The International Development of ChinaSun, Yat-sen
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The International Development of China
Sun, Yat-sen
China -- Economic conditions -- 1912-1949; Railroads -- China
Smelting plants for various kinds of metals should be put up in all
mining districts to turn ore into metals. These smelting plants should
be conducted under the coöperative system. At first, a reasonable price
should be paid to the miner when the ore is collected. Afterwards, when
the metal is sold, either at home or in foreign markets, the smelting
works will take a share of the profit to cover the expenses, the
interest, the sinking fund, etc. The surplus profit should be divided
among the workers according to their wages, and among the capitalists
according to the proportion of ore they contribute to the furnace. In
this way we can encourage private mining enterprise which forms the
root of other industries. All smelting works should be put up according
to local needs and their scale should be determined by experts and
managed under a central control.
CONCLUSION
In this International Development Scheme, I venture to present a
practical solution for the three great world questions which are the
International War, the Commercial War and the Class War. As it has been
discovered by post-Darwin philosophers that the primary force of human
evolution is coöperation and not struggle as that of the animal world,
so the fighting nature, a residue of the animal instinct in man, must
be eliminated from man, the sooner the better.
International war is nothing more than pure and simple organized
robbery on a grand scale, which all right-minded people deplore. When
the United States of America turned the recent European conflict into a
world war by taking part in it, the American people to a man determined
to make this war end war forever. And the hope of the peace-loving
nations in the world was raised so high that we Chinese thought that
the "Tatung" or the Great Harmony Age was at hand. But unfortunately,
the United States has completely failed in peace, in spite of her great
success in war. Thus, the world has been thrown back to the pre-war
condition again. The scrambling for territories, the struggle for
food, and the fighting for raw materials will begin anew. So instead
of disarmament there is going to be a greater increase in the armies
and navies of the once allied powers for the next war. China, the most
rich and populous country in the world, will be the prize. Some years
ago there was great inclination among the Powers to divide China and
Imperial Russia actually took steps to colonize Manchuria. But the then
chivalrous Japan went to war with Russia and thus saved China from
partition. Now the militaristic policy of Japan is to swallow China
alone. So long as China is left to the tender mercy of the militaristic
powers she must either succumb to partition by several powers or be
swallowed up by one power.
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