The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-25
Cleopatra, the Original Lima, with
Marc Antony, Her Helpless Slave.
How China Was Given for a
Slave GirI-A Wild Flight.

IN his book on "China's open Door," and
is true and matchless.
Every Chlnaman to-day wears = pi1-
TAN because the celebrated Chinese i'm
perlal general, WI sankwef who four
ished IN The seventeenth century loved
a save girl, and for the love NJ her pavs
MS country over 70 the Manehus who
imposed the queue. which thew ,bero-
soi'es wore On all the Chinese as a
badge OF servitude
IL was IN the year 1914 that All this oo-
CURED. There had been rehAuIo, I,
China. and Ii. one OF the rival claimants
OF the throne. had seized upon the retrs
Of power al Pekin. after forcing the syi-
eide OF his opponent, Chang YIN sank-
Wei, VINO commanded the imperial troops
was absent from the capital with 81,
veteran army. The fate Of Ii Law in his
hands
The generals father, WI. had written
him from Pekin, advising him 70 give his
allegiance 20 Il, and he was on HE u,a,,
70 the capital 10 do so when he Learned
Mat a beautiful slave girl, whom he de-
votedly loved and whom he had left a.
Pekin. had been seized and presented 20
one Of LIS officers. In his frenzy Of rage
az this deprivation. Sankwel forgot his
ulial obedience. his loyalty, his own fu-
ture, his country. and everything Moth
ing remained in his mind but his horror
and grief. He wrote on the moment two
letters-one 10 his father upbraiding him
for not protecting the girl, and the other
10 Dorgan. the Regent Of Manchuria, in
Wiling Dorgan and the Manchus 10 Join
him in the subjugation OF China.
-'-o Manehus did not hesitate mo-
ment. and sent an army % Join the forces
OF Sankwei Together they marched
upon Pekin. II unable 10 make any
other defense, put sankwers father In
the front rank, and the aged man plead
ed with his son 10 forbear his hand. but
Ssnkwei. obessed by the vision OF the
outraged girl, allowed his father 70 be
murdered before his eyes
A Wild Flight.
Then ensued a wild battle. IN which
Sankwei and the Manchus triumphed L.
in flight. butchered all the family and
relatives OF WI. including the slave girl.
set fire 20 the government buildings, and
fed. Sankwei, now an incarnated fury,
left the Chinese capital and empire 20 the
Manchus and started out In pursuit OF
Il All over the empire he followed the
flying prince like a mad dog Il was al
last killed by some peasants whom he
was plundering Of food. and SanHwei az
rived only IN time 70 claim the corpse OF
the fallen emperor who had deprived him
OF his love, and 10 subject # 20 many in
dignities
Meantime the Manchus. who. bur for
Sankweis aid would have remained 10
this day a league of scattered barbarian
tribes on the borders OF China, made
good their hold on Pekin and the empire
and established a dynasty which rules
over China to-day. Sankwei dropped out
Of sight IN gloom and grief: but, as Mr..
says. he burned on the grave
OF his love a dynasty and city and,
and gave a vast empire 10 a small body
Of foreigners The queue that every
Chinaman wears IS known IN China as
the badge Of mourning for the beautiful
slave girl OF Sankwei. who IS historically
even without a name.