J. O. P. Bland Quotes
Nothing had done more to prevent the restoration of political equilibrium of law and order, under a strong central authority, than the ascendancy in public affairs of the student class, and particularly that undisciplined section of it which combines crude ideas of Republicanism with a smattering of Western science.
A revolution in 1911 had toppled the Manchu Dynasty. The republican government which won the revolution then lost the peace and their President, Yuan Shikai, became a dictator and crowned himself Emperor. After his death in 1916, China was in chaos; crime, starvation, no law, with no real government was able to be established. Bland observed that Students had become very active filling a huge vacuum, but they became an obstacle to anything that was practically attainable and was less than perfect according to Western democratic notions. There were forces powerful enough to prevent a government from forming, but non strong enough to form one that could survive. The vast majority of the professional politicians were very corrupt. See {613111}.
J. O. P. Bland, 1863-1945, (John Otway Percy Bland), English Journalist, Historian, and Foreign Intelligence Operative, Description of China in 1919, China, Japan and Korea, 1921
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Actually he also blamed the students who had become very active in politics in disgust with the corrupt politicians. But the students could block things but were not able to constructively come up with any alternatives. See {613112}.
China, after overthrowing the Manchu Dynasty was struggling among many factions for control of the government.
Young China had toppled the Manchu Dynasty, but once in power, they found it much harder to govern—a common happening after revolution.
Two days later, Ohio National Guardsmen following Rhodes's orders killed four unarmed, non-violent, students on the Kent State campus and wounded nine others. The claim of the governor's apologists was that he was speaking metaphorically and never wanted anyone killed or injured. After this quotation and a few others, politicians—particularly Presidents and Governors—have been more aware that their statements and words may have very significant consequences including death, so they are particularly careful of their rhetoric when there are controversial incidents. Note that Governor Rhodes saw students protesting a war as dangerous revolutionaries. None of the students who were killed had been trained in anything revolutionary.
The Ayatollah reverses logic. Iranian feminists protest not because America tells them to but because Iran is terribly discriminatory and cruel to women. Students are dissatisfied because they have been trained as professionals and the government policies do not encourage the kind of economic growth that would be able to employ them.
The immediate election in question was the first democratic election in Iraq where the existing divisions among the Suni, the Shiites and the Kurds may have increased if one got a significant upper hand. In America the 2000 and 2004 elections were also very divisive.
Hoover in his early career led the American relief effort to feed the starving of Europe after World War I. In addition to the major purpose of feeding people:
Darwin is describing the town of Santa Fe, which is in Argentina.
The 40 Committee was a secret committee of officials to deal with major national security covert operations possibilities. Chile had democratically elected Salvador Allende, a strong socialist, as President. He then, as he had promised in his campaign, begun to nationalize mining and other heavy industry and nationalized the very large farms. Kissinger and some others thought that Allende might probably transform Chile to communist state. The committee was discussing whether or not the United States should, via covert operations, try and destabilize or overthrow the Allende government. There was a strong minority aristocracy of the wealthy who would definitely support such an activity. Kissinger argued for intervention and some others observed that Allende had been fairly elected as a leftist by the people. Kissinger made this famous statement, and America covertly though the CIA worked with the Chilean right wing and fascists to overthrow Allende. The military, having been given the “green light” started attacking the Presidential Palace. Allende made a radio speech to the nation. A few hours later, the military seized the palace and reported that Allende had committed suicide.
Kissinger stating that the US should “correct” the election “mistakes” of other countries was of course Top Secret and the official US position was to support the right of any people to elect their preferred leaders. Normally, the public would never have seen the transcript of the meeting until many decades had passed but part of the transcript found their way to a manuscript of a book about the CIA. That agency went to the courts to block the publication and Kissinger’s statement. However, although the quote was removed from the book, enough people had now seen it, and the quote was leaked.
The quote is historically important for the real story of what really happened in Chile as General Pinochet who seized power turned out to be guilty of Crimes Against Humanity and Allende is today a national hero and martyr. In addition, it is a wonderful example of “overclassification”. After the action was completed, why should the American Public not know that its Secretary of State did not believe in democratic elections if the people would elect communists? --especially when the official stated policy he was presenting was just the opposite. The argument faded when the Watergate Scandal broke and consumed America’s attention.
3rd Viscount Palmerston. France has had, ever since their bloody revolution, factions that were for revolution and factions for stability have both always existed.
The leaders and their members were organizing Civil Rights protests and demonstrations in keys Southern communities. The Southern segregationists commonly referred to the protesters with these three terms. Hoover hated the Civil Rights organizations and many of their leaders and would not allow FBI agents to assure the safety of the demonstrators when they were beaten and brutalized by the Southern law enforcement officers and KKK members—often one and the same as Hoover knew ({637608}). He used the same terms describing the demonstrators as the Southerners did reflecting his biases and sympathies.
Hypertrophy means: exaggerated or unnecessary growth or complexity
- Born: November 15, 1863
- Died: June 23, 1945
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John Otway Percy Bland, who wrote as J. O. P. Bland, was a British writer and journalist, best known as the author of a number of books on Chinese politics and history. He lived in China for most of the period 1883–1910.
