The Washington times., 1919-12-14

Oriental brothers stands out as the
one beautiful and lovely thing. Not
since the historic devotion between
Damon and Pythias has there been
brotherly love more perfect than
the feeling between Wan and this
Younger brother he tried SO hard to
save.
If Wan goes to the gallows, it will
be because he believed that BY SO
doing the Younger son Of the family
could uphold the traditions Of his
family with honor untarnished and
unstained. And Van. in turn. acts "a
though he would lay down his own
life could he see his brother exon
Grated from this crime.
Can it be that in the Oriental ver-
sion of "the honor Of the family"
there is some unwritten code where
by one brother saves the other at
any cost to himself? Did Wan, be-
lieying that the American officials
had become convinced OF their guilt
and we're no longer looking for any
other culprit, decide to make the
supreme sacrifice, to tell any story
to satisfy American justice SO long
as one son of the family could go
free?
Is his confession the true story
of the guilty business that went on
in that house of mystery in kalorama
road or is he, too, as ignorant OF
the real cause of the crime and the
real assailants as any passerby on
the streets of Washington? Is the
famous triple Staying case actually
solved, or is it still as shrouded in
Oriental intrigue as the night when
the three dead bodies were drst dis
covered?
Brother Haunts Courtroomi
And as Wan sits in the courtroom,
a dapper, immaculate figure, the
younger brother, who is his veritable
shadow, hovers around the court
house like an uneasy spirit For
some unexplained reason he does not
choose to sit In the courtroom, but
haunts the court house corridors and
gazes through the windows.
At the close of the court session
he talks briefly with his brother in
Chinese, and each day brings him a
package of Chinese food.
Wan is that strangest Of all
enigmas-an emotional Oriental.
Although his cast of countenance is
the usual slant-eyed type with the
half-closed lids, he is almost as ner-
vous as a Latin. During the long
months of his Incarceration, while
he waited for American legal proce-
dure to accord him a trial, he brood
ed chiefly over being friendless and
alone in a foreign land.
He talked of it, haltingly and with
obvious distress, and when / asked
him. 'Is there no one? Has no
friend come to your aid?" he bowed
his head and to my amazement great
tears dropped from behind his
glasses. His brother watched him
in dumb agony but made no move.
A few moments and the paroxym
had passed. Human emotion gave
way to Oriental inscrutability, and
he answered: at would seem that
have-no friend" His anguish was
intense and very real.
Chfna's Doors Forever Closed.
Even though fortune favors this
unfortunate lad. even though the
best happens and he is acquitted,
for him China must remain forever
the forbidden land.
Because of the prominence and po-
sition of the man whose death he is
accused of causing. the doors OF
China are forever closed.
Even as he went on trial word
came from the Celestial Empire
that even his aged mother is suf.
fering because of him.
An attempt is being made to con.
fiscate her property in Shanghai
and she has been forced to leave he1
home and seek the shelter of rela.
tives. The traditions of China have
been violated and China never for.
gives.