THE INTERNATIONALIST, VOL. 6

May, 1918When about a decade ago, modern Socialist thought began to be propagated in China, it met with two sets of critics, each holding Opposite views, yet each equally severe in their critic ism of the new doctrine. One set said, Socialism, why that is nothing new, we have had that for ages. The other set said, Socialism is an importation. It is foreign to our soil. It may fit European conditions but it certainly does not fit Chi nese conditions.Both of these critics were partially correct and yet, because of their narrow View, both were wrong. True, the traces of communistic thought are _to be found in Chinese life and his tory for centuries. But their ideas are distinctly Utopian 111 their character and cannot be identified with modern scientific Socialism. True, likewise, was it at that time (a decade ago) that scientific or Marxian Socialism was an imported plant which could not flourish in Chinese soil. But China is chang~ ing. Machine production is rapidly displacing handicraft. Where yesterday stood the little cobbler shop, today, the great shoe factory. Rears its ugly form. Where yesterday the _coolie porter trotted with his burden, the automobile truck rushes on its way. Railroads have come, and power looms. This is the soil in which scientific Socialism will grow. Nothing can stop it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.