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q little Manchu emperor in training
within n stones throw Of his office f
later he should desire a restoration.
Finally. he has his dictatorship To-
carry on until ne j. ready, { ever. To-
eve his power a more stately name.
The first idea of Yuru's possible
ambitions beyond tho Presidency Vas
that he would restore 'hr Manchus,
using them as puppets until ready
himself 10 assume the .mprria, robe,
He certainly held back the hands Of
tho republicans, who would have
slaughtered the imperial family root
and branch. Instead lac mcrcifully in
stalled the young Emperor In n p1iac"
beside his own, and there, surrounded
pnthct.callv by a phantom court, the
t~cn-ycar-old had is rccciving AN odu-
cation fit for an emperor.
In MGkdon. the capital Of Man
Cluria and the oidcn scat Of the first
MauChu cmpororS, II Is sigulicNu'
that the ancient palaces which for a
century have been crumh'.uc to- decay
are all u~ndccgOIug a process of r,stu-
ration n renovation The tumls If
the ManChu kings outside the MukLUN
Gates-thc pic-linC. those tremendous
three century old monuments of tho
fallen race of cnpcrors long neg
leCted, long forSakon, have been re-
furnished over their Immense area at
great expense, and from their late CON
ditlon OF melancholy ruin now present
all the horrors OF fresh paint laid on
with feryor rather than taste. For
whatever reason, Yuan IS undoubtedly
nursing the Nluchu race, who still
wear their queues with a swlggcr all
over M%anChuria.
As indicated in his Altar Of Heaven
demonstration he has been working
quietly IN the direction Of "A uatioua.
~IcNgion-an imperial rather than a
republican sign. The renovation cor
r%,etoratIon Of the beautiful temple OF
C~onfucius in pokln is a note of grace
trat will not he without It's appeal tu
the hest Of the Chinese. lie has do
creed that the study of the Chinese
classics be- no longer put under the
tan, as the republicans of the south
in sheer Intellectual revolt won d have
dnnc, Learned China, which has lived
upon II not mp to the ethical teach
inGs of ConfuCius for two thousand
years, is a very small part of the whole
population, hut it's ideals are ncccs
sarily, as in other countries. the ideals
of the masses, C~onfIcianiSm has lit,
tie to do with real religion, aut
thi, the masses between Buddhism
and Taoism supply In abundance. re-
acting c%uriously on the hcttcr classes
>'o such hulk and variety of supcrst!,
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second nature in China, and which
should not be COMPOUNDED with re-
spect, being a much more acute emo
ton. works powerfully for Yuan
All this friendly force on his side Is
true and car be counted, yet 1t should
not be overlooked that he has active
enemies of a persistent type, namely
the remnants of the provisional republic
which he so deliberately and cleveriy
strangled in the heyday OF Its self
importance and at the topnotch or It's
,mpotent idealism. Unfortunately for
Yuan. the idealism survives the I'M
potence. In fact. at present the rem
nant makes rather an uncanny boast
OF It's nationwide powerlessness, INIT
ing always, however, that a single
knife thrust, a solitary bullet, a sing.e
sniff of prussic acid may any day
OF night-scatter Yuan's dreams and
bring back the vision that met the
eyes OF DR.. Sun Yat-sen on New Years
nay 1912, when he made his state
entry into Nankin on the triumph OF
80 revolution.
Although but three years n a halt
tack on the clock Of time that mo-
m'utdrN naSn seems ages away iu"h
shih-k'ai Is so firmly in the centre OF
the stage, although he avoids the lime
light Except, as we shall see, on
81 ecial occasions), all otherwise recent
conditions In China seem remote in
Irkin. He has absorbed the pubic
Official life OF China. There are coun-
%c!lors, Cabinet secretaries, governors
Eclerals, learned men, but they are the
mcrest puppets. Everything centres
IN Yuan,
In all the late a"nti-Japanese drive
indugurated by him in Pekin in tire
native press. among the miss onarles
and the white newspaper men you
heard little or nothing of Yuan; yet its
rhole object was TO save his face
q was he who directed the Chlnese
side Of the situation, the long drawlne
Out of the negotiations with Japan
thu final outcry over the conditions
1t was expected In Japan as a matter
of course that Yuan would hold out
& omatica!ly until an ultimatum was
sent and that then he would collapse
with "A howl Of pain. And he did, duly
ra.ling forth, II am ashamed, hut ouI
" weakness invited insult thus
GN.nx-accoiding to the :mmemoria
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/ his belly before Imperial personalities
In these very precincts. His short.
trick body shook with the thought.
Itc took "A deep. deep breath as he
f. that the imperial great ones had
gone e. dus, or faded INTO noncntit!"s.
, bile for him. the living Yuan. all this
sp,yudur. incense. cries and visible
glory swung before his cyes.a joy
beyond words. a compelling invitation.
THAT the imperial phantom haunts
him has. however. still greater proof.
ON great IMPERIAL manifestation the
perhaps which most Impressed the
Millions Of Ch.nI fr Two thousand
years WIS IN" annual worship 10y the
emporors Of the god Of the heavens
or of the heavens thcmSe Yes. accocd-
irg as opinion translates "A mystical
Rte old beyond human record.
~ altar ON earth v!cs in marble
majesty with the Altar of Heaven
TIcn Tan in the south of the
,hIn'Sr ''iH "i l'okn winch Emperor
"'t--.' o. w, MN" HNn'St reared IN
~ - ~" WIN JUS '''p'r "a''s'fanrS'
S''',S '"' l,'''"'"'S 81 i"t' WINE
''''''' '"'N'" '"i""N'H' us Er'a'
Wv '"N'''"~ " "'"' "I'" j" me
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>,
n.r,r rrcr, o,,n , ,a,r AID n'nr
~,ltrr,.1 "thc nrly bni,c T. rho mrr.o
IN, cpuld inIk nm TO- hapr-t-t h
,un.r,r ~ IN, world oho,,a uchaaa
court WAS IN tho sky and tho .noo
ms Of whose sold ors were tho st,rs
It's lofty ymbnlis suroIv anno,,
wonderfully 10 the im-orlnaton orl
TO hc the cclcbrant therein ala
Yuan. once ordinary lin M
Uunln. in his walking dreams aspI,c
and there in his year of grace he
carried II into actually.
N,ry nm ola rnt,
sh,ok n, tho ,b,,,,b, -, ,bo a,,docfa,.
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Altar oh heaven kn Made of white mabLe 1t was built A d 1870 he ancient Chinese con
sdredn the entire 0 the universe

acters retained on.y for imperial use"
The first question naturally is II
he desires the imperial throne can he
sustain himself thereon?
II we look at his history We VIII
see that he may well dare even that.
He is SO years old and has he'd high
office for thirty years. In lSS1-at
26.-he represented the Empcrr in
Corea, rising to that post by sheer
ability from a minor command IN
three years, and 'aold!ng it until the
expulsion Of the Chinese ten years
later. Thenccforth his great parts
found play. We see him organizing
the beginning of the new army. and by
a sudden stroke leaping to the top +
the official tree in helping the Empress
DOwaCer to make "A coup ctGt'
Governor of Shantung province, he
was one of the few hlgl chinese
Officials WHO protested foreigners dur
ing the Boxer revolt of 1900. In rapid
succession we see him subsequently
Niceroy of Chilli. succeeding Ii Hung
Chang; Guardian of the Heir APP
parent; Dircctor-Gcncral of Northern
Railways: Consulting Minister to the
tION tInI1ltIN 'plllAI' 'HH' Va
Army Reorganization; President Of
Board Of Foreign Affairs; Grand
Councillor, dismissed by the Prince
Regent in 1909, hut frantically re-
called on the outbreak of the rcvo'u-
ton. October, 1871, and appointed
Premier on the dismissal Of Prince
Ching a month later, The triumph of
the revolution found hin Indispensable"
to the rcvolutionarics as he had been
to the empire, and into his hands was
given the most decidedly opera boulfc
episode in history, namely the pro-
| curing of an imperial odict decroeing
the abdicatlon of the Emperor and all
the imperial family,
How could DR., sun Iat-son stand
against suCh n personality? 1t
seemed nothing extraordinary then to
find him elected provisional President
by the National Council at Nankin in
February, 1912. and eected formal
President of the Chinese Republic in
! October, 1913, and four DAYS thereafter
inaugurated with imperial pomp in
| tie great audience hall of the Forbid
dcA city in front OF the imperial
throne.
1t IL In that Imperial pomp' that
! one must seek the parting vi the ways,
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s.H ZEN shoot This character
y II istically laconic Chinese
wi answer came in reply to
the question of an Ameri-
can visitor to Pekin last
DWI,y is 1t so hard t. see President
Yuan. why doesn't he drive about
town like other kings or presidents?"
Accompanied by n meaning Chinese
glance the two words spoke volumes.
Yuan Shih-k'ai is not a coward, but
he has a prudent care for his life.
attempted cnce and since then threat
ened by purchasable riffraff and re-
publican patriots, and accordingly he
hugs n corner of the winte palace in
the Forbidden City.
But there or elsewhere the most In
teresting man In Eastern Asia. GER
tsinly in China, Is Yuan Shih-k'ai,
President OF the Chinese republic.
He commands the fortunes of 400,-
900. 900 of his fellow countrymen-if
that is u cir number. fer many observ-
ers say there are no more than 20O,-
e00.0 900. not a triling total in itself.
His will alone is the thing to he con-
suited by all who in the eighteen huge
provinces of China would ask for a
share in the Government or "a place
In the sun"
He stands a despot in a nominal
republic.
Under his hand Is a vast empire
slowly. slowly Transforming itself from
the most time incrusted. conservative
state in the world to TIE simulacrum
81 nation somewhat in line with mod
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Chinese cus,om of ,oL,no h,ono q,
snch cases-a ,ext 10 notr,o,s ana
enectually ropaininp "face"
So long as tho in-ternatiop,, s,,,o.
ticn was filled with tension for the
Government his own nroh,om wos
necessarily subordino,ed and kent ou,
OF sight. Now. however. his nersonal
~eCuation may bc tokcn nm and the
question Is heard on oyery hand.
What Is Yuan after?
His Govcrnme,, ,as hoon o,,1y a.
scribed by Gardner j.. Harding IN the
Century as "a makeshlft combination
OF repubicanism without democracy
and tyranny without a throne" II Ia
confessedly a transition. But to what?
IL II his aim TO he simply the patriot
President Of a great democracy or a
constitutional Emperor on the model
OF the limited monarchies of Europe,
or Is he to be the founder. of a new
imperial despotic dynasty?
1t Is the great conundrum Of the Far
East.
Yuan himself ansvers t,a oues,ion
| in no uncertain ,,pe Ue aatlv scouts
| he idea thai no ,snircs IN tho irneria,
neacock feather wbcnever n neu,
| 1otterer or observant nhi.osonher
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change OF a ruling mouse has ken
place history tells ~ that scarcely
ever was an offspring of the monarch
left alive, This IA true also to some
extent even in countries where a
constitutional Government or a
limited monarchy was the form of
government set up. ] have already
given myself up for the good Of my
country. Why should | ais sacrifice
my future generations by becoming
an Emperor? | consider h a whoever
strives to become an Emperor is the
most foolish person in The world"
The picture of the Corsican fleeing
the battlefield and dying on St. Helena
may well have been before his eyes as
he dictated the above, n yet
Yuan's declaration has not stilled
the fiatterers. Every mail from the
East brings witness Of the preparation
of the Chinese mind for such n chlnge
from republic to monarchy.
We can tell how julius Caesar
would finally have dealt with the
'kingly crown" which his iiatterer
Marc Antony, thrice did offer him upor
the Lupercal, a scene TO which the
"%envious Casca" ave his ouc OF
venom, saying hat Caesar pushed tho
crown away every time Gentlcr thar
the other" The daggers of B"utu'
and the rest closed the query fol
Cesar, and this too may have been II
Yuan's mind.
But II cannot have escaped fuan''
notice that C@sar's nephew Octaviu'
simply lifted the crown and put it on
taking the title OF lmperator and TN
name OF Augustus to the foundini
of a dynasty. Let Yuan then take
heart. In China an Emperor is NJ
novelty as an Imperator was In Home
our Presidents with single term pro
tests when first nominated, or wheI
first taking office after election, h'
may also usefully keep in mind,
The signs indeed multiply that Chini
Is getting ready for Emperor Yuan. II
all public indoor gatherings for an,
It Is customary for al
speakers to worship Yuan's portal
before making an address. On MI
birthday, September l6, the faithful
are called to the temples, all, youni
and old. taking of their hats ant
bowling three times to a piece OF ideo
graphed red paper inscribed in char
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Yuan Shih-k'ai in Generals uniform.
Above-President Yuan (arrow points to him) in official pro
cession to the Altar of Heaven.

the world, the thought Of empire must
have snrgel into~Nicatingly through
his brain.
Wen must he have recalled the days
when the Manchu empcrors brothers
@; the sun there received their New
Year alteration, Clear hefor" him
came the days when he crawled upon
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His Will Commands the Destinies Of
Many Millions Of Human Beings, a
Despot in a Nominal Republic

According to cable dispatches from Pekin printed last Tuesday
President Yuan Shih-ka al, after a conference with his advisers, includ-
ing Prof. Frank Johnson Goodnow of Johns Hopkins University. has
laid his plans to declare himself Emperor of China. The following
article by Joseph l. c. Clarke. written before the publication of these
dispatches but OUT of an intimate personal knowledge of the character
OF Yuan and conditions in China, suggests just such an eventuahty and
shows why the ambition to replace the dynasty of the Manchus with
one of his own blood has taken hold upon Yuan. the mar of the people.
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AS he stood under the massive pill
inrs. Ia king down from the height Of
the wnndr0usly carved marble stairs
upon the bright ROBBED ana brilliantly
uniformed throng of ten Of thousands
Of soldiers and officials that filed tn"
great marble paved courtyard, greater
in extent than that OF any palace in
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22

hardly have been surprised had he
vanished altogether. absorbed in the
angry fire of her glance.
Hello, Elsie. he said meekly
enough.
well. Charlie Sayles." she broke
forth at last. what are you doing
here. laying off like a lord or a high.
duke? thought you'd cleared for
Port of SPAIN
Were wrecked. Mrs. Sayles," put in
Sandy politely.
wrecked. is it," Her eyes searched
our faces in growing incredulity.
AYE, Elsie" said the captain sadly.
"Where's the Medora? ?" she demand
ed, dropping the wood with a crash.
Captain Sayles pointed the stem of
his pipe toward the harbor. '"She lies
down under there"
I'D be proud to say it. Charlie
Saylesl Wrecked in your own port
a pretty pair OF saiiormen We be! What
have you to say. Sandy McAlpinT' She
whirled upon the Scotchman.
"She went DOOM" replied Sandy.
And the crew."
''They mutinied, and the pirates es-
capped with the one boat left. They're
hangin' aroond like sharks moo, waitin'
for'- He shot a glance at me and
stopped.
"And the bags of gold money We was
trusted to take to Trinidad to pay of
the sugar hands?" persisted the wo-
man.
went doom with the Medora."
"FoolsI" muttered the woman bitter
~ as she turned seward. She stood
looking out over the gray water, and
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22

MYSTERY
OF THE
Daring Captain Thwarts
Designs of His Pirati-
cal Crew
By STEPHEN RUDoLPHE

The rusty little freight steamer Me-
dora bobbed tubbily in a rising sea
On every quarter stretched the Car
ibbean. its calm blue face changing
to ugly gray green as ominous dark
clouds raced up from the horizon. 1t
did not need a land lubber's glance
at the falling barometer to inform the
solitary passenger that q gale was
brewing.
I was the solitary passenger. My
firm had sent me to Trinidad island
to install some new machinery at one
of the big sugar estates, and the steam
er on which / had sailed from New
York had paused at a Cuban port of
cali. l had gone ashore and been left
behind. Through the courtesy of bust
ness friends and part owners In the
Medora it was learned that the little
freighter was about to clear for Port
of Spain, and despite the protests of the
peppery little captain | sailed as a pas
senger in the wake of my own steamer.
Plainly | was an unwelcome guest.
The captain ignored me. The two
mates scowled upon me and whispered
darkiy together. The crew of four vii
famous looking blacks grinned savage
ly when | appeared ON deck. The
Scotch engineer patronized me and
smoked my cigars.
Because of their hostile attitude to-
ward me l came to the conclusion that
there wal some mystery about this
voyage of the Medora. and l idly
sought for some clew to its solution.
1t SO happened that | had not to search
far. The solution was to be thrust
upon ME in the most unwelcome and
unsupported manner
Now the Medora. in light ballast, pro
ceeded to toss giddily. on her south
ward way. and / watched the rise and
fall OF her bow with anxious eyes.
Landsman as l was, I scented the
coming storm and dreaded 1t.
Captain Sayles trotted past me. his
little nutcracker face wrinkled in its
habitual frown. his grizzled mustache
twisted fiereely upward in two points.
He squirted tobacco juice p~erilously
close to my white yachting shoes In
,{mute but eontemptuous recognition of
my presence. aAaAeggb he never glane-
ed at me.
When the captain had disappeared
the first mate slouched past.
Good afternoon, Blake" 1 said
cheerfully.
Noon he returned morosely.
"Looks like a hurricane"
Nothing DOING he said contrarily.
He stopped short, bent a hand over his
eyes and squinted ahead. Bells were
ringing below in the engine room. and
the horizon line was changing.
Were putting back / rejoiced.
Putting back, Ell? Ill see about
that" muttered the mate, and he can
tered forward in the wake Of the cap
tain.
Far to the northeast / could see the
hazy blue coast of Cuba lifting above
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22
GETTING Even.

James. four years old. had been
naughty to the point of evoking a
whipping from his long suffering moth
er, and all day long a desire for re
venge ranked in his little bosom.
At length bedtime came. and. kneel-
ing before her. he implored a blessing
for each member of the family indi-
'vidually, she alone being conspicuous
by her absence. Then. rising from his
deyout posture. the little suppliant fix
ed a keenly triumphant look upon her
face. saying as he turned to climb into
bed:
II s'pose you noticed You wasn't ir
it ?'-Harper's Magazine.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22

@oMh On Lads, hE hELLhD.
the horizon. but every now and then it
was plotted out by the mountainous
waves.
The gale arrived without further
warning.
With a whistling shrek of rage the
winds ripped loose and sent the little
steamer careening over the oily sea.
Great churning waves slapped the
heaving sides of the Medora, and
smothering vofleys of foam broke on
the decks. There was an ominous
greenish glare on sea and sky.
I tore open the door of the compan-
ionway, and the wind slammed 1t be-
hind me. catapulting me neatly down
the brass bound steps to the oilcloth Of
the cabin floor, where I slid helplessly
to and fro with every slant Of the ship
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l saw her hard eyes were dripping
tears. Suddenly she brushed a hand
across her wet lids. Then she gazed
intently at the spot where the Medora
had gone down. The waves were rock
ing above her tomb, and l, too, saw
something black for a moment. Then
1t disappeared in the foamy wash.
"The Medora's smokestaek!" l ex-
claimed.
Elsie turned TO her husband. Char
lie, she's sitting o., the mud bank"
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Claimed.
Elsie turned TO her husband. Char
lie, she's sitting an the mud bank
AYE" he retursAs kmly.
I'VE aimed to lalt there"
added Sandy prou thot pi-
rate crew mutini to get
away with the mo kricane
l drawed the Dptain
here opened theN he
| chHckled-'the MD
and vent doom beloW
| like the lady she is Or
taking care of the money In
get the wreckers here andy#5Gmp her
out and bring her up ~safe-ahnd sound.
Twas the captains idee, and he'll be
gettin' something cot of it ALL" he add
ed automatically.
Mrs. Sayles dropped her gaunt frame
on the sand beside her little husband
and Rugged him in a crushing EN-
brace. There's no man like him. San
dyi' she ~triumphed.
"Ye Gamma beat him. assented
Sandy.
Delay there, woman" reared the
embarrassed captain.
| moved to the waters edge and re-
viewed the events of the day. The
half submerged smokestack showed
plainly now. had never heard of
such an unseamanlike proceeding. but
It had required courage.
Although highly scandalized at the
remarkable maneuve executed by the
captain and engineer Of the Medora to
preserve her golden freight. I could
not help laughing until from very ex-
haustion | sank upon the sand.
Suddenly the captains voice rasped
on my ear.
"Crying, Rbber?' he asked dryly.
I turned and wrung his horny little
hand. Captain. you're a wonder-a
living wonder!"
'Hnmph" snorted the captain. but
away back in his hard little blue eye
/ caught an answering twinkle.
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aye" he retur
1--WE aimed to
added Sandy pro
rate crew muffin
away with the N
l drawed the q
here opened the
chHckled-.'the M
and went doom b
like the lady she
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
ITO BE CONTINUED
NONSENSE TO STAY IN RUT
Absity to Rise" in Life Is More or
Less Present in Every
Human Being.

In every business there are many
who know nothing about their posi-
bilities. They live huyndrum lives,
pIodding along in the same old ruts
from day to day, but in a business
sense they are practically dead and
finish their business careers without
waking up-they just exist. They
see an occasional man rise up from
the mass, on the wings of fortune or
fame. He is a nine-day wonder, and
then the rest of the community set
tie down again and wait for some
thing to turn up" fol them
The hidden forces for rising out Of
the ruts are to be found in all ord
nary" folk. All that is needed to put
those forces to work is an awaken
ing-a realization that great effort is
behind great accomplishments Fame
and fortune do not come unbjdden
They come only by reaching out and
grasping them as they pass by
The man who is satisfied with things
as they are, will never rise above his
fellows. but the man who reaches
out and grasps every opportunity is
the man upon whom good luck will
smile
The hidden power is in you. all
right. and there it will stay until you
wake up and go out in the world and
make yourself known Modesty may
be a virtue. but merit that vaunts it
self occasionally is the kind that brings
home the money to the wife ard chill
dren.
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Locking to the Future,

We are to consider that nations like
Rome, France, Austria, Russia, Great
Britain, have gone forward by the
millennium-the thousand years. We
have not yet grown into our name We
are nation in our small clothes
America, 1t is MISUNDERSTANDING from
1S9S)-something bigger than the
United States. We are even more
fortunate than Rome. for if it be ma,
lures intent to widen our hive, and if
it would in any way conciliate the In
dian-Spanish and Indian-Portuguese
of the South. we could wisely and
without humiliation abandon our ship
clerk Vespucius and accept our cap
tain's name of Columbia for our huge
portion of the western world. Colum,
bia may become the gem of the oceans
Six seas may lap her beaches.-John
McGovern. in National Magazine.