I was accompanied by a small group Of soldiers, all of us riding shaggy little Mongolian ponies. Not long ago the appearance of such a cavalcade at his door would have caused a Chinese peasant anything but plea-Sure, but we were received with unfeigned goodwill, and given food, for which we paid, and all other help we wanted.
"We stopped at a group of caves Where the people gave us boiled water, gathered around us and chatted. When asked if they had eggs, they hastened to collect fifty, which they wanted to give us without payment, but the soldiers insisted on paying. Such an event as a Chinese Peasant giving soldiers food, and the soldiers insisting on paying for it, would have been inconceivable not so very long ago.
When we requested a guide, young men came forward willingly.
Shansi consists largely of bare, serrated mountain ranges intersected with numberless deep ravines eroded by the action of rainfall—ravines where one might lose whole regiments. It is perfect country for guerilla warfare, and it is difficult to imagine how anyone can subjugate the defenders, who have the advant-ego of local knowledge.
The Chinese general who was my travelling companion said as we stood on the brink of the Yellow River, before a crossing at a point where there were deep gorges "Japan is as strong as this rock: China as weak as the water beneath us; yet in time we shall wear away that rock even as the Yellow River has done. Reuter.
Pursiwent Roosevelt left the capital on Wednesday night for a fortnight's vacation at his home in Warm Springs, Ca, after conferring with Congressional leaders on foreign affairs and tax questions.
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