San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-05

| III Auitt tdlUldlSHS- III Us many wears.
he has out-manoeuvred all rivals and
placed the Chilli faction in uudis-
puted control of Picking and Central
China. The foreign legations are COM
fortabiy located in peking and foreign
powers recognize it as 1.-THE" capital of
China though many millions of Chinese
do not and it has little authority north
of the Great Wall or south of the
YangtzSe river.
| Marshal WI is the final arbiter of
Peking's policieS-the government of
China in foreign eyeS-fOr he controls
the real strength of the Chilli faction
His decision is conclusive and the gov
ernment. high an low. in special trains
and third-class coaches. come to him
for audience. Loyang was capital of
China in 220j Il. C.. Picking first be-
came n capital in 90 4. D.. and now
Ioyang is again the real seat of power.
Outside its walls WI drills his own
Third Division. directs the southern
campaign of his expeditions in Kwang-
tung. Szechwan and Fukicn and pre-
pares the remainder of his 100000
men against another Manchurian on
slaught by Marshal Chang Tso Lin
from the north. If he wins that. he
believes the Identification OF China will
be in sight.
VIII Tour World.
Then his military career will be
finished. its goal accomplished. He
visualzes tour of the United States
and Europe, similar to those so pleas
ing TO French generals. as a represen-
| tative of China expressing the graft
tude of the republic to other nations.
After that he will retire to his flow
ers and birds. his paintings and an
cient scrolls. studying occult Chinese
classics, writing and painting toward
less martial immortality.
Marshal WI is slight in stature.
| nimble as a cat. quick spoken and ner-
vous. absolutely without fear, with
unwavering hazel colOrpd eyes and
dropping sandy mustache-in all re.
spects different from the standard
Chinese types. Though he might pass
for swarthy Latin, his family is
traced in an unbrohen line of pure
Chinese back beyond when the Ming
emperor ordered Wu's branch to leave
the ancestral home in KiangSi and
help settle Shantung. COO wears ago.
Has No BOGygunrd.
WI. with laugh, quotes the
Chinese saying tLat if bullet is in
tended for You 10 will have eyes and
cannot be lodged. When asked why
he did not have a bodyguard armed
with medieval headsmen's two-handed
knives like thc Christian general. WI
Il s,f ell ,1,.1,,.,I I,slpl,t.
barbafie, and~uSciesS. Later he added
referring to Chang Tso Inns ever
handy two pistols. The size of a mans
body guard indicates the guilt of his
conscience"
Through a twO-hour session. Wu's
nimble mind fitted like shuttlecock
between official business and answer
ing questions on politics or disserta-
tionS on philosophy. He explained
that he was very busy and that his Wis
itor must not consider it dSrcsr ,ctful
on his part ii he use every minute. dis
posing of routine work during the gaps
when his secretary was translating his
remarks into. English and | was put
ting the next question to be translated
into Chinese. Ii seemed his brain was
hANl dAAfIHdANls ltdulHS OlliIldl IT,
ports and correspondence -. writing
his comments and answering questions
or volunteering his own theories with
never u seconds hesitation between.
Might BE Bomb.
A sealed tube. obviously with a me-
tai lining. was in the mornings mail.
Wu started to open it. laid it aside,
picked it up again more gingerly.
weighed it in his hand. while | on his
immediate right recalled familiar
styles in bombs and that it would be
useless to slide under the table. He
painted several Chinese characters on
the wrapper and handed i. to an or
derby who carried it outside. In a few
minutes the soldier retur: ed with an
deliberately decorated fan.
Suddenly he inquired about George |
Washington. The secretary hurricdly |
characters in foreign history were |
Washington. the Duke of Wellington. |
Lord Nelson. General Oyama and |
Peter the Great. he disappr0ved of |
Napoleon because lie was Il conQLerer.
not content to be n defender of his |
country.
Later when we saw the troops |
marching off the parade grounds after
their drill and neck-risking gymnastic
exercises, they We're Justify singing an
American marching tune. The secre-
tary explained that the Chinese words
had been written by Marshal WI en-
bodying the exploits of his favorite
in defending their home
lands and how the men Of China must
follow their example Hundreds Of
between the ages Of II and
16. uniformed and drilling like the reg
ular soldiers. would have stirred the
pride of the most ardent militarist. As
they gOose-Stepped past, they sang
with equal gustO.
Apostle of vi Ching.
Marshal WI is an apostle of the
II Ching ("Change Classic"). or Book
IF Changes. Its eight diagrams are
said to have been invented by Flu Hsi.
the first legendary ruler of China,
1000 II. G. II was compiled and an
l0tated in 1122 L. c. by the first en-
1eror of the Chou dynasty under which
he philosophers Lao Tie. COnfucius
md Mencius flourished later. Today
{ has grown to many volumns, all
lrawn from the eight original dia-
,ramS. based on mathematics. astron-
,my. physics and other exact and
metaphysical sciences. 1t is Marshal
Nus monitor and divining rule. He :
onsultS the book on whether to believe
trange.S. future consequences of the
Attest political moves or how to deploy 1
lis armies in battle. Each day he
translates a portion of it iGto modern
'hinese. few Chinese understand its
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