China in the World Drama

National Educational radio in cooperation with the Institute on man and science

presents a series of talks drawn from the institute's annual conference held recently

in Rensselaer Vale New York. The Institute on man and

science is a nonprofit educational institution chartered by the New York State Board of

Regents. The annual assembly of the institute is designed to focus

attention on 20th century technology and human relationships resulting

from its application. The speaker for this program is William Holm

research professor in history at the Harvard Yang Ching Institute.

Mr. Holmes topic is China in the world drama here now is

Professor home of China.

Yes.

Developed

this 19 20 and I delivered it

rough. Five hundred fifty

three and

it's mostly a

mixture up the past the present and the future

in my purview. Those days between

my career and career as a

school pedagogue.

What do I mean by drama.

I can see

the most interesting part of the study of history.

It is a dramatic espec

the peak up the

income of concrete

and leisure.

A mouse nation raises religions

and culture. Such

interaction such

comfort eat and have

fun eat Furbish international

state run.

Around You know the.

Sort of inland body of water a kind of a

large lake at all. But in those days the mind of the

day called the great sea. Now we called it the beer

but the resist they need you around.

The rest of the brings up that Mediterranean you found what you

find. Well the four nation the Greeks the Romans because

the is the Egypt and Asia Minor.

Most of our literature

science and religion

is the flower that

blossomed out of that interaction.

But

while the world drama when I was on the plane

is much deeper and follow the stays because of

all this soul the dramatic

companies so to speak.

Moved to a larger stage

immediately by saying that people moved

to the L.A. as a state

and that stage you find them there.

The play is emerging out of what we now we

got as the evil is you find the start all

amount to hate the prison ball. Pretty Yeah this

capitalism process is intense.

Yes I'm sorry years nationalism.

And with those

wonderful carriages

moving up out I presume

mole a dish dream of

international interracial and into a card.

Conflict and simulation falls again.

And as matter of fact shortly after the heart

of America the American called the Spanish water at the close of the

last century one of the great Americans

already prophesied that the next day in

world politics is going to be round about the

great Pacific that's the word of Theodore Roosevelt

and how true we don't know that as we entered into the 20th century

just watch the Americans coming to the

Far East particularly not only after the

adventure in the Philippines.

Then the annexation of how why and the great you need the

expansion of the American men.

Kind trade across the Pacific and you can

go all those who happen to be in New England

be well to visit let's say the

Salem and you see the way it is brought back by the clipper

ship.

But then when they do we just merely the McKinney beginning the opening up

of Japan last night.

William was a talking to we were talking about the wonderful

recall of Commodore Perry opening up Japan

and the modernization of China doing away with

some 30 centuries of monarchical

form of government and plays a

republic with a political philosophy. Baby

the doctor sign your son who as I said last night

presumably the inspiration from Abraham

Lincoln.

And then maybe the fashioning of the Japanese army after the

efficiency of. The precision.

Of the Depression. And

the the the in the

introduction of the new system of jurisprudence

by China of taking up I'm late from the freeze line. Well

I just barely mention some of the topics to show

that the stage and the much larger stage

but of course as I always did in history we have to clean

it. We're doing the research work. We had

a microscope. But if we're the general

understanding of it to help to formulate a historical

perspective as a playground of every man's own philosophy of

light as to all his own conduct

we have to telescope that in which we were all

meet.

The confusing element is the minute less of that.

In my lecture those days.

I emphasize the SRI

main characters. The rest of them and the stage. We're

the members of the supporting cast who

were the three.

Principal up players and the stage. I called it.

It's really a contest. Sheree Mame.

What we called it. For us a phase of

life. Well cosmologist

but I think the best. Well I look that's the

word. You see. The basis.

These are the three I call it an ism

which is typical AA

represented by the Japanese military command

as I call it to the signal while both

you could you will present crazy but late very

shallow I'm all for listening

and trust.

I call it the third Republican ism you

find the best instrument in the American Constitution.

That is a philosophical background in the writings of.

Jefferson and Lincoln. It is

this truly free.

These are the three main ways of thought

word and spins. And this new stage in

any dramatic action. You all we have some tense situation. The

problem the problem is who will get

the brains to follow. And

that was the gigantic China.

Well without going we would have. It was it was then a

lecture. Lasting for more than an hour.

Only the general picture. At this stage

when I was giving the lecture in the early

1920s China was than me picked

by its neighbor.

You can never find anything in Chinese.

Government all economic without the

hand up the Japanese military

that Kenny goes going and be

at that time. I feel that there WERE have to be a

stage by stage of.

The stage oppose you isn't.

Taking control of China. Unfortunately that

prophecy has. Turned out to be true.

I realize to be in the

future. And this is what the the

world is going to be

completely reduced to ashes and we all made

a very tiny little hope as one of my

colleagues one time pictured to me only two little monkeys found

in Africa.

Ah the male and female monkey. After the

great atomic destruction though where all the monkey and the

male monkey said to the female monkeys the Among. Unfortunately probably we had to be

in.

The world can do that. The only hope

Republican rebuttal had made.

D. And some say it isn't dangerous in China.

I only barely touch upon that last night we had no time to go into further details

today but as I said it is one of the

and realize that utopia is.

But I must go today with a few minutes ago talk about the feel

that came to me during the 100

41 days I was in the

Japanese military. There

were 11 of us college teachers.

She's a fish. They tried what the

Japanese wanted to collaborate with the Chinese

traitor. We are if you do have anything to do

with it.

So it will put together and a very strait

jacket system. But first the power of

it. We were in one room and.

Cold winter freezing all the time.

Eleven of us together. Well we were not.

They impose upon us hunger cold

and uncertainty as to future because every now and then would be threatened with getting it taken

out and shot.

As a matter of fact after I came back

in 1946 to Cambridge Professor

Robinson had already retired.

An old friend of mine met me on the street.

Thank you Mr. I think yes. Robinson Don't you recognise me. What

is it I thought the Japanese shot.

You know I told him the exaggerated difference.

However. In this in this system over there

we've found consolation mutual support by even a system we're

not supposed to talk to each other because if we could talk to each other the

Japanese got to come and beat us in the system of

communication because we all could use English so well and

most of the Japanese even some of the best of them.

May speak if you were German and knew very little be English so

I wish by the use of the

hand to write.

I scratched here at that time we do scratch all the time because

after a little while without the changes we all crows are full of very mean

anything. So we

then my friend realize that's that's a Adam's apple and I like this

one. You realize there's a P. S. This brow I never

see. And then there's the immediate dimple of course when

they come to be long time find they do you know the final word.

Final word for is it. Then I had to do this right clear across.

Then my friend realized that zebra. So we

visited the 11 of us keep scratching our heads and watch as you know they don't

realize and this is going to be scratching with themselves too.

But then they related what to do with this bunch of these incorrigible college

professors of course. Very soon they found a way. They put us

into close up because a sordid story of firemen

and the first few hours our leading man one of the PROFESSOR JOHN SHEWAN when leaving

for absolute values for the US. I could hear the

way of his sail and he was counting what happened they took him

out. The team was going to be down there then put him into it into a strait jacket

and he couldn't move a muscle. But Evan was he was that baby in Japan in

his early days but have to return him to China I realize how

the Japanese lady chatted so much and he hated everything

Japanese as the Japanese language he spoke a lot about it but

when we put him in solitary he felt so real and he just

had American core with of these being sold a fake but stream of when you were

you when the wimp is that all of these Japanese came

back but not the good Japanese all the swears

this really was in Japanese. So each has a pool right now and

there are so they do it here and why hoodies.

I almost went out of my memory is really very funny

in my experience. So I came with some boys it was

speaking to me.

Why here my dear man all your life you've been complaining

about telephones and telegrams come princes and

class is to let you all appointment to meet.

And you complain that I have been drained. Do you realize now. I mean well you

do have to make the best use of it.

What happened as I said now is my best time.

I use the time the balance of the time I

wrote out.

And later on I had. Completely typed out and taken to this country

and when it was circulating around among the

palette the publishers I suddenly I read a

book called Speaking frankly bicycle at the

rate of the secretary of state and he

woke me up and led to one of the books of

mine that didn't get published but otherwise I would have to do all the

apologies. Why was it in that now

I made up a basis of aid. I realize that

the whole.

The legal nation has failed and I say it out over the

wall it was had wasn't the slightest doubt in my mind that the allies will

win out of the war. But as a result of it there will be a new

international organisation. What should be that kind of international

organisation was the main theme of my little

novel last night. I'm asian about

the DRI I saw it had to begin here.

Of the over the cooperation between the two

main giants in the world. I will say I say meep an ism

will be eliminated and this thing that kind of modus vivendi

would have to be worked out between Soviet Russia and the

America. And then why China is concerned it would have to take all of that

rainfall and the most important thing is the way internally

is to have a cooperation. What to reduce to the

extreme simplicity is a cooperation between.

My obligation to speak. That was my degree but I didn't

realize these the.

It's that the boast that come in this even China and the Communist

out of China.

As you remember those will be who I read. He is speaking

frankly. Remember that the main themes. Those

who have not read it I will still consider it one of the most important books in my life.

I remember I sit up all night holy night reading

through what to sum up a new sentence the Secretary Burns on.

Even I know why.

The Russian leaders were really

intending to do and them ways of carrying out. I could use

at any stage I could have saved numerous trips I

made to London to meet together with them.

Well the.

Book bays and the possibility of cooperation those days

and later on I found out. What the remodeling company went

there with the German company and the jumpin days not at all eyeball a blame

about the the situation was

such it was impossible. I'm glad I withdrew the book. But however I steeled

nearly killed the United Nations is going to

going to be a real they are world body that will guarantee for the rest of the world our

new world order without structure and

destruction and atomic complete play up to the ration. Then

I still sing some of the general principles which I

in my solitary confinement work out the night exactly in the same

details probably along certain of the lines would have to do but it will decide the

main thing that is there in all of.

World Cup and the question is a question of representation. The system will

represent Tejan according to the chattel of the United Nation is

not realistic. You can have

a huge. And reach. Every man's country

like the United States America having one vote. And then did

a tiny nowadays little

Taiwan also have a. One vote.

You can have a.

Division of almost feel tie or you feel fair but with the very

reason it needs East crisis.

No I believe it had to do you have a representational realistic it according

what they are representing.

Magazine has either had to be first of all.

That come so for the prevention of war. It would be that if

I did the interview to Section One said to me is a council for

compulsory arbitration and in this section what I called the

National Fire extinguisher is to plays most ever by

the way. The first stage of the. Method of

conveying it in that I wold polies body

any avoid that they've been framed.

Bush don't fire extinguisher immediately be upright right there

and dig the Mandans of SAC is dubious sis and the nation

in reverse ratio according to the

military budget.

I know in direct proportion to did it very much if those who had the biggest

meter to budget will contribute the most. But they have the least to say and the governing

control of that direction will that made it dramatic. Well I

had to go to next one is the the world comes up with

economics because after all it is the problem between the

haves and have now. Then there is the World Bank and

the world of labor. A

bad day. And the idea is industrial

concerns but it's rivers in taser had to be realistic not

merely one nation one.

One voice but the most important to me in the air that never

reached its full fledge

efficiency and the other third time saw. I have a few a

number of years of functioning. That is the the coming saw

of international and light them on the Internet going to

light them in the representation scheme as I do

dream that those days was simply

somewhere this way.

Not that the

Chinese will put out their most prominent politician

or diplomat into the party. All the friends people I quite know.

All the other nations other than China

will let the Chinese do it all over the nation other than America.

Wait let the American to it. You see this is just the opposite the way it

so is good be sure it is the one who is most into nation really

really now. A major study who revues in the wold

not be zoning nation. And this body should be

the main educating a body they have no

compelling voice. Back. I quoted is that

the the international call of the

feedback I would call it at that time we had to be

not by direct wire connections but rather by the process of OSS

MOSIS them but when the end of this is done

then the world would have. Peace.

I caught it early.

I was having the Chinese because our sheer number probably we

were having at that time in the word drama after taking off the blindfold

didn't really happen is I'm going to miss you can we chain you when

released and then moron it has come to just two most important

these free from selfishness.

You heard William hone research professor of history at the Harvard yen Jing

Institute. As he spoke on the topic China in the world drama

Mr Hong's spoke at the annual conference of the Institute on man and science held in

Rensselaer bill New York on our next program the speaker will be El

Carrington Goodrich research professor in Chinese history at Columbia

University. His subject will be some of China's contributions

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