Evening journal., 1921-05-05
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Take an example: China is now
dNer-ridden by an innumerable sol
diery whose wages are unpaid for
months. Picking can't pay, but this
makes no difference so far as the
soldiers are concerned, so they just
live of the country.
Which means the poor folks have
the soldiery saddled on them, while
cholera and the plague peek in at
TIE window and famine knocks at
the door, Rice, in many places,
even in the granary district, is Sl7
a sack OF 13O pounds and unprocur-
able at the price, so imagine the tus-
sic with existence the average large.
poverty-stricken Chinese family has
without having to share with hun
cry outsiders.
Complain? who is there 10 COM
plain to but the military governor,
in command of the troops them
selves?
Carry your troubles to Peking =?
why. Peking would be tickled TO
death to demobilize, but it can't do
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ger of disorders; opposition of Ger
tain military commanders; lack OF
authority; these and maze Of 9TH
er reasons exist why the armies os
China cannot be demobilized at once.
Tyranny OF Soldiers.
so the patient, plodding Chinese
trudge on. often hungry themselves
because forced to feed somebody
else. until one day a holy man from
heaven appears to give them relief
The people shall rise and defend
themselves. the "Jossman" argues.
He and other "Jossmen" invulner-
able like him, will lead them. They
will make everybody so no bullet
can hurt them. See, here's "A little
red flag: all one has to do is to wave
il and the bullets will go wide of
their mark. There's holy water.
too. TO drink. making those who
Quaff il proof against cannon balls
and everything.
The people. credulous as children
at fairy-story age, unbelievably
superstitious, suffering all the woes
Of the down n-trodden, simply make
but In their own way.
Little children, even, join in the
"holy" uprising and on their skinny
little legs march with their fathers
against those they believe are maxi
ing them suffer.
Up the Yangtze about 600 miles
beyond Hankow-a thousand miles,
as a crow flies, westward from
Shanghai-is a city called Wanhsien.
in the province of Szchuan. In the
river.-near the town, lay the British
gunboat, Widgeon.
FIagging Bullets.
One day. says Commander Jukes-
Hughes, skipper of the Widegon, a
number OF soldiers were observed
crossing over to the right bank &c
head off a party of Jossmen ad.
vancing on Wanhsien. There were
about 5000 followers coming with
the "Jossmen," and nothing coulC
harm them, the natives believed, no
even bullets or bayonets, for theii
leaders had come down from HEAVIER
and had rendered all immune.
A couple of days later news reach
ed the Widgeon that the soldiers hal
been routed and were scurrying bacI
on Wanhsien. The hosts fror
heaven had been too much for then
True enough. the next morning
few shots were heard and the sol
diers came over the skyline. The
headed for the city while two O
three columns Of "Jossmen" appear
ed coming in the same direction bu
on the opposite side Of the river
Under the very guns OF the Widgeoi
they crossed over, waving little re-
flags TO scare the bullets.
Troops Fled.
The troops fired few shots at Il
miraculous hosts then broke an,
ran to get inside the walled city
One bullet hit the Widgeon but thi
Jossmen were untouched.
Without confusion or disorder. un
der their waving flags, the attack
ing party formed up on the Wanh