The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-10-18
JUDGE ESCAPES
PIRATES, QUAKES
Dayton, o., Jurist Tells Of Expe-
riences on Trip to Orient
Saw UpheayaI in lava.

gon which has just been swept Dy the
great earthquake has had lesser
uuakes, according to Judge Charles w.
Dustin Of Dayton, Ohio, who recently
returned from a trip around the world.
Judge Dustin spent much time in the
Orient and had many thrilling expe-
riences.
my trip was all without accident
or mishap of any kind, although l had
several narrow escapes" said Judge
Dustin. I'm China, l was on one
steamer that had shortly before been
! captured by pirates and hence was
provided with an armed guard. The
/ passage from the second class to the
first class cabins was, also, barred by
an iron door. The plan of the pirates
had been to ship as second class pas
sengers and, at d signal, to attack and
rob the arst class Another steamer
was, a week or 50 after my passage on
her, captured, robbed and beached
Later she was foated and resumed her
voyage.
Was On "MiHIen-D Dollar Train"
81 was also a passenger on the cele-
brated Million-D Dollar Train which
was, two weeks later, captured by
bandits and its occupants robbed and
held for ransom. And, strangely
enough, that train was held up at
about the sama locality, not by ban
dts, but by a wreck. We were de-
tanned for IL hours and hundreds of
natives came down from the noun
tains and looked us over, finally con-
Guiding that we were not worth rob
bing and let Us alone.
III was In Picking when the police
struck because their wages had not
been paid, and in Yokohama, Japan,
when there wal a very distinct earth
quake shock. While / was in Java
there was an upheaval and an island
thrown up in the neighboring sea over
which I had but recently sailed.
$50 I was not without thrills
mostly Of gratitude-for the continu-
ing care, may l presume, of guardian
angels.
China On Verge Of Chaos
II am not scared or discouraged by
the dangers of travel In the Orient and
/ hope soon to make another tour to
more out-of-the-way places. / shall
probably, however, omit China until it
has a stable government. At present
there Is one government in the north
with a parliament and an official class.
but without credit or an efficient per-
sonnet. About the only tax which 1t
is able to collect and use for the most
necessary purposes is the salt tax
I'm the south there is only a tenta-
tive government, with a few soldiers
and no parliament. Able men are at
tempting to establish a government
there and overthrow the one in the
north, but it, too, has no credit and
little cash.
Fortunately the leading men Of
China were educated in American and
English universities, are heightened
gentlemen and even religiously in
clined; and as a race the Chinese
people despise war. They admire
scholarship above everything and not
military genius. A soldier is classed
with the butcher. They have bandits
and outlaws like other nations, but
they are few In proportion and when
caught are summarily dealt with. A
more belligerent people would have
been in revolution long before this.
Ancestor worship continues in
China. There is a temple at Canton
especially devoted to II.
Country Dotted With Graves.
'gThere are no general cemeteries In
China and the dead are buried wher-
ever 1t is most convenient for the fam
lily. The very poor of a city are bur-
led in the city commons The sur
rounding land may be cultivated, but
the graves themselves, usually conical
mounds, are sacredly preserved. The
consequence is that the whole country
is dotted with graves, the veneratiou
for which interferes with the construc-
ton Of railroads and highways. When
a Chinaman dies away from home his
remains are cared for until it is con-
venient and sanitary to remove the
same to the family ne~ighborhood. The
principal use of undertakers is in car
ing for bodies pending removal.
I'm the great city of Picking there
are no tramcars. People get about in
carts and jinrickishas. Motor cars are
In use, and teal through the few wide
streets with reckless indifference to
pedestrians. Oriental chauffeurs are
generally speed fends.
"The Chinese have a convenient
plan for meeting the rise and fall in
temperature. When winter comes
they simply put on more suits-suits
to suit, so to speak. These are peeled
off in the spring and by summer they
are almost down to bedrock
Japan shows great progress since I
was there 20 years ago.. Tokyo had
some great office buildings, like those
in American cities, and a new Impe-
rial hotel that attracts much attention
and comment on account OF It's novel
and artistic features. There is moth