To Begin with, it is clear that China must be saved by her own efforts, and cannot rely upon outside help. In the international situation, China has had bothgood and bad fortune. The Great War was unfortunate, because it gave Japantemporarily a free hand; the collapse of Tsarist Russia was fortunate, because itput an end to the secret alliance of Russians and Japanese...
Out of the renaissance spirit now existing in China, it is possible, if foreignnations can be prevented from working havoc, to develop a new civilization betterthan any that the world has yet known. This is the aim which Young China shouldset before itself: the preservation of the urbanity and courtesy, the candour andthe pacific temper, which are characteristic of the Chinese nation, together witha knowledge of Western science and an application of it to the practical problemsof China.
