Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

near Yen. $50 We might talk things
over, every day or So"
Feng's house is perched on top Of a
hill and built like the castles Of the
Chinese feudal barons of olden times.
There is but one entrance. a winding
path leading up steep slope. Sur
rounding the edge of the hilltop is a
10-foot wall of stone and sun-baked
mud.
The marshal's quarters overlook a
wonderful valley stretching away for
miles. In the distance are two wireless
stations through which the marshal
keeps in touch with his men in the
field. Marshal Yen lives 3 miles away,
to the east.
Has But One Wife.
Feng, standing six feet in his sandals,
has been China's most picturesque war
rior for years. He wears the simple
garb of coolie, and is satisfied with
coolie food and very proud OF the fact
that he has only one wife. He neither
smokes nor drinks. nor do the omcerS
and men around him.
Instead of smoking while discussing
business or politics, the marsnal
munches fruit. During an hours talk
with the Associated Press correspondent
Feng ate three Chinese pears and two
oranges. which he peeled with big
knife produced from the mysterious
folds of long blue gown that reached
from his neck to his ankles.
There was little else that is foreign
about this house on the hill, 30 miles
from a railroad, in China's interior, ex-
cept an American bathtub. The bath
tub is tremendously kept in corner
of Fengs reception room, apparently
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marshals interpreter secretary. Kuo-
LANG Chen, educated at Columbia
University, New York, occasionally
wears American-style dress.
Asks About Trip.
The marshal began his conversation
by asking the correspondent whether
he had enjoyed the automobile trip
from Taiyuanfu, how long he had been
in China, and how long he intended to
remain. Then the subject of Chang
Kai-Shek was brought up, and it re-
quired a very short time for Feng to
state his opinion that Chang had been
preaching one way and practicing an
other.
Feng is a brilliant politician and he
has survived China'S recurrent revolu-
tons as much by political maneuvers
as by fighting. He likes slogans and
catch words. Everywhere in the north
he has his followers, and almost as
many in the south.
Although he Is a strict diSciplinarian.
he has a reputation for making friends.
He is often away from his men for
months. but they have always been
willing to stick with him through thick
and thin. If there is job to be done,
fighting, road building. or anything of
that sort. Feng is likely to rouse his
troops out of bed at 3 or o'clock in
the morning. They appear to like him
all the better for it.
Lays Blame on Individuals.
1.-THE cause of the political unrest in
China for II years and more has been
the struggle among individuals" the
marshal said as he peeled his second
orange, which was almost hidden in his
enormous, but well-shaped hands.
"Chinas So-called leaders have been
fighting one another for selfish ends.
The people have been completely for
gotten.
I'VE would end all this, and work
together for the benefit of the people.
with the welfare of the people as the
first consideration at all times"