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CHI: "Yuan Shih-kai, First President of China,
tator and i'm the Manner of An Absolute Monarch"

When he received me informally
he DOTTED the uniform OF state and
slways wore a long Chinese coat.
He had retained the distinction
and refinement OF Chinese man.
ners, with a few additions from
the West, such m shaking hsnda.
His cue he had abandoned In 1919,
whom he decided to become Presi-
dent of the Republic. ntthe build
ing which is now the foreign
office and where he was then re-
siding, Yuan asked Admiral Tsai
Ting-kan whether his entry into
the new era should not be out
wsrdiy expressed by shedding the
traditional adornment Of the head
which, though once a sign of bond.
age, had become an emblem OF
nationality. When Admiral Tsai
advised strongly In favor OF II
Yuan sent for a big pair of scis-
sors and said to him: 1T Is your
advice. You carry Il out" The
admiral, with a vigorous clip,
transformed Yuan into a modern
man.
Yuan Shih-kai, q ruler whose
power was personal. whose theo-
ries of government were those of
an absolute monarch, who believed
that in himself lay the hope OF bis
people; China itself nation Of
individusiists. among whom there
was ms yet no unifytnE national
sense. no inbred love OF country,
no traditions Of personal responsi-
bility toward their government, no
sense that they themselves shared
In the making of the laws which
ordered their lives-these, I think,
were the first clear impressions /
had of the land to which came as
envoy In the early days of the re-
public.
mean merely to suggest that
the population of this vast country
n not a homogeneous one In a DO
liticsl sense. The unit Of society
is--as IL has been for many cen.
turies-the family. not the State.
This Ia changing now, and chang
ing rapidly. The seeds Of dernoo-
rsoy found fertile soD In China;
but a civilization which has been
shaping itself through eighty cert
turiss cannot be too abruptly at.
taoke6. China 10, after all, an
ancient monarchy upon which the
republican form OF government
was rather SUDDENLY imposed. tt
is stiil In the period OF adjustment.
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Kept to His Palace.

What is meant by governing in
a republic he could not know.
without high literary culture, al
though with q mind trained and
well informed, he had not seen for
eign countries, nor had he any
knowledge of foreign languages.
Therefore, he could have only q
q remote and vague notion Of the
foreign institutions which China at
this time was beginning to imi-
tate. He had no real knowledge or
conception Of the commonwealth
principle OF government, nor of
the true use and function OF a
pariimsnt, and particularly of a
parliamentary opposition. He mere
ly accepted these ~ necessary evils
to be held within as narrow limits
as possible.
During the two and a half years
from my coming to Peking until
the time of his death. Yuan shih-
ksi left the enclosure OF his palace
only twice. This reminds me of
the American, with an introduc-
ton from the State Department,
who wired me from Shanghai ask
ing me to arrange for him to take
a moving picture OF Yuan PRO
oeeding from his White House 70
his Capitol"
This enterprising Yankee would
have had plenty OF time to p,sdi-
tate on the difference between
Oriental political customs and our
own IL he had waited for Yusn
shih-seai to proceed from his
political hermitage. The Prssi-
dents seclusion wss usually at
tributed to fear OF assassination,
but II such fear was present In
his mind, an well II might have
been, there was undoubtedly also
the idea, taken over from the en-
pirs that the holder OF the highest
political power should not appear
In public except On very unusual
occasions.
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plex. We cannot safely apply your
abstract idea Of policy
OF his -wn work OF stirring up,
through craissaries, internal and
partisan controversies which pre-
vented the new Parliament from
effectively organizing. Yuan, Of
course. omitted to speak. More
over, he raid little Of the posi-
bility of more closely co-ordinating
the executive and the Legislative
branches; &C while he ayowed his
desire to haN e constitution forth
with and tc reconstitute Parlia-
rnent by more careful selections
under a new electoral law. 1 found
myself thinking of his own career.
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republican chief MAGISTRATE. We
alighted at the monumental gate
Of an enclosure that surrounds the
lovely South Lake in the western
part Of the imperial city. On an
island within this lake arose. tier
above tier, and rooted with bright
tiles Of blue and yellow, the palace
assigned by the Empress Dowager
to Emperor Kwang Hsu; for long
years, until death took him, Il
was his abode in semi-captivity.
This palace was now the home Of
President Yuan.
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tation and gained his power a. q
military commander. Yet there
was about him nothing of the ad-
venturer. nor any suggestion Of
the field of battle. He seemed now
to be an administrator rather than
q military captain. Certainly he
had won power through infinite
patience. great knowledge Of men,
political insight. and, above all,
through playing always safe n
unscrupulous game
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Rule Unscrupulous.

His personal rule, his unscrupu-
lous advancement to power, with
the incidental corruption and cold
blooded executions that marked II,
and his bitter personal feeling
against all political opponents
these were not qualities that make
for stable parliamentary govern
msnt. which depends on allowing
other people frankly to advocats
their opinions in the effort to gain
adherents enough to suoceed In
turn to political power. The fall
ure to understand this basic prin-
ciple Of democracy Ia the vice of
Chinese politics.
AS you see," Yuan beamsd
eagerly. "ths Chinese Republic is
a very young baby. It must be
nursed and kept from taking
strong meat or potent medicines
like those prescribed by foreign
doctors" This metaphor he re-
peated with relish. his eyes, spark.
ling as they sought mine and those
OF the other listeners 10 get their
expressions OF assent or reverse.
A young baby indeed and child
ishiy cared fori Here, for example.
is a decree published by Yuan
shih.lSai ON March 8, 1915. II indi-
Gates how faith In his republican
ism was penetrating TO remote
regions. and how such faith was
rewarded by him:
''Ihsihsishun. Prince Of the
Koersin Banner. reported through
the Board of Mongolia and Tibet
that Kusnchukchusimupal, HUI
tukhtu of the Banner. has led HIS
followers 70 support the cause OF
the republic and requested that
the said Hutukhtu be rewarded for
his good sentiments. The said
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terins trepoinss Of ths empire he
had preserved.
Even the chief Of the military
department of the Presidents
household. General Yin Chang,
whom Yuan had sent to fetch me
in imperial splendor, is a Manchu
and former imperial commander.
His one foreisn language, signifi-
cantly enough. was German, which
he acquired when he was minister
In Berlin had passed between
files of the huge guardnmen OF
Yuan Shih-kai, who had Frederick
the Greats fondness for tall men;
and found him in the showy pal.
ace of the great Empress Dowager
standing IN the main throne hall
to receive me. He was flanked ny
thirty gene.ais of his household,
extended Ia wings at both sides of
him. and their uniforms made It .
most impressive scene.
But that was an occasion of
state. Later. at a more informal
interview, accompanied only by
Mr.. williams, secretary OF the le-
CATION. ans Nr. Pock, the Chinese
secretary. ! observed Yuan's char
acter more fully. He had Just en-.
PEELED from Parliament the Demo
cratic party Ruo Min Tang); then
he had sumn.arily dismissed the
Parliament itself. Feeling, per-
hsps, a possible loss Of American
goodwill he had sent for me to
explain his action. He began:
1T was not a good Parliament,
for II was made up largely of in
experienced theorists and young
politicians. They wished to med
die with the government as wen
ss TO legis,1ts on all matters. Their
real function was TO adopt q per
manent constitution for the re-
public. bu. thsy made no hesdway
with that" And with much truth
he addedi sour traditions are
very difssrspt from your Western
ones and cur affairs are very COM
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in bills. why. It just rolled out
on the ground"
''of course he was arrested and
put in jail. The arrest was a ter
rible punishment. He had not
meant to DO wrong. But his father
could not see II that way"
"sPut him in the reform school,
was his verdict. Il can't do any
thing with him."
80 now that boy is doing q san
tsnce In the reform school under
an assumed name. Was he really
bad7 No, indeed. He was one of
those unfortunates who had not
had his energy directed the right
way"
'I know OF another case of
young mother who 10 serving
fourteen-year sentence for muir
der. She killed her husband. That
woman is not bad. She has a little
four.year-old girl whom she ought
to be having a chance to work for
and love. Instead, the grandpar.
ents are bringing up the baby"
How did 1t happen7 Well. one
night when the young wife was all
tired out and the baby had been
cross and things had gone wrong
all day. the husband came home
intoxicated. He was not easy to
get along with anyway. and when
he came In with some abuse or
other. the wife. without expecting
to do any harm, had picked up
something heavy and swung It. 1t
caught the husband with great
force and he fell. dead"
PUNISHMENT TOO SEVERE.
why, the remorse that the wife
felt when she saw that she had
killed him was in itself enough
punishment. Three days In jail
were sufficient Incarceration for
the rest OF her life. And here che
is. following out what the law says
and serving fourteen years. She
will probably be hopeless when she
comes out. q"
And now the merry twinkle had
faded away, II was replaced by a
sincere expression of understand
ing and sympathy.
ct could go on giving numerous
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School of Labor
Is Organized for
German Workers

E,RANKFORT has taken the In
itiative In establishing an
academy OF Labor. the first OF Its
kind In Germany, where such mem
bers of the working classes as
have manifested unusual ability
and are thought worthy OF
higher course of training than
they have received In public schools
are given gratis instruction.
The academy is operated at the
expense of the State and the Uni
yersity OF Frankfort, the latter
providing the lecture rooms, lee
turers, and the use OF it's splendid
library. while the trade unions
from whose ranks the members
come, bear the living expenses OF
the students during their stay In
Frankfort.
The students or the workers,
as they are called. receive such
training as viii fit them to be
come trade unionist leaders, but
every effort is made to eliminats
politics from the general scheme.
The course is conducted along
different lines from regular univer-
sity work. the lectures being fol
lowed by a public forum, during
which the students ask questions
and participate In the discussion.
The chief obstacle that has been
encountered 10 far is the lack of
preliminary education In the case
of the maturer students
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thing again. There are others who
need to be shut up for three days.
and others who may need II for
three months. But shutting a per-
son away from his fellows for
years does him more harm than
good"
You ask what should have In
place of the jaiis7 I should have a
corps Of trained doctors and ex-
perts who thoroughly understood
the psychology of the minds of
those who go wrong. 1t should
be their duty to discover exactly
what in the culprit's environment
had caused him to go wrong. and.
having found out. they should cor
rect it."
DON'T MEAN WRONG.
Most crimes committed by both
boys and girls are the result OF
a wrong environment. They have
been repressed. cramped, held in.
and they long for freedom and the
excitement of doing something diff
ferent, they don't know exactly
what. but they don't mean to do
wrong"
Miss Jones' eyes began to twin
kle merrily, then she burst into
laughter.
'I had a funny case come up TO
try last year" she explained. 1T
was the case Of two boys who had
come from a country town to zee
the sights and have a good time.
One was a seventeen.year-old high
school boy. the other, nineteen.
year-old automobile mechanic who
had been working in a garage,
Both came from good families and
had attended Sunday School all
their lives.
zone evening they were out for
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q good time and saw q big tour
ing car standing In front Of one
Of our theatsrs. The idea popped
into their heads to take the car
and have a ride. II was the work
OF a SECOND to jump in, the young
mechanic unlocked the switch. and
away they rolled
"At first they were q little
frightened. Then. as they got
farther and farther away from the
city and nothing happened. they
began to enjoy II. They told me
afterwards that they never had
such a good time In all their lives
CAR WAS WRECKED.
Those boys were gone fifteen
days and did not get caught until
an old man driving a big iimou-
sine ran into them and smashed
their machine. He maintained
that It was his fault. had their car
towed to a garage, and took them
to his home and entertained them
"It was at the garage that the
car was recognized as a stolen car
and they were arrested. They had
become tired of the expense OF the
automobile anyway, and had decid-
ed to abandon It and travel on in
to Mexico some other way, just
for the excitement of seeing the
world. They started with $3.50,
but their money was about gone.
although they had been entertain
ed at farm houses and given a
splendid time by the people along
the way, who had no idea that they
were culprits."
Tho very first night they had
been put up at sheriffs down In
a Virginia town. They argued that
It would be wise to get the officials
of the law on their side. and had
boldly gone to his house and ask
ed II he could put them up for the
night. He not only did that, but
gave them a lunch to carry with
them in the morning"
"And 30 II had gone on merriiy
until their arrest. That sobered
and shamed them. When / called
to see them the first thing / said
was, Now. boys, tell me your
right names. can't do a thing
for you until I know who you are"
you see. / know that boys won't
want their families to know OF their
disgrace. so they give fictitious
names. The first thing I do is to
get the confidence of the boy and
make him realize that I am his
friend and that he can trust me.
In a few days he win tell me his
story. But never allow myself
to think of them as criminals" .
81 worked hard for those two
boys. They win never do thing
like that again I am sure. One is
back In high school and the other
is working"
"I wish that some parents could
get q different attitude toward
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Eight years ago last March
we gaze at her own youthful
eountenance incredulously as
she tells it-Miss Jones trium-
phantly marched into Washing
ton at the head of small army
of eighteen kindred maiden
spirits who had hiked all the
way from New York City in the
interests Of suffrage for women.
General" Rosalie Jones she
was dubbed.
TEACH RIGHT LIVING.
I'VE Of the everyday world
are too busy" continued Miss
Jones as an earnest, sympathetic
light shone I'm her dark eyes, ''to
take the time to find out what 1t
is that causes a man to do the
wrong thing and to find q way
TO correct his actions by methods
hlAA WAL trath az" w w
what is right. 1t is easier to
lock him up. What is more, we
have always been taught that
that 1s the only way to reform
him. And so we go on arresting
them, and locking them up. and
keeping them there for a definite
period Of time. according to the
kind of misdemeanor."
That In where we make the
great mistake. Instead of having
q certain stated punishment for
the special offense, we should
see to II that the punishment Ia
suited to the kind of offender"
There are some people who
are sufficiently punished IL they
are locked up for three hours.
Just the disgracs-of being shut up
at all humilistes them 80 much
that they would never do that
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ABOLISH JAS AND GIVE MORE EARNEST STUDY TO REASONS
WHY PEOPLE DO WRONGD ADVISES GENERAL ROSALIE JOf

their children who 60 wrong.
find that the most godly people
are often the bittersst against
their children who arc offenders.
They feel disgraced by what Jane
or Harry has done"
ADMITS FAULT.
"If they would take the right
attitude, they could often reform
the boys and girls themselves. I
consulted one father who said.
repentantly. 1T was my FAULT that
Charlie went wrong. did not
study him enough TO find out what
he ought to be doing. ! want to
take him back, and / win try and
do better by him" That father
will accomplish something.
What I wish / could mako
everyone realize In that the energy
that 10 being used In crime. right
ly directed. can be made Of great
value to the world. 1t should be
turned In the right direction and
utilized, instead of being Just
locked up In JAN"
Miss Jones leaned back against
the cushions as she paused. An
other twinkle In her eyes be-
tokened that story was about
to follow. After few seconds of
reflection IL came.
There was one queer case that
came to me. He was q smsil-town
boy and he stole a lot OF money.
but he wasn't bad. Just another
instance of wrong environment and
misdirected energy. He ran away.
He worked In hotels and restau-
rants. just a short while In each
place. Finally he stole q ride on
a freight train, got Off, walked
along the road, and at last came
to boathouse. He was only six
teen"
1T happened, an almost unbs-
lievabie thing. that a man who had
lost faith in banks had removed
his money from them and had
looked around for safe place In
which TO hide II. Why he did such
a thing nobody knows, but he
stored Il In the beams around this
boat house"
''The boy wandered in. looking
for a place to sleep that night and
discovered the money. IL was a
great temptation. He stuffed II
into his pockets and walked away"
"A woman who lived near had
seen the boy 60 into the boat
house and mentioned II TO the man.
Fearing for his hoard hidden there.
he Immediately went to the house
and found. of course, that the
money was gone"
MONEY IN POCKETS. ~
"wen. they followed the boy,
and caught him about three miles
down the road. II was too funny
for anything. His pockets were
just buiging with that money, all
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CHILDREN VICTIMS
OF IGNORANCE AND
BAD ENVIRO ONMENT
Noted Woman Attorney Charges Real Criminals
Are Not Those Violating Laws, but Rather
People Who by Indifference Fail to Aid un-,
taught UnfOrtunateS.

instances. What / have seen Of
criminals and my study of the law
simply make me firrnsr in my con-
viction that we have not solved the
remedy for crime: that We owe a
great debt TO those whom we SEN
tence to jail. a debt of understand
ing and love-"
"And that is why i say. even
though others may think me de-
mented and peculiar. that what We
need is not jaiis. but more con-
strlctive treatment of criminals.
There are no criminals In reality"
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Imperial Pornp.
BY PAUL s. REINsCH.

Former Minister to China, Coun-
eel TO the Chf~ess Government,
President Of Chinese Political
Scisxos Association, Vics Presi.
dent Arssrioon Society Of Inter
national La0
<[nMY OPPONENTS are dis
M loyal. They would pull
down my sovernment"
He who spoke was cordial in his
manner as he thus off-hsndediy
epitomized his theory of govern
ment.
Yuan shih-kai. President of the
Chinese Republic. was short Of
stature and thick-sct; but his ex-
pressivs facs. his quick gestures.
his powerful neck and bullet head
gave him the appearance Of great
energy. His eyes, which were fine
and clear, alive with interest and
mobile. were always brightly alert.
They fired themselves on the Wis
ttor with Keen penetration, yet
never seemed hoStfies they were
full always with keen interest.
These eyes Of his revealed how
readily he foI,owed-cr usually an
tioipsted-tbe trend OF the oon-
versstion, though he listened with
close attention. seemingly bring
ing his Judgment to bear on each
new detafi.
F'renchmen saw I'm him resem-
blance to Ciemenceau; and this is
borne out by his portrait which
appears on the Chinese dollar. In
stature, facial expression. shape of
bead. contour OF features ~ well as
I'm manner of wearing his mus
tsche. he did greatly resemble the
Tiger.
I had noted these things when I
was firsr presented TO the Presi-
dent. and bad felt also the almost
ruthless power of the man. He
publican In htis he was. but an
sutocrat at heart All tho old gilt
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oHENERAL" ROSALIE JONES, who
u headed small army of smfragettes in a
triumphant march from NeD York to Wash
ingtOn eight years ago, is nolU LaWyer She
believes confinement In jaiIs for extended
periods does more harm than good.
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MAKE PUNISHMENT
FIT OFFENDER, NOT
OFFENSE, HER PLEA
Remedy for Juvenile Missteps Lies In Hands
of Parents, lis Opinion of Famous Leader
OF SuffragetteS- Energy Directed Toward
Crime Capable OF Much Good.
FRANCES A. BLANCHARD.

ssTT is not the people whom call criminals who
commit the crimes 1t is we who are the Grim
inals when we take away persons freedom and con-
fine him in some Jail against his WILL
The speaker vivacious and attractive young
attorney who for the past year has been conducting
cases of boy and girl deinquens of the juvenile court
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Transformed Into Modern Man OutWardly by
Revolution, He Chung to Traditions of the Old
Regime-Believed HE Was Hope of People
and Ruled With Strong Hand-Maintained
TmDeri2l pnmn
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-09-07
B'GOSHI

This week we devote to the hard
working, down trodden, horny-hand-
ed son of toll, who raises our food,
our clothes, our soft drinks and our
cost Of living. He is an isolated
creature, scoring corporations, avoid
ing unions in the main, and pinning
his faith solely to purveyors of blue
sky and hot air in business and in
politics. He thinks as an Individual,
which is after the American fashion;
but he also acts as an individual in
a land where mass action is becom-
ing common. So he suffers, being out
step. He has had many a raw deal
from cards which he dealt himself.
He is the largest private consumer of
gold bricks in the world, and next to
the Government of the United States
gets less for what he sells and pays
more for what he buys than anyone
around without a guardian But he
is a good sport at that So here's to
him! May his whiskers never grow
less and his gOdly fine increase. In
his presence we stand conscience
stricken. But without him we are
a busted community-W. A. w in
Judge.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-09-07
INTELLECTUALS HERE AND
THERE

ParlOr bolshevists and other fatuous
intellectually who find so much dis
tress their souls in the benighted
bourgeois civilization" of the United
States and to admire in theoretical
sovietism, should thoughtfully con-
slider the painful plight of the profes-
sional classes in Russia.
Professors, doctors, scientists,
teachers and others of the "intelli.
gentzia" in Petrograd and Moscow
many of them leaders in European
thought-need food to keep body and
soul together The commonwealth
fund, operating through the American
Relief administration, offered to send
$25O,OOO worth OF food packages for
distribution among them. This ben.
evidence is barred because the soviet
government asserts the right to veto
the poposed bes1owa1 of the bare
necessities Of life on any hungry in.
tellectual on its blacklist.
In other words, the tyrants in Mos,
COW refuse to allow Americans to
ration such destitute scientists, doe
tos, prOfessOE teachers or Others
classed among the "intelligentzia" as
the ruthless masters of PROSTATE
Russia have doomed to death by slow
starvation
Our bourgeois civilization" at least
does not deny the frOthy parlor boil
shevist and radical assailant of our
"capitalistic government" his three
square meals a day, whether he earns
the provender by honest labor or it is
donated to him or is administered
as prison fare when he happens to be
Gagged as a dangerous enemy Of so
ciety for preaching criminal anarchy
Philadelphia Bulletin.