El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25

NfAN Dr. sun al sen IS CO4ulQs
the United States again. This
time he does not come to hurl verbal
bombs at tyrannicaI Manchus. A
gigantic railway plan prlngs MN once
more 70 the land whose broad canopy
Of liberty protected his head for over
a decade from the various rewards, to-
falling 100000, that the Manchus
placed upon it. The work of deStruc-
tion is over. His aim now is to re-
cOnstruct-tO create. The railway
plan which he would have American
millions turn into a reality IS a logical
outgrOwth of his earlier endeaVors.
Before he came for sympathy; today
for dollars. He left the United States
less than two years ago, still an out
cast from his native land, still a fur
tive plotter against the government
of his country. He will return here a
triumphant refOrmer, known the world
Over/a the man whose persistent
teaching of 100000 kinsmen brought
about one of the most marvellous polit-
iCal upheaValS in history.
Was Reared in Christian Home.
Dr. Sun Vat Sen is 46 years old. He
was reared in a Christian home both
parents being missionary converts.
He was born and raised in Canton,
where the white man has been known
ever since the Portuguese landed there
IN 1916 bringing word of other cOun-
tries and other peoples across the seas.
During the last so years of ManchU
rule Canton was hotbed of sedi-
sun Vat Sen an early start in a deep
appreciation of modern methods and
new democracy. AS a youth he stud
led medicine in HOngkong under an
Englishman, going to England later
for a prescribed course in a medical
college. Upon returning to China he
had his first fight against deep SUPER
stition and prejudice. In Canton,
Macao and HOngkong he was both
scored and feared for his knowledge
Of foreign deviP' Witchcraft.
Dr. Sun began his mission of uplift
by organizing literary societies among
the young men Of Canton They read
about the great outside world, learned
of people who were free while their
own lay in bondage. They called for
more lg4t and their numbers grew
rapidly A peaceful revolution was on
the move; DR.. Sun had no other kind
OF revolution in mind at that time.
He and his followers turned to
thoughts of violence only when the
Manchu dynasty and the Chinese Off
Gals who willingly pressed tyrannies
upon the masses repeatedly. displayed
a stOnelIke deafness to the walls Of
outraged humanity
A Land Without Law.
Prior to the revolution last year
there were no civil laws in China. as
credentials understand the term
mere was a network of regulations
a labyrinth of custom and ceremonial
out OF statutes to which citizens could
appeal Tor redress there were none
various provincial assemblies were or
gained few years ago, and a national
assembly was permitted to hold its
Ilrst session IN the city of Pekin in
1910, but these bodies had no powers
beyond the right TO assemble, discuss
pcIltlcal affairs and petition the
throne. HidebOund officialdom grant
ed even this small boon with poor
grace Every petty official tax col
Iector, provincial governor district
magistrate and Yiceroy was a car in
MS own domain. Millions were AT the
@ercy OF one man, whose slightest
JQre, loss OF property and death The
Viceroy of HOnan and Hupeh in the
great angtze valley, was master of
over SOOOO,0OO subjects Forty mil
lions bowed in submission to ~ ,-ioa-
inces. S PRIV
There was no such thing as lust or
uniform taxation The theory Vas for
each official, great or small 10 eet
an ne possibly could for himself Each
Official could take as much money &c
ne MdIteu 70 so long as he met the
demands OF the man higher mn Nat
urally rat Jobs came high. Men Tyera
SHOWN TO pay as much as SIO0 600
american money to high officials in
~, SliIii LII q NIceregal appointment. As
tneIr posluons were FREQUENTLY resoII
10 someone else within A vea- or -
new FlceroyS lost no time in e-a+ti-o55
9aelr money money back, plus a good mar
ha
same Public office mea,+ N! 49,, ne
gam. So the squeeze sveta,, - -r y -
1Sneo from the great ca1ifaI ,itO 81
Fekin 10 the smallest hamlet in the
got the least paid the r1oSt rrIn ~
IS 1t strange that Sun Yat Sen ,eai[e-
al TINS, thWarted at eyerI' 0I fI1r-
I neInmea IN on All sides, should turn
many others like him did no. ma ILsAe
Ine5r ives and risk their heads ~
1lIeIong and seemingly bopeIess ~ a.
'eT NJ S 20 9SFe al the old system.
All the secrecy of which an ~ WIN
IS capable, spread rapidly G II la
early nineties he was the ips5ira+ iog
OF several Outbursts of no.-1-,Il ~ atlOH |
sion in various parts of tI PuldI pas
unfortunately, they were r. cou htry-. |
canned, being easily stamped az Or Or
secs, t1ere was no Cooperation r.
tween the several Drovi1cisI IOu pc !
ronary guilds. A cOnspirsc--t .LeEoiu-
the canton government in iso9o seIIe |
MlInln an ace Of being successf1,1 o.
nU1uLeo leaders had 5000 rpen rasJI, |
10 act Ammunition was On n Sauy ]
up from Hongkong on a Is,,rnt wy
the last moment something v-e,' II. az |
ana the leaders fled The e-oTe- " 0IIS
nao any knowledge of the IT, y, I'm
neaVy price was put or DR. ST. =
he sHpped down to Hongko1.- ~. n ~. =
week later, under the TerV anu d
7P-S7s DodLQEQ a
for Liverpool SSSeL Douno
Refugee for IL Yo,
For i years Sun Vat So
up and down the globe. preacttLlCl 80 81
doctrine to thousands Of eSi1aII hg ,. ms
Try men, or GLIDING Manchu aSe14e
who tracked him day and nie5,+ aSS1Is,
ruse he was captured in fnSS,zDy
1895 and held in the Chinese IlL'It -
winch was technically CbinoS = d e LII
II was planned TO convey him s ss SOL.
70 CHINA and then cut off sTISely
With the assistance of an ms nSaI'
servant Of the legation he L 1IE5lo5
word through to a DR.. Cantila silpPeu
formed the British governns,,% HO NJ ". !
authorities fairly deluged tba I LLs
IN the vicinity of the Chinese 1o ~ 49, 80
with troops and the minister v-o - t 1,,
PEELED to release the intended ,5 IS
Dr. sun then went to Japar - -
among the Chinese students bSy+ 80
fleeced by one Makimura ont of MH6s
large sum he had raised for III ~ ~
chase of arms. Again on bis 1n9ers
ne travelled through French uPP 5JoS
CHINA as a blind beggar. In This W.,
ne slipped over to AMMAN, then across
the border into China The canse
prOspered in 1S97-9S. as his coDfcder-
ate, Kang Yu-Wei, had won the CON
Hdence of Emperor Huang Hau and
was able to bring about the memoir