The Detroit times., 1912-03-22

there has been one. and TO tell the
Aeople who haven't heard OF 1t vet.
Gen. Ii Yuan Hung says that the
revolutionary leaders themselves
know about a tenth of the revolu-
tons story up TO date. All that they
are posted on yet is what has hap
pened at the cities along the big river
banks or on some one OF the country s
very few railroad lines.
For instance. in Southern China
Nhere Is territory with population
at least equalling that of the United
States, which the revolutionary lead
ers know TO have been in a state or
revolt for several months, but from
which almost no detailed Information
has come. Probably there are plenty
OF places where the Imperialists don't
know yet that they have been licked
and where lighting is still going on.
- At revolutionary headquarters In
Marking, about 10000 people are ac-
counted for as having persisted in
battle, In massacres. by assassination
oreat the executioner's hands. since
the revolution started. Complete re-
turns from all over China may run the
number OF victims into the millions,
for all anybody at Marking knows.
The revolutionary leaders say this
themselves.
Even now that they have got the
Itnperialists beaten, the revolutionary
leaders admit, too, that 1t Is going 70
he tremendous undertaking to es-
tAblish anything like order in the IN
terror Of China There never was A
country in a worse state OF chaos,
they declare.
There are vast areas which are still
being governed by manderins appoint
di under the old regime. more where
Hepublican officials have taken
taiarse. others were entirely independ-
mt individuals or groups have grab
led control of affairs and are running
things to suit themselves without re.
lard either for the imperial or the
Republican government.
SThere are other vast areas where
the old officials have been killed or
deprived of power or have fled. and
no new ones have been put in-where
there isn't any government at all
rim fact, it is roughly guessed ut
Marking that anarchy prevails
through territory populated by about
100000 inhabitants.
In some places anarchy appears 10
Ne working all right. The people
have parcelled out the land among
themselves and are living harmonious
". In other places the most terrible
things imaginable are happening.
Robberies and murders are too COM
mon to attract attention. Villages
Sare being burned. Men and women
IRE being tortured. People are dying
OF starvation.
There are places where all othe-
goyernment having come TO an end,
the local trades guilds have taken
rahtters in hand. Some OF them are
highly efficient work. too.
Sin the southeast corner OF Szechwau
riroyince is a district controlled by
Sthe. beggars' guild.
THE beggars in China are thorough
lyiunioniZed. This guild In Szechwan
lad an excellent territory to work and
was doing very we'll. indeed. until two
or three months ago, when a food. a
crop failure and fighting to the west
and north brought in such a horde Of
'scab" beggars that the district
Wouldn't support them. There wasn't
any government in the, Szechwan dis
ttict at The time for the local guild
to appeal to, so the head beggar or
eAnized a police force OF his own tc
ran the "scabs" out.
$The work was done so speedily and
DISQUALIFICATION n couple OF dozen
'scabs" had been caught and behead-
ed, the rest left in a hurry--that tie
ofher residents of the district per.
suaded the head beggar to turn HIS
hand to the suppression OF crime.
previously lawlessness had been ram.
pant in that locality, but today II is
said to be among the most orderly In
China.
The trouble is that great many
OF these small local self-constituted
governing bodies, having tasted au-
thority. are almost certain to object
when called on to turn Il over TO the
Republicans. II there were only few
-pf them the matter wouldn't be so
lerious, but there are maybe 1000. 900
scattered all over China, and II they