Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-14
SAYS GEN. WU's VICTORIES
 ARE GOOD FOR CHINA

OOOO IT NuAEN< "A
 R. ". Clack, who is in Y. M. c. A. work | at Paotingfu. North China, in the employ l of the Norwich Young Mems Christian Association through the contributions of a number of Norwich friends. declares in a letter dated May $ to General Secreta " Edwin Hill that Gen. Wus victories can have none bue a good effect on Chi nese politics.
 Mir Clacks letter folows
 My dear MT. HiH:
 I suppose you have seen the news paper reports. of the exciting times we have been having in Paotingfu and vicin-
 ity the past month. It is hard to pro phesy at present just what effect Gen
 Wu's victory will have on Chinese poli- tics except that it will be good. He has
 completely eliminated Chang Tso Lin, the ex-band:t Manchurian leader whose sin
 ister influence has been so strong in
 Picking the past two years. and he now
 seems to have a free hand to try out his ideas of government by a body of representatives of the leading provincial guilds and associations His ideas. which will certainly appeal as reasonable to all those acoua ;nted with Chinese conditions is that only such delegates can be trust l>ed to be truly representative of their constituencies. and thus the chance for corruption will be kept at a minimum. Wu himself will keep hands off and guarantee i that other military leaders do the same. As I know Jim very well personally I
 can guarantee his absolute sincerity and l that if he makes any mistakes, they will i be of the head and not Of the heart. He is a Christian in all but name. and as he has taken as his first lieutenant. Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang. the vel know Chris tian leader. we car. hope that before long he will take a public stand for Christ. Gen. Feng's Christian Eleventh Divi- $ on were the heroes of the fight After Wu had battered vainiy for three days at the strongly fortified position on the hills at Chsnghsintien neac Peking with very heavy losses these men arrived from their 100 mile trip from Sianfu and with no stop for rest. went directly into bat tie. By long night march over the hills l they succeeded in getting around Chang's flank, and after "a five miie charge l across the plain. singing hymns as they came on under fire from rifles. machine l guns and artillery they took the position with the. oss Of but three killed and four | wounded It is truly incomprehensible except on their own explanation that God protected them as he did the Jews in the ! old Testament stories. And I fear they 1 have a very strong Old Testament fla vor to their Christianity. but that seems 10 be what China needs Just at present. l They each Of them wear an arm band with 3 long Chinese inscription which 1 says For God and Country Slay and spare not: Fight with rifles as long as 1 ammunition. lasts. Then use he rifles ] as clubs. TOT use bayonets When rifles 1 and bavonets are broken. use the 1is.s When fists are wounded and useless | bite" Is it any wonder that Chang's ban dits. whose chief fighting experience has been footing. helpless country people. could not stand up o them.
 | Naturally our regular Association work has been badly shot to bits The Govern
 ment schools are ci6sed, most of them be-
 ing used as hospitals for the 1500 or
 more wounded who have been brought i back from the front. As the city has been under martial law the gates close very early and we have to discontinue our
 night school temporarily Also owing to the practical stoppage of business we
 have thought it best to postpone our
 membership campaign until September
 But we have been able 10 render some
 very real service to the community nev-
 ertheless. Before the fighting started we
 prepared refuges for the families and friends of all our members, where they could be taken care of in comparative
 safety in case our Chihli troops were
 driven back and the city was capture ed and footed by, Chang TSo I1n's soldiers After the fight started. in response to a telegram from Gen. Feng. we organized some Red Cross units to bring and take care of the wounded among his troops His losses were so small, however, that there was nothing to do. and we are now
 devoting our efforts to finding and bring ing in. some of the civilians who wert 5 caught between the lines when the fight { ing started and wounded by stray buf E let's. We were also able to render grea service to the overcrowded and under 8 equipped hospitals by going to Picking ant E bringing back from the Rockefeller Hos s pital- there several doctors and nurses ant
 an> A-ray machine for locating bullets s One part of the spring program whicl | We did manage to complete was the Hex
 athlon contest. We had 2s men compel i. ing in the finals. and we just 'receive v word from Shanghai that we just receives : first place, among all the Association I in China. We are especially proud of it a : our teams had the use of modern gym, r. nasiun and equipment. while we hay k none. MT. Liu. our physical director, al i so has a crack track team ready to en : ter the North China Track and Fiel Meet. but I fear th"+ o-:-e to the wa
 the meet will be called off
 ' Very sincerely yours : '-i'' .,'' R. W, CLAGK.