The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-07
Japan ALSO PROFITS
FROM WAR BRIDES
Munitions Factories Are Now Running Twenty
four Hours a Day Making Supplies
for the Allies

force. divided equally among them.
The result Of this Ia that every work.
man In the factory n N the lookout
for slackers. Tho foreman receives q
percentage OF the bonus and he IL the
most diligent OF all to weed out tho
drones.
Mr.. Uhelaub wa in the thick Of the
Chinese revolution when Il broke ont
In January and took some remarkable
pictures Of street executions. 1t Is
said that when a bomb exploded In
Emperor Yuan's palace the Emperor
ordered the immediate execution Of
every ono within sight.
In Mr.. Uhrlaub's opinion II YUan had
waited ive years before proola1ming
himself Emperor the people would have
come and begged him to accept the
throne. China IL not ripe for = ~.
publican form of government; there
are 400. 900. 900 Inhabitants in the IN
p.Te who are living In h NTH century
OF our civilization
The Chinese are natural mechanics.
A cotton spinning mill IN Shanghai
was destroyed by FIRE and the ma
Chinery was a total loss In the opinion
Of the insurance company. which paid
the full claim. The ownerA finding it
almost impossible to replace the m.
chimes. decided to close the business.
but the Chinese foreman asked per-
mission TO restore the tangled mas
Of iron and steel that wAs not even Of
sufficient value in the eyes Of the
under writers to claim a. @lvA4e. This
man and thirty others without draw
ings reconstructed the plant. and II In
running to-day a. we'll a. ever. It
was only necessary to provide Q few
small parts.
A Chinese garage helper WITH . fsw
simple tools built an autume61s.
exactly initiating every part Of . ma
to the smallest bolt.
a number Of attempts havs bssn
made upon the life Of Yuan Shdh-kAi.
Bombs have been placed in h palace.
his FOOD has been poisoned and he has
been shot at in the street. He 70 now
practically a prisoner in hiA own
ralace, Mr.. Uhrlaub says. guarded by
10. 1000 picked troops. Conspirators BY
the hundred have been executed
against the palace wall.
Japan also has had It's troubles. Al
ter an uprising In Formosa which waA
quickly suppressed s3l revolutiOnists
were tried. condemned and hanged in
one day. short shrift Ia shown those
who oppose their government in the
Far East.
! Educated Chinese understand the
helpless condition of heir country and
its inability 10 resist aERressions Of
another Power. here 10 talk OF pre-
~parcdncss there lust az in this coun-
try. but owing 10 the unsettled state ot
;ho Government II is impossible To
float bonds for tho purpose OF build
il il improbable that Japan would re-
gard with favor activity Of this order.
Mr.. thrlaub was asked what he
thought would he the outcome in case
the Japanese took over the govern-
ment OF China. as England has done in
India. He sad the Japanese race would
be absorbed in the huge Monyc..Hr
population and that china II enc CEN
turtles To come would s:naIgamate with
III. japanese.
Chinese have been treated with so
l!ttlo consideration by all foreigners
that when the United States after the
Boxer rebellion Of 1909 returned the
excess of tho indemnity paid TO his
country II was an unprecedented en-
ample of justice and led the Chinese to
l think of US as their only friends.