The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-15
Who is "Ciinese. Gordon.

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lshed IN three volumes. He was born
IN 1858. lie is a General in the Brit.
ish army, and has had the highest
rank conferred upon him of any sub.
Ject IN China; he is an Egyntian
Pasha, and was for several wears Gov.
ernor General of the Soudan He
worked steadily in the trenches before
Sebastopol, and distinguished himself
as an officer of Engineers when he was
not much over twenty years of age. In
iooo Gordon was ordered to China
and was present during the attack on
Pekin and the sack of the Summer
Palace. Shortly afterwards the Tai
Ping rebellion threatened to oyerturn
the Chinese government. the rebel
leader had several hundred thousand
wild and ferocious followers who raw
aged the country, but the imperialist
forces were unable to cope with them.
The British Government having been
asked to appoint an officer to take
command of the Chinese forces. Cor
don was selected to that post, and I'M
der the sway of his genius he soon or
gained an ever victorious army, >
and eventually broke the neck of the
rebellion. In this war he carried no
weapon himself, but always went into
action armed with small cane with
which he would stand under the hot
ties fire, encouraging his soldiers by
voice and gesture. Once he was lead
ing storming party, his men wavered
under terrific fire, Gordon turned
cheerfully round, stood still and calm
~ lighted his cigar, he then waved his
magic cane and his soldiers came on
and carried the position. He left
China as poor as he entered and when
$4,000 was forwarded to him by the
Emperor he divided it all amongst his
troops. He hated to be praised and
to use his own words he has always en-
treated his friends that no gilt might
be laid upon him"
He returned to England in 1864,
and for six years was engaged quietly
in engineering works on the Thames.
His house there was school, hospital
and almshouse in turn, and was more
like a missionary home than that Of a
military officer; he established even
ing classes for boys in his own home,
reading to and teaching them himself,
and when the attendance grew too
large, he taught in ragged schools.
The warehouses and infirmary were
his constant haunts, and many of the
dying sent for him in preference to the
clergy. All eating and drinking he
was Indifferent to and he sat down
with the boys and ate his salt beef as
they did.
In 1874 Gordon was appointed by
the Khedive Governor General of the
Soudan to maintain order and put
down the slave hunting hordes Here
his firm steady rule and strict adher-
ence to justice and his kind concila-
toy demeanor made him exceedingly
popular among the people. He final
ly left the Soudan in 1879, and after
that the slave dealers had it pretty
much their own way and the result
has been the dangerous revolt headed
by the Mahdi He subsequently, under
took mission to the king of Abyssin-
ia, and second time went to China
when he assisted in making treaty
of peace between that country and
Russia He has now gone to the Sou
dan without an army, and on a mis-
sion of peace to endeavor to quell the
turmoil there, and has been enthusi-
astically welcomed back by the people
to whom he is still known and prayed
for, as the "Good Pasha.' B.