The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-08-22
The HEADS OF THE
CHINESE ARMY.
Generals Who Have Won distinction
and the Strange Methods by Which
They Achieved Greatness
BY Charles Edward Schulz.

China has no Generals, II the utie pe
applied as we apply it In this country.
70 men who have undergone IA military
training and have gradually risen III
the service Of their country to this hlgh
post.
The Chinese are peace loving peo-
pIe Every art OF Europe has sprung
from the Orientals: they excel In the
making of fine goods and before the
standards of painting changed, their
nicturea were the finest In the world.
But In war they were never CON
gpicuous. ,n,
The Chinese have proVerb: NO
good man VIII ever be soldier.
Fighting Is mentioned as warning to
the bows: they must never quarrel
and. so. except in the case of famliy
feuds which amount to nothing, the
nation lives at peace with Itself. re-
bellions are unknown ana the art OF
fighting IL neglected.
Years ago, when China was almost
the whole of the East 1t conquered
greater part OF Europe but Europe was
then at its weakest. Centuries nave
passed since then. and, In the refine
ment of modern Chinese clNlilZatloh'
the art Of warfare has Jared baby
compared to the other arts,
Yet China has her Generals The
Youngest Of them all IS Tu Tsin. war
rior who came into prominence at the
close Of the Japanese war lie was
present at the last battle ana was one
az IN. few who were not shot in the
hack. he ran too fast. When asked
the reason of their defeat he said;
THE Japanese came at us as though
wild. We shot down those who we're
In front, but Just as soon as man teii
In the front ranks some one from the
next line would take his place GU
can't fight people that way. W men we
shot down those who took the others
places some one else would come ana
fill up the ranks. and on they would
come You cant do anything with
people of that kind. They did not Know
when they were whipped somebody
had to run, and as they would not We
did, and then they shot US IN the ha'h
FIGHT BRANELf.
Yet it must not be supposed that the
Chinese are towards. They hight
braveIy and when they are face to face
with am enemy. armed with spears
they are the Drawer soldiers of the
two. They fight desperately and to the
death They do not calculate on com
ing out of "A battle alive and Chinese
soldier invariably dispOsea Of his estate
and bids farewell to his family forever
before going to war. lie knows that
he VIII fight until he Is dead.
The trouble with the Chlnaman, In
the battle of to-day. Is that he does not
understand modern weapons. lie
knows little of dynamite and nothing OF
Iyddite; war balloons are novelties to
him, high explosives barely name he
~ not used to the Mauser and he has
not calculated upon the tricky quail
ties of the disappearing gun
There is another difficulty under
which the Chlnaman labors. lie does
not love his flag. His country ana his
family he loves: and he may have de
Votion to his cause. but that " lid un-
reasoning love of flag IL stranger to
him The national nag does not figure
In his home as 1t does in our country;
IL Is not Il part of his education; he
does not sing about 1t; and rally
around 1t.
The love of flag has been the turning
point OF many IA battle. When the enc
my threw In the shot and shell and all
hope seemed gone the sight OF the dear
old flag. waving overhead, brought n
lump into every throat and made every
heart the stronger. The Chinese, ON
the other hand. do not thrill before
their flag. though they may honor It
have said that he doubted IL every