Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-05-16
COLUMBIA HAS HERO
Chinese Brigadier General Study.
ing American Politics.
Only 20 Years Old, Wan1shla Led
Charge Which Resulted In the Over
throw Of the Manchus--Has
Had IN Exciting Career.

Had an Exciting Career.
Columbia university has the distinc-
ton OF numbering among its students
a brigadier general Of the Chinese
army. He Is Chinfu Wang-Shai. one OF
the heroes Of the battle OF Marking,
who has just arrived in New York
and matriculated for the degree OF
doctor OF philosophy In the faculty OF
political science at the Morningside
Heights institution.
General Wang-Shai. who lives at
Hartley hall. one Of the Columbia dor
mitories, is very modest and unas-
Stunning. He Is only twenty-eight years
old, and few Of his American fellow
students suspect that they are room
Ing next to man who has seen near
ly year of active military service In
the most epoch making revolution OF
modern times.
The career Of Chinfu Wang.Shai has
been full of thrilling adventures. AT
the tender age OF fifteen years he had
to leave his native place In the prov
ince of Sze-Chuen, where his father IS
mandarin of wealth and influence.
because of his political speeches. IN
which he went so far as to publicly
question the right of the Manchus to
rule China. Young Chinfu had to
fee Sze-Chuen. He disguised himself
as coolie and stole down the Yangtze
to Shanghai, whence, with the aid Of
the revolutionary organization, he
sailed for Toxic. At the Japanese cap
ital Chinfu studied hard at his ele-
mentary education. He later entered
Waseda university, where he special
lied in political science and incident
ally delved into the mystery Of mill
tary science which was later to stand
him in such good stead. All this time
he was supporting himself by writ.
ing fiery revolutionary articles for
the Chinese vernacular press at so
yen q month.
Like all Chinese sons, Chinfu was
flially pious. While he had disobey-
ed his father, he never lost his re-
spect and love for him, and in 1910
at the risk of decapitation he stole
back to See Chuen to visit his parents.
The Manchu spies spotted him. but
he escaped into Korea, and returned
to Japan to continue his newspaper
campaign against the Manchus. Early
in the summer of 1911, when the riot
in Sze-Chuen took on serious proporv
tions ,Chinfu again went to China and
In Wuchang, Hupeh, he plotted for the
mutiny of the garrison. His machina-
tons, Chinfu again went to China and
governor placed heavy price on his
head and he had to fee. This time
he went only as far as Shanghai,
where he imported a quantity OF
bombs from Japan. In October. when
the mutiny in Wuchang broke out
Shanghai was still held by Manchu
garrison. With Chen. Chunhsin, now
minister of agriculture. Chinfu led a
band of daredevil revolutionists and
attacked the viceroy's yamen with
bombs. The viceroy and taotai fed
and left Shanghai In the hands of the
rebels.
While Gen. Ii Yuan.hung was fight
ing around the Hanang arsenal and
Wuchang, the revolutionists marched
on Marking, Chinfu Wang-Shai per-
sonally led 10000 men up Purple
mountain, and succeeded In captur-
ing the forts at the summit. This
victory gave the rebels the key to Nan
king and the siege Of the town there
after was an easy matter.
In the charge Col. Wang Shat had
two horses shot under him and his
cap was shot away three times. He
finally fell from his horse with splin-
ter of a cannon ball in his right leg,
as result Of which he had to stay
two months In the hospital, and today
he has still perceptible limp. For
this signal proof of bravery and gal
lantry in action. Colonel Wang-Shai
was promoted to brigadier general.
and was carried in triumph to Nan
king with Gen. Shu Shao-Tseng, the
commander-in-chief, when the city sur
rendered. When. a short time after
his exploit, the provisional govern
ment was formed in Marking, with
Dr.. Sun Yat-Sen at its head, the pres
ident appointed General Wang-Shai as
his Pei-Shu, or military secretary,
which he later resigned to become
a;de-de-camp to Field Marshal Huang,
Hsing. ..... ........,
Wang-Shia came to America be.
cause he thought that, inasmuch as
the Chinese constitution was to be
modelled after that Of the United
States a thorough training in Amer
lean political methods would help him.
He selected Columbia university be-
cause its faculty Of political science
was famous throughout China. He
is now studying constitutional and ad.
ministrative law with Prof. Frank
Johnson Goodnow. whose appointment
as constitutional legal adviser to the
Chinese government has been an
nounced "S&'@5 ~ %5& e..-S
Gen. Wang-Shai uses his spare time
editing his Shanghai paper, besides
contributing numerous political es-
lays to Chinese national organs the
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