--- description: The American Minister to the Chinese Republic, Mr. Jacob Gould Schurman, formerly President of Cornell, delivered a smarting attack on the instability of the Government at a Washington's... title: CHINA: Dr. Schurman Speaks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) # CHINA: Dr. Schurman Speaks by [TIME](/author/time/) Mar 3, 1923 5:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Mar 3, 1923 5:00 AM CUT The American Minister to the Chinese Republic, Mr. Jacob Gould Schurman, formerly President of Cornell, delivered a smarting attack on the instability of the Government at a Washington’s Birthday dinner held in Peking. He declared that China was more divided than ever; that she had made no progress toward financial recovery; that, while demobilization of troops had been promised, recruiting went on actively. He considered China solvent and capable of discharging her financial obligations. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6818639/china-dr-schurman-speaks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6818639/china-dr-schurman-speaks/"},"headline":"CHINA: Dr. Schurman Speaks","datePublished":"1923-03-03T05:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-04T03:24:53.877Z","description":"The American Minister to the Chinese Republic, Mr. Jacob Gould Schurman, formerly President of Cornell, delivered a smarting attack on the instability of the Government at a Washington's...","url":"https://time.com/archive/6818639/china-dr-schurman-speaks/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6818639/china-dr-schurman-speaks/","name":"CHINA: Dr. Schurman Speaks"}}]}] ```