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CONFIRMS HIS FAITH m YUAN
SHiH- kAl.

And what makes Dean Chung still
more firm in his belief that Yuan Shin
kai is fair and just is that when The
dean was under suspicion Of being a
rebel Yuan knew Chung was from sun
Vat Sens own city. Heungshang.
Il had not met sun Vat Sen then
said Dean Chung. My first meeting
with him was three years ago, in san
Francisco. was at work in my little
room there when man entered, and
without introduction Of any kind said:
~ am sun Nun. You should not be
raising money in America for educd-
ton when it is needed for revolution
Il knew who sun Mum was. II was
thus that Sun Vat Sen was known in
his home city and | replied:
Each man must work for the sal
walton of China in his own way My
way of preparing China for the changes
that must necessarily come is by gin
ing the youth of China a sound educa-
tiOn'"
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ative Of British imperial authority in
Australia. entertains his military
household and visitors of distinction in
superbly furnished banqueting hall
under the main grandstand known as
the VicerOy's room. The Victoria Rae
ing club feasts members and friends
in the clubhouse, hundreds of parties
picnic under the trees of the spacious
paddOCks, and the crowd munches
sandwiches and drinks beer in the
stands and all over the wide infeld.
In the picturesque beauty of its stu
alton and the completeness Of its APP
pointments the Pennington course
yields TO no racetrack in the world.
Occupying a tract of 800 acres, for
ever dedicated to the purposes of rae
ing by the State of Victoria, Fleming
ton is more magnificent even than
Belmont Park and has room for the
accommodation of bigger crowds. The
track itself an irregular cllipsc, one
mile and a half around. lies in a basin
llIff-tlldIl tlS VI ~ lllllf lplH ny al nan
mile wide through which sluggish
stream known as the Maribynong
River pursucs snakclike course,
touching the track in several places.
on the gentle slopes rising from this
fiat the stands are terraced in fine
artistic effect.
cup Day. the first Tuesday Of No
vcmbcr never sees at FlemingtOn
crowd Of fewer than 100000 men and
women. representing every element and
condition Of Australian life. one hun
drcd and twenty-five thousand persons.
according To the count of me turn
stiles, witnessed the victory Of Posina-
tus In the Melbourne cup last Novem-
Der, and that crowd was under the
average. The weather was cold and
raw and there was an epidemic In the
land.
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the Intervention Of the leader of the
opposition.
But had there been no smallpox in
Sydney, the members of the commits
sion sent by the United States govern
ment to the South Pacific to invite the
participation of Australia and New
Zealand in the Panama Exposition
Former Governor Alva Adams of
Colorado Major Sydney A. Cloman,
l.. S. A.: Thomas G.. Stallsmith and
myself-and the ladies Of our party
would have been forced TO accept pri
vate hospitality for food and shelter
carnival week. We occupied rooms in
the Menzies Hotel, engaged for the
races year ahead by prominent sgd
ney folk. Melbourne has not the facili-
ties for the proper entertainment of
the crowds which flock to the city from
all parts Of the South Pacific for the
spring racing carnival The stranger
of November without friends willing
To take him in is hard put To ii for
lodging and food. The hotels are few.
They a"e operated on the so-called
American plan. and there are not more
than two or three first class restau-
rants.
There are no laws In Australia
against betting and bookmakini, nor
is the calling of the bookmaker held I'm
detestatlon. A bookmaker sits in the
federal Parliament for n Queensland
constituency, and pursues his calling at
the rncc tracks when the business of
the country does not require his time.
There are no betting sheds at the
track The bookmakcrs meet their
clients in the paddocks under the trees.
They affect fantastic costumes for pur-
poses OF identification. They accept
and pay small wagers In cash. With
the heavy spectators they settle at
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baby in her arms obstructed ms we" d"
the ring
The Australian taste for baseball ma
it's inception in series OF games
played at Melbourne and sydney I'VE
or six years ago by a couple OF warm
storming clubs from the Paciic Stops
The crowds which patronized tnes'
games were everywhere big. Far uor'
attending the games TO draw compaN'
sons between baseball and cricket un'
favorable to the Yankee game. the AUS
tralians went out To learn its fine polhs
and be interested. They mastered '"e
essentials with astonishing QuicKnesS
Now in Melbourne and sydney the''
are semi professional and ama'eD
leagues which annually play out resO.
lar schedules to enthusiastic croWos ..
critical FAIRS. The daR.' -eWSoS'-'
run box scores and keep their reauu'
posted from time To time Of the SIAM
ing OF the clubs. Moreover the GAM
because il is quick and fast, is ca''n"'
the fancy of the schoolboys ana ''-
youthful soldiers. who play Il g, NV
summer training camps. Australia y
il understood, has compulsory trs"
ing law which puts every male emu
the commonwe more than thi'"
years old under the obligation oil ="
dergoing prescribed course OF hi"
tary training every year The NOV"
of recreation i'm the training camps
too short for the mterminable game
cricket. but quick-moving basebaH ~
In nicely.
The recent visit Of the Chicago WV"
Sox and McGraw's National Leasu
aroused tho livelicst interest III -"
bourne and sydney. Two months -
fore the teams reached Sydney CIV
American happening that way was :" II
terviewed 10y the sporting writers
the daily papers about the iniPe"'
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He WAS SINCERELY EAGER TO
BE HOST.

This was a rather queer way to talk
about one who had arranged ban
duet i'm ones honor, and so the next
question was:
"But do | understand correctly that
the Hon. Lung was your host?
"No: though he would have liked
so Won didn't attend the banquet!
Tho best proof of that is that l am
here-alive."
Dean Chung smiled broadly again.
He is always smiling broadly ana
usually when he smiles he has a httle
trick of grasping with his right mana
one Of the long, thin, yellow fingers
on his left hand, and stretching II DdcN
until YOU expect him TO make 1t touch
the back Of his wrist. He noticed the
perplexitv on the face of his inter .
viewer and smiling more broadly sui
and pulling the ringer further back than
ever, ne said:
You are new -fashioned, ! am new
fashioned. Mr.. Graybill here Is new
fashioned. The American people are
new fashioned. The people OF all CIVIL
lied countries. where education is uni
versal. or nearly so, are new-fashioned.
But the Hon. Lung Tsai Kwong is very
old fashioned
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tional renown, but the most popular
sport is racing. 1t makes tremen-
dous appeal in a country well adapted
TO the production of the highest type
Of horse, and in no country save Eng
land is the racing Of thoroughbreds so
truly a national sport Everybody
goes racing" i'm Australia and New
Zealand. Federal and state parliameh:s
adjourn for the spring carnivals at
Melbourne, sydney, Adelaide. Hobart.
Christchurch and Auckland, the spring
carnivals being the first meetings Of
the season at the great tracks Of those
cities.
The Melbourne spring carnival falls
in the first week Of November, and us
features are the Victoria Derby, tue
Melbourne Cup and the Melbourne
oaks, run on separate days. The Mel
bourne Cup, gallop Of two miles Tor
three year-Olds and over, pays the win
nor in the ncighborhood Of 10000 each
season and bears the same relation L"
the sport in Australia and New Yea
land that the Epson Derby does to rae
ING In Great Britain. IT attracts the
greatest runners Of the South Pacific
and draws 10 Melbourne thousands OF
sport loving people from all parts OF
the two countries. No business il done
In Melbourne after If o'clock during
the four days Of carnival week. The
streets swarm with strangers. pro-
eramme sellers, vendors OF TIPS ana
horscfolk, and everybody goc" out To
Flenlngton track. the home Of the VIZ
toria Racing club, before noon. The
races begin at / O'Clock and continue
In lclsurely fashion until G:W or
O'Clock There II none Of that clock
like business Of hurrying them through
with which Americans are familiar.
After the second race there IL an inter
mission Of AN hour for luncheon.
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the commonwealth, was not repre-
scented by her customary contingent of
twenty-five thousand in the crowd
which saw Posinatus defeat Believe and
TWAS Isle Beragoon, first rate three
year-old, when two days before had
won the Victoria Derby, and the favor
tie Sea Prince, n whimsical son Of the
late King Edwards great horse Per-
simmon and full brother to Sea King,
a stallion Thomas f.. Ryan recently
brought to the United States from
Great Britain and put at the head of
his oak Ridge Stud. in Nelson County,
Va.
A mild outbreak of smallpox at sgd
ncy in October caused a federal quar-
antine against the commercial metrop-
oils. This epidemic did not appear to
be of very menacing nature Small
pox caused fewer deaths than the COM
pulsory vaccination To which the people
had to submit, and late in October,
the quarantine prcciptated a row in
the federal Parliament that very nearly
forced "A dissolution II the Liberal gov
eminent, which had a majority of but
one in the lower house.
A sydney member of the govern
ment's slender majority started the
trouble by demanding of the Prime
Minister, Mr.. Cook, that the quaran-
tine be lifted so as To permit the people
of Sydney TO go TO Melbourne for the
racing carnival. The mldness of the
epidemic. he declared, did not warrant
a quarantine and IL was an outrageous
violation of the constitution. which
guaranteed to every citizen of the COM
monwealth the widest personal liberty,
TO deprive the people of sydney Of their
right TO witness the running of the
Derby and the cup. II the Sydney
member had succeeded In forcing n
divisions the government would have
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There are no rOolrooms. Australian
law stipulates that if one desires to bet
on the horse races one must go to the
race tracks 20 do il. The federal police
suppress poolrooms wherever they APP
pear.
Everybody bets at the track. The
first person | met at Pennington the
opening day of carnival week last No
vember was the Hon. William A. Watt
Premier OF Victoria and member OF the
Legislative Council The horses en-
gagged in the first race were already
assembling at the post. Mr.. Watt cut
short tho ordinary speeches that go with
the greeting of visiting stranger on
an official errand with this advice:
You had better hurry right down
and get bet on Mint Sauce. | have
followed her form at Cauheld and
Randwick. and am convinced she will
win this race"
hurried To the bookmakcrs under the
trees, wagered - on Mint Sauce at .
to /, and Mint Sauce won Four days
later she took the Victoria Oaks, Aus
tralias most important race for three
year-old mares, her victory proving
that the Premier of Victoria was "a dis
eliminating Judge of horseilesh.
Boxing has from the beginning been
a favorite sport in Australasia, and IL
is as much in vogue now as ever, albeit
the South Pacific has not In years de-
veloped any such champions as Peter
jackson. "Jem" Hall, Bob" Fitzsim-
mons and Joe" Goddard were thirty
years ago. Prizehghts in Melbourne
and Sydney are patronized by men and
women alike. Governor Adams, Major
Cloman and myself attended an after
noon of hstic entertainment at sydney
In October and the Governor had 70
change his seat because the wide
brimmed and plentlfuly plumed hat OF
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Banquet in His Honor Tempted
Him Not at AH Because He Had
Lost Some Friends That Way
SO He Is Here and Will
Remain for a
While.

in danger Of tn axe was in 1900. At
that time Yuan Shih-kai was viceroy
of the Province Of Chilli. where Churc
was arrested. And though he is not Oh
favor with President Yuan now, and
though he freely admits he would
rather see Sun Vat Sen Presiden,
again, he frankly pays a tribute to tn
fairness and justice shown him boy
Yuan Shih-kai and his court at that
time.
when | was arrested and thrown
into prison, l knew what | was charged
Withholding a rebel | told them | was
innocent. Then one Of the officers-I
was being tried by a military court
told me II did not confess | would be
tortured. / knew what was in store
for me. a form Of torture called the
monkey steals the peaches Why il
is so called I do not know. II consists
of hanging one to the ceiling by the
hands nd feet and then beating him
until he confesses. So when they
threatened me with torture | said.
Under torture ! shall lose control
of myself and | may accuse the honor
able judge of this court OF completely
with the rebels
"Finally Yuan Shih-kai took 2 per-
sonal interest in my case, and, con-
WINGED of my innocence, caused me to
be freed
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HE'S FAR FROM FIELD OF HIS
DUTIES.

Perhaps YOU ask why the illustrious
dean of the Canton Christian College
is so far removed from the scene OF
his labors This was what the writer
asked when he was introduced to Dean
Ching bv Henry b. Graybill, the prln-
cipal of the middle school of the col
lege as the high school is called.
And Dean Chung. smiling as he care
fully chose his words and spoke theh
with the care of one foreign to the
language. replied:
Il am here because the Hon. Lung
Tsai Kwong, the Governor of the Prov
ince Of Kwangtung, invited me to at
tend a surhptuous banquet held in my
hopor on September II last
Was the banquet good?' the writer
asked.
Dean Chung smiled broadly and an
swered:
Il have no doubt it was excellent
for the Hon. Lung is an epicure. He
i Chinese Lucullus, with strong
admixture of Borgia temperament III
his makeup. But | may be doing
wrong TO the memory of the Borgias.
For they did things with finesse that
the Hon. Lung is stranger to-
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DANGEROUS TO BE A REFORM
EDITOR THERE.

is this shooting of prominent men
without a trial common in China now?
well. in the early part of this month,
MAY. nine editors were shot. They
were the editors of two reform papers,
the Sun Wa which means the New
China, and the Ling Tung, whlch
means East Of the Mountain Range.
The papers were published in the Chiu
Chau in the Province of Kwangtung
There was an uprising in Chiu Chau.
The rebels sent in an article TO each or
the papers telling Of their grievances
AT once the entire STATS Of the TWO
newspapers were arrested. Eight Oh
the seven men arrested were reporters.
The reporters were let go. But the
editors were shot
And from the rest Of Dean Chung's
story it appears that the shooting OF
editors is a pastime much in favor just
now in the Chinese republic. Editors
of newspapers unfrendly to the Yuan
Shih-kai regime are imprisoned all
over the republic, and three Chinese
editors of the "Kok Wan" a Christian
newspaper in Canton, are now await
ing trial, charged with being rebels.
This is the third time that Dean
Chung has had to fly from Canton to
save his head. The first time was in
1898, just before the Boxer uprising.
He was then editor of the BOX Man."
literally meaning Broad Hearing
The Dowager Empress got it into her
head that Chung, whose literary style
made him a lion in Canton, where his
name is carved on the Sacred Five
Story Pagoda as one of the Five Fa-
nous Scholars of KwangtunS, was
raising funds for tie revolutionists.
SO she set a price on his head. He fed
to the Portuguese city Of Macau until
his friends convinced the advisers Of
the Empress Dowager that Chung was
man of peace.
The next time his scholarly head was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07
by O'NEIL SEWER.

~PORT is the essence of life in tie
thriving English colonies OF me
~ South Pacific, the commemorative
II Australia and Of New Zealand. Undef
the most democratic governments 70
d.. found in the world, whose slogan Is
o.. higher standard Of civilization FOR
,,gtra1asia than the older nations
have evolved" the Australasians nav"
established real eight-hour day
,ie,b, hours for labor, eight hours for
.leep and eight hours for recreation"
And their eight hours Of recreation are
devoted 10 sport, which has become the
very breath Of their nostrils.
Mere English in origin than either
Canada or South Africa or than inc
thirteen American colonies were lio
veary ago. the Australasians nave
t.,oupbt IN the antipodcs the sports
,,ouular in the mother country, when
,ave them their ideals Of government
and their language. Racing boHins'
rowing. football. cricket, lawn tennis
yacbtinR. shooting and. In spots fox
hunting are the pastimcs from when
they geern 20 derive the keenest sat's-
faction. but there II not az much FOX
hunting AZ one would expect 10 find IN
communities 80 exclusively English
and in countries in which there are 80
many superb thoroughbred horses
,rt.,.., bave invented no national game
n their own, such az the American
game u baseball and the Canadian
game of lacrosse. But III the Aus-
tralian cities Of Melbourne and SydneY
baseball ~ gaining foothold' ana i'S
yotsrles prophecy that IN another Ten
Years II viii have displaced cricket ana
even football. ~ 1t has all but diS-
placed lscrogse In Canada
POLO players lawn tennis champions
and boxers have been developed ~
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"HE HON. LUNG TSAI KWONG,
Governor of the Province OF
Kwangtung, is the most original
host in the world.
This is on the word of the Hon,
Chung King Kwong. till last summer
commissioner of Education and Pro-
vincial Secretary of the Province OF
Kwangtung. of Yuan Shin Kais Cabi-
net.
And apart from the fact that the
Hon. Chung is Chinese gentleman
and one Of the five greatest scholars III
China. ltterateur and formerly the
Industrious editor of THE Bookman, ne
* the dean of the Canton Christian
College. among the trustees OF which
is DR.. Charles II. Parkhurst, while men
ike seth Low are numbered among ITS
advisors.
And a further corrOboration OF the
truth of the word of the INDUSTRIOUS
Chung is his presence almost any day
on the ninth floor of the Presbyterian
Building. of No. 156 Fifth avY in the
New York office of the Canton Chris
tan College.
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constructive wing. for you must recoS-
nize that there are two branches OF
Yuan Shih-kais party. The other IS
what YOU might call the destructive
wing"
"But the Commissioner of Police
mt in the writer, who was famlllar
with the charges often made against
heads of police departments-Was HIS
administration good?
Excellent. as he was honest he
wiped out gambling that brought III
St3OOOOOO Mexican annually. Three
million dollars of this was derived from
fan-tan alone and he had not been IN
Office a month before the last fan-tan
Joint was closed. Then he wiped our
tho Chang Liu district, and drove all
the women in it out of the city. There
was $4,000 in revenue derived from
this alone
you say revenue; did it go to the
government, this S13000,O0O or Sl4'-
100000 annually
1T was supposed TO, salu LEA"
Chung with a smile, but most OF II
went into the pockets Of the grafters'
But Commissioner Chan stopped all
that. But since his death, however
gambling has been resumed
"And the Chang Liu district
"They tried to get that back put'
fortunately, the people of Canton rose
up and with one voice said that EVIL
must not be tolerated. And l hope 1t
won't. And the gay parties on the
flower boats on the Canton River the
Honorable Chan ended, and thus in
Cured the displeasure of the people
who made up these parties and the dis
Measure of their friends"
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Because His Excellency Yuan Shih-
kai, President of the Republic Of China,
ordered them shot"
Why"
Because the Commercial club of
Canton wrote to Yuan Shih-kai that
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"A rather original host?'
THE most original host in the world,
corrected Dean Chung.
why did Governor Lung shoot the
Commissioner of Police and the
Colonel"
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A FAIR MEAL, BUT AN UNHAPPY
CLIMAX.

ooh. no" replied Dean Chung. Their
food was excellent; that is, the food
served them ~ the faithful servitors
Of the Honorable Lung. But after they
had eaten their last grain of rice and
slipped their last drop of tea, the Hon
orable Lung asked them if they enjoyed
their meal. They replied they did; that
they had never partaken of anything
more delicious
And, reader, what do you suppose the
Honorable Lung Tsai Kwong said on
hearing this? 1t was this
Il am glad you say that, for you
have eaten your last meal on earth.
You will be with your ancestors in two
minutes"
And then-but let Dean Chung tell
what happened after that.
when they finished eating and
drinking the Honorable Lung Tsai
Kwong invited them out into the back
ward of his yamen, or official residence,
and. calling upon a squad Of soldiers
who were attending him, lined up my
two friends against the wall Of his
home and shot them
There was no need Of Dean Chung
explaining further, but he did, and in
this wise:
80 now you understand why | did
not want to be his guest. He would
have shot me, too. He is very old
fashioned"
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they were rebels, enemies of the re-
public. But they were not. Nor am |.
They were, as | am friends of the re-
public. But we were not members Of
Yuan Shih-kais party. We were
members Of Sun Vat Sens party of the
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1T SOUNDED TOO TEMPTING TO
RESIST.

Still it was not plain why one should
decline an invitation to a banquet
worthy of Lucullus in the radiant resi-
dence of the Governor of the Province
of Kwangtung, with menu composed
of birds nest soup, sharks fins and
black bass cooked with herbs and
fruits, and known as sweet and sour
bass; roast duck with pineapple and
lychee nuts. cold sliced chicken with
mustard. and other viands merely to
mention which makes the mouth water.
To say nothing of tea fit for all the
gods to drink.
You are curious to know why l
didn't attend the banquet" asked Dean
Chung. Il will not keep you anxious
any longer It was because-but first
let me tell you this: My friend. the
Honorable and Honest Commissioner of
Police of Canton is dead. SO is the
Honorable and Valiant Colonel Chan
Chung Pan. And the Honorable Lung
Tsai Kwong killed them"
WAS their food poisoned?' asked
Dean Chung's interviewer, recalling the
reference to the BOrgias.
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WustriouS Chung, Dean of the Can
ton Christian College, Showed
SCant Gratitude for Hos
pitable Invitation of
Governor Lung Tsai
KWOng

Here Mr.. Graybill interrupted to say;
Mr.. Chung means that Governor
Lung is not filed with the modern
spirit"
Yes: that is it," resumed Dean
Chung. THE Hon. Lung is not filled
with the modern spirit. He is very old
fashioned. He kills without a trial
But just what all this had to do with
the banquet held in the honor of the
ilustrious Chung King Kwong was as
much a mystery to the representative
OF The Tribune as ever The illustri-
Gus Chung noticed this, and so he said:
do not think | am ungrateful. |
deeply appreciate the honor of the in
vitatiOn to be the guest of the Hon
orable Lung. But when I received the
invitation | remembered a banquet he
rendered in honor of my friend, the
Honorable Chang King Wa, the honest
Commissioner of Police of Canton, and
my other good friend, Colonel Chan
Chung Pan on September ID. two days
before the date set for my banquet"