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Rule by man and not by law may be the most effective system of government for China, John K. Fairbank '29, professor of History, told the World Law Club yesterday...
Speaking on "The Rule of Law in China," Fairbank said that the Communist system of absolute rule was evidently more convincing to the impoverished people of China than Western methods. For this reason, he added, the West has met with little success in the past in trying to impose on China a form of government based on a set legal code...
...Fairbank said that the people of China are in a bad position under Communist control, but that they have little choice in the matter. He could give no apparent answer to the problem of how the West could succeed in establishing a rule based on legalistic, instead of terroristic principles. He stated that action must be taken soon. "I am definitely in favor of pushing our values upon them," he said, "if they can be pushed...
...investigators became a bit defensive on the second and last day of the hearings. One of the senators asked Fairbank how he could accuse the committee of guilt by association tactics, and the professor succeeded in getting confirmation that the committee has a procedure of first holding closed 'executive sessions' to question witnesses. Then in the public session, the committee counsel questions and the accusatory witness merely says...
...complaint," Fairbank concluded, "is that there is no searching for evidence at these hearings; no cross-examination...