that the old China had been a peaceful nation “that was wont to sit in isolation musing:
“Far from the maddening crowd’s ignoble strife,
Her sober wishes never learned to stray.
Along the cool sequestered vale of life,
She kept the even tenor of her way.”
But a new China is coming, a new China is in the making, a new China with new life, new spirit, and new blood. A new China with new ambition, with new inspiration and with new aspiration; a new China with new ideas, new ideals, and new conception of world relations; a new China awakened to the consciousness of her potential power of her four hundred fifty million living souls; a new China jealous of her rights, smarting under the consciousness of wrong inflicted upon her by the powers in the past.”
He pointed out that if China is to be made the pawn of European greed and agression, she may become the fertile ground in which to sow the seeds of war.
“On the other hand, if the nations of the world will change their policy in their treatment of China, and adopt justice and equity in place of might and greed, the result will be peace and amity and good-will among the nations for ages to come.”
Some of the gifts western civilization has brought to China are standing armies and national debts, unknown to Chinese people before 1842.
The audience was thrilled at its good fortune in seeing and hearing the honorary-chairman of the meeting, Dr. David Starr Jordan, who presented in person the Essentials of his Peace Plan. In the words of the resolution adopted by the Senate and Assembly of the State of California, Dr. Jordan’s contributions to world unity can be described as follows:
“Whereas, Through the generosity of Mr. Raphael Herman, a prize of $25,000.00 was offered, under the auspices of the World Federation of Education Associations, for the best plan to accomplish this purpose; and
“Whereas, From over 6,000 plans submitted the prize was awarded to a Californian, Dr. David Starr Jordan, Chancellor Emeritus of Stanford University; and
“Whereas, The citizens of Santa Clara County, the home of Dr. Jordan, have arranged to give him a public reception on Tuesday, April 14, at San Jose, in recognition of his constructive services in the cause of world peace; therefore be it
“Resolved, By the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly concurring, that we extend felicitations to Dr. Jordan on this significant occasion.
“We join in honoring Dr. Jordan—the Man—the California Citizen—the World Citizen.
“As a man he has come to be universally recognized as possessing those qualitites of heart and mind that we regard as the ideal of American character.
“As a citizen of California his years of labor in his own chosen profession and in the advancement of the state’s welfare, have placed the young men and women of California, and the entire state, under obligation that can never be fully voiced.
“As a world citizen, his broad vision and his humanitarian impulse have induced him to devote years of study to this greatest of international problems—the riddance of this mighty scourge of war, and the eventual achievement of international amity and good-will.”
On the second evening of the meeting Dr. Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, President of Mills College, pointed out how most of the differences of mankind are due to ignorance and