go there now he would say it was' one of the most admirably governed sections of tho whole of the earth's surface. Korea had developed to an extent that passed all belief.