1912–13 Volume 37 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

130 THE SCROLLMcDougall. The frequent appearance in my cartoons of a charactercalled Mr. Common People, which has characteristics all his own,has attracted some attention. Besides the North American, whichtakes only a part of my time, I draw cartoons and illustrations forother publications, Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman,Life, Collier's, LaFollette's, etc.I am constitutionally and congenitally a red hot progressive, believein men as against money, lament my lack of early training inart, would rather draw horses than statesman, am married and havetwo baby girls.ABRAHAM WENDELL JACKSON.• The recently published translation of the memoirs of the lateLi Hung Chang, Chinese statesman, shows the deep appreciation ofthat wonderful man of the part taken by the United States in thesettlement of the Boxer troubles. In recording the dangers overhangingChina, Li Hung Chang wrote "All the foreign nations areagainst us, it would seem. No, there is an exception, and the exceptionmay prove our salvation from being sliced up like a watermelon.The Americans are, of course, acting with France, Russia,England, Germany and Japan but at the same time I have receivedassurances from the American commander and from the Washingtongovernment that the United States will oppose morally and physically,if necessary, the partition of China." And again; "My hopeis centered in the attitude of the United States." And again; "Theposition taken in this matter by the American nation means the integrityof China." True to these prophesies China was saved frompartition by the powers and the attitude of the American nation nodoubt was the chief factor in her salvation. The great Chinesestatesman believed in the return of the spirits of the departed andon his trip around the world visited the tomb of his departed friend.General Grant, that he might "speak my inmost thoughts to thespirit of the famous American commander."If the spirit of the grand old man of China returns to earth inthese days surely it is hovering most lovingly over A. Wendell Jackson,American citizen and soldier of fortune. For Jackson hasagain saved China from the clutches of the powers. For hundredsof years men who have controlled the money of the world have hadthe last word in world politics. It became firmly fixed in the mindsof statesmen that before any move could be made involving conquest,channels for supplying revenue must be opened. Bankers ruled andoverruled in international politics. But this old theory has beenrudely shaken twice in the year just closing. When .the Balkanstates applied for loans to the great European banking houses andtold of the purpose for which the money was to be spent, the bankersdeclined to make the loans and assumed that the Balkan .question