allies Li CChanetn, Set. 28, putinte slaer' clothes, given guns cee cee ce cine estat in whence came these 100,000 men? One Yuan, Ten,] and sent to ines, From Gels campaign of ariel can only look at the sequel, to acseer the only seer that has arisen SoUNt for many tens of thousands, above the horizon in modern times. The true nature is manifested in defeat, Here is tale of one city situat-'A prophet truly has no honour in his fed on a populous plain. "As Yang ci own Province, and is litle appreciate by his contemporaries, The man Sen's troops retreated they were whom they have driven to the ourly-|2roKen wp into squads, and swept Ing. borders and would only too can the districts they passed fadly hurl into oblivion, as all[hrough.
The disaster and ruin was thumbs were turned down at than the year of the great Tzeliutsing conference of Generals city for twe days Yang Sen's place in the Sun nights was subjected to these free-war discussed, will no doubt in a few Dooters and not a family or business Years have monuments. erected to face had the good tuck to, escape. ASfowledge the wonderful achive- Misery feigns, no food is eft, how ments performed in the short period|"¢ the people to live? They are)
reigned in Chengtu, in all] Stricken with grief, them property Civil strife, success or failure means Gestroyed, of stolen, a all besiness untold suffering to millions, in districts 0 densely populated as the Chengtu plains and the Min Valley.
For this reason, curses: are sure to Now these ravages extend over follow the man who loses, however miles and miles, and include busy) admirable his intentions. market towns," This man with a frenius for reform, with remarkable Wolves and Sheep {tient for improvements, apparent selfish in lis plana for the better censtol gill war always Teaver 6nt of the people as a whole, and Though the allies have been suc-Strath of alary and votering, "1¢[ et this man, inthe dally papers, has slain in behalf of ruthless ambition. inthe story of the "Tnnocents" recorded ical deeds. The man himself had under his name, these dia; Whence born this utter callousness ¢4 his minions reverted to type. of Gener and soldiers?
Why do If the most hopeful becomes so they consider life and property as utterly hopeless in one turn of the Are. miliary' chiefs] wheel, what about the future? promoted bandit chiefs? Once pro-Must this magnificent Province go moted is there an inward transform on indefinitely in such a pernicious' motion as well outward? circle?
There is no light ahead Does the wolf nature, bred through far as the political outlook is) yeu of rapine Concerned. "A new dele has begun. The Province has been radi vided among the Generals who for there for a people the last deende have never deviated infect to Tenders born from the old circuitous route. and bred in a soil that produces The power of each General is re-oppressors for the mere sake of presented not by horse-power but by oppressing, and who year after year|pun-power. Two hundred and. se. never exhibit a single trait that they] venteen thousand rifles is the total have the good of the people at heart. apportionment for the Province. Each Surely until a complete revolution rife draws $10. The expense for can bring about conditions whereby, that one item is $2,170,000, Liu men reared in the atmosphere of Hsiang, the Military. Governor, Justice, kindness, and moral respon- seventy thousand gun-power: Yang. ibility, are lawfully chosen as rulers Fey Ming, the Kwel Chow. General
without fear of military rest and able to assert their authority forty thousand: and so on down to five thousand. To the whole situation ts Ropelest. heal made outer Create, Tee city is bedecked with flags. Liu the colouring of chin is the honoured guest. He is thief but it is evident tha fourteen thousand gun-power Gena system can only bring destruction About 18 months ago, Liu Iand misery as the wheel of fortune hiv, who had central figure turns.
'The robber life is the life' in Chengtu local affairs made a hasty of the wolf. The robber's instincts exit as Yang. Sen's troops approach-_ fare wolfish.
He hunts his prey,'ed.
A years grace was given Sinching, and is hunted in turn, He must, city 100 li to the South.
His cither cut down or be cut down. His activities in connexion with matters fangs are the knife, the sword and on the Western borders of Szechuan, the gun.
Can a wolf be tamed?) together with the fact that he was Bands of robbers with their leaders] a thorn in Yang Sen's pro are to" all. outward appearances! plans brought about hostile transformed by adding the word broke up Liu I-chin's little kingdom. soldier, soldier-robbers they) The wheel, however, cent are pat into camp, fed, and clothed. turn, carried him into the fold of the Ambitious Generals use them a5/ allies.
One more turn and he is guest again in this city, of power, There are differences regarding the in army of 60,000, Gov-welcome given to men who befo emuer So and So an (000, Follow in the path: time occupied important post in th city.
Some 9 or 10 years ago Liu' their internecine struggles: Tsen How was a prominent figure. yock and ruin that mark their trails: Through his efforts to drive out the ask the dejected mass of farmers and, Yunnanese under General Lob, and mexehants, or those left to tell the Inter the Kweichowites under General tale, who did this? soldiers? watch Tai, large portions of Chengtu were their furtive look to see that no one eft in ashes. Liu Tsen-hou is still in-within hearings then listem"no-o, member of the aillts, an 8000 gunpower, but evidently realizes that Ruthless and Useless Chéngta has not forgotten his reck-Tessness of their lives and property.
The sadness of it is, that men no matter how patriotic and honourable No Profit in Peace their ambitions are, must use these same rungs to ascend, or to overcome There is a general feeling of existing chaos, Szechuan has just] wonderment regarding the future iliad an exhibition of the ruthlessness Szechuan.
What will be the next and uselessness of robber-soldiers as move? It is almost impossible for Nehicles for riding to a throne of any definite movement to be taken. ower, however noble the sentiments Each General must have his that inspire Yang Sen, who has re-army. These armies cannot be switchently passed through Szechuan jed about as cars on a siding. Politics like a brilliant meteor. From They are too restless, too fond -of '4 minor military official he leaped motion.
The Generals themselves into the, position of Generalissimo. soon become fed up on ennui. The} 'To maintain his exalted position an' pay sheets become monotonous when surrounded by' Jeslous army myst be was a.fixedsum.is doled out. To be off la some district where Jet it lo uld that 160000 ed were!Chusgklog is lacking la becoming An army is not barn in a-dag, and the excitement of a Chengta tin tea aR RARE.
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