The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-20
CAPPY KICKS
He Writes Of the Chinese Idea of War
Written Tor The star b rrtsr B kyue

HFhL suppose they hesitate no
hurt each other. which they would
b1 bound 90 %. uf u1agar. iu tHo .l.
eiirmcHt gf battle. lf they could go
each other They 90 arflnd au dag
ana glare ~ each other from tHe tors
~ temples lud grave mounds. ana
occasionally they wil shoot az tut
rising sun jusf 90 make bluff that
they're blood thirsty, bot tHe real
dirty work lI me c,uaH ruada doesn't
flart until after tho Syeu.ug flee. %
the ChekIanE forces are due Nusi az
tba kanEHu crowd ths kianEu
crowd fita north while thg Chckl4us
forces shoot st tha moon or TIE
Southern Gross.
of course. anybody who knows ans,
thing about the Chinese race knows
that ii IA the most reasonable and
practical race on earth About the
only foolish thing a ChluBman does
10 % waste money on fire crackers
90 brighten away devils and 90 risk
his iifo running IN front of autom0,
biies hoping he win escape but that
his following devil viii drnpe himself
over tho motomttsr
asked FonE my Chinese valet.
what he thought about the war. and
he said that IN his opinion. tho side
that took tho count would be the
one that ran out OF ammunition
first. that ono side was afraid. when
it came 90 fighting. and the other
side dasscnt. and 20 The war would
end and they could an so home.
Cotton picking Is IN full swing and
there are a lot of weeds IN the beans.
ana tho soldiers are needed badly m
their ancestral fields,
There o. another very sound and
efficient method Of winning wars 10
China. In fact, a great many wars
are started here BY generals ana
Statesmen who know when they
start that they are golnR 70 get ter,
ribly licked. However. az tho poet
says, there are some defeats more
glorious than victory, and those arc
Chinese defeats that arc accom-.
pllshsd BY tho Iudleious use OF silver
dollars.
Tho soldiers on both sides are 20
indifferent 20 the issues Involved
that when the KiauEnu crowd slips
the commanding general OF tho Che.
hlhng side a couple OF hundred thou.
sand dollars Mex, and that patriot
weeps and throws up hts hands and
sayb 20 hts men! "By Buddha. wo
ara vanquishod. nee Tor your lives. %
his brave lads will chuck their rifles
IN tho rico and beat lt for Shanghai.
where they viii remove their mill.
iary insignia. roll up their pants. buy
civilian bat. a bamboo staff and
Two baskets. and start hiking back
homo disguised 90 peaocabls peas.
antry.
Tho other day the RianEsu forces
bought five ships Of the ChskinnE
navy. 20 they lcft woosung and
steamed up 10 Liuho. where tho en-.
envy ships have been az anchor ainca
the war starred Some Shanghai op.
tlmist told me there wnH going 10 be
a great naval battls. but II appears
that all they ara was exchange party
calls and swill down n lot Of hot tea.
while they argued over tho detail.
Of tho price tho method OF dihtribu.
ton and tho time and place OF De.
llyery.
Evidently tho RiauEau crowd
wanted 10 give the Chctiang admiral
their promlssory note Instead OF the
hard cash. Tor the conference broke
up IN row and the ChekIhnF nd.
mlrnl steamed back 10 woosung and
rejoined tho lon6 ship tina, had 70
malned loyal 70 ChsklAnE Evident.
~. however. tho crew Of that lone
loyal ship refused 70 believe tina,
their caipaln hadn't been IN on the
general distribution. they MUS, have
/ concluded that he was pretending 70
remain loyal In order 20 DO them on,
[ Of their cut. 20 there wah a mutiny
and folks do aay that the way load
l officers came Tying over topsldo into
the whangpoo river wan shame
and a disgrace,
Thus you will note that occasion.
ally during a Chinese war. despite
tho utmost caro-, human nature viii
assert ITSELF and somebody viii &c,
hurt.
have bcon thinking Of late what
a sensible thing It would have hcOu
II tho United States and the allies
during tho great war. Instead Of per,
hitting over thirteen millions OF men
to he killed and malmed and saddlins
tho world with Income taxes had
made up n laokpo, and bouEh, old
Kaiser BIN off, Chinese fashion OF
course. his price would have been
rriRhtfully high. but In comparison
with tho cos, OF the war the world
would have saved money and human
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