The sun., 1913-10-12

married Chinese woman OF high rank
and pledged his services for the rest Of
his life to China
His force. which never had been re-
pulsed. became so formidable and i'm
pressiVc that il awakened the fears OF
| England. which had ambitions in China
which might be thwarted through the
power of the young American. An ef-
| fort was made to influence the Chinese
Government against him. but without
success His Ever Victorious Army. as
it had become known through China.
continued to succeed. and Wards power
grew greater and greater. At the very
height Of his success h. was killed In
battle at Tse-Ki September II, 1862. He
was less than 81 years old and in two
years had done more to awaken China
than any other foreigner had in all the
centuries preceding.
4 different style Of genius but fully
as remarkable was Paul Morphy. When
10 wears old hc was fine chess player.
When he was l3 he could hold his own
with the masters. He was born in New
orleans June22. 1887. In 1850 ae played
three games with Lowenthal. champion
of Great Britain. Two Of them the boy
won and one was drawn.
When he was 90 he started on a tour
Of America and Europe Nothing more
sensational than his achievements has
been recorded in chess history. In New
York. where he met the chess masters
Of this side Of the Atlantic. he Won every
game Then he went abroad. Anders-
sen was the greatest player in Europe.
Morphy played eleven games with him,
winning seven. losing two and drawing
.it ,tlt n.
blndfolded against eight masters and
Won every game.
In London he defeated Lowenthal.
the master against whom he had played
when he was 10. This time the score
was = Ia and two games drawn. All
the great players Of that age. Boden,
Klsseritzkl. Medley, Mongredon, owen,
Bird. HarrwitZ, fell before him.
Coming back from Europe before he
was 80 he retired AS IL chess player and
took up the practice of law. Occasion
ally he played with his own circle of
friends in New Orleans, hut when he
was 81 he put his chessboard and
pieces aside, never to touch them again
He died in New Orleans in 1854. In
the last years Of his life his mind was
clouded
No fair comparison of the chess OF
Morphy and that OF the present day
masters such as Lasker. Capablanca
Euhenstein and Tarrasch, can he made
No one ever was able to test the full
power of Morphy. He was in a class
10y himself. The limit of his ability
: must ever remain matter of specu
=. lation. Possibly the one living master
=, who most nearly approaches the Grea
American in brilliancy and beauty %
e play is the dashing young Cuban, Capa
v blanca, who like the LOuisianian ma
e tured early and was recognized as {
genius before he attained his majority
u a vivid page in the history of Persii
is that which will have to do will
Morgan Shuster. At "a he was com
" missioned to reorganiZe the finances o
l. that empire. AS business manager o
o Persia Shuster became a world figur
~ in a day.
II Success in his undertaking meant
n check to the plans of Russia, Germany
'r France and England in the exploitation
y. and ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of Persia and the
At demanded his dismissal. 1t was un
he thinkable that plain American, Wit
he nothing but reputation for unusua
lg business ability. should bring order on
AZ OF the tangle into which Persia ha
become involved through decade afte
,e decade OF bad government and dis
i- order. The whole scheme Of thing
90 In western Asia would be upset If orde
I'd and system should replace the frau
to and confusion on which the schemin
I'd Powers planned to put through the
g. pet designs. Asia Is too big and ric
a IA field for Europe to permit any Ou
I'd slider to introduce latter day methoc
lis OF economy.
as Germany demanded that Shuster IL
part So did England. So did Franc
nc Russia not only demanded but threa
m ened force. Four Of the great natior
tn OF the earth combined to overtime
OF one American. and he IA mild mannert
Sc youth still In his thrties.
Ia. BY demands and threats Shuster WI