Evening star., 1933-01-27

Prince Of Wales, Of whom he has read
for many years. Mussolini Is another Of
his heroes. He is slender In build,
with small, well formed hands.
Writes with Bold Hand.
"His eyes are dark and his express
sion is thoughtful, more SO. perhaps,
than is usual In young man Of bis age.
- He has an inherited poetic g1ft
and has written much classical verse
and even some modern verse.
He has q taste for good literature.
He has also learned the art Of callig-
raphy from his tutors. This Is one
of the fine arts in China and his excel
lence in it has repeatedly won the ad-
miration Of experts. He writes English,
too, with a very bold and well formed
hand. He has never been taught to
draw, either in Chinese or foreign style,
but he has a native talent which en-
ables him to produce very vivid and
rapid sketches. Perhaps the most note
worthy thing about him-certainly to
one who knew the tyranical conserva-
tism of the old imperial palace-is his
readiness to listen to new ideas, his
tolerance, the voracity with which he
devours the newspapers and his i'm
measurable advance in familiarity with
the social and political worlds of both
East and West"
Sir Reginalds enthusiastic descrip-
ton of Pu-Y probably is not entirely
without prejudice, since he had hand
in the education of the young man.
noted in Pu-yi the Chief Executive
many of the attributes which Sir Regi-
nald portrays in Pu-yi. the young stu
dent. I am impressed by Pu-yi'S ap-
parent desire to be of service to the
people of Manchukuo. but had no op-
portunity of estimating to what extent
he is capable of carrying out this aspira-
ton
The procedure for gaining an audi
ence with His Majesty Gas he is called
by many of his Chinese governmental
of Information and Publicity, Depart
ment of Foreign Affairs of Manuchu-
kuo This department Is headed by a
Japanese who formerly was associated
with the japanese diplomatic service in
propaganda work in the United States.
At the outbreak of hostilities in Man
churia on September 18, 1881, he was
in Japan and was Immediately dis
patched to Mukden, where he was at
tached to the Japanese consulate-gen-
eral as a special vice consul. He pos
sesseS an excellent knowledge of Eng
lish.
Protected by BOdyguard.
Through the good offices of the Bu-
reau of Information and Publicity, an
interview with Pu-yi was arranged for
me at the Chief Executives palace,
which was formerly the headquarters
of the Salt Gabelle. The palace is sit
uated in large compound surrounded
by brick walls protected by loop-holed
towers commanding the street ap-
proaches.
My first glimpse of the young Chief
Executive was in the court yard in front
of his official residence. He was ira
versing the compound followed at q
respectful distance by his official body
guard of Chinese military officers. am
told that he seldom leaves the precincts
of the palace and is always accom-
panied by group of bodyguards.
After brief wait I was ushered into
Pu-yi's official audience chamber. The
room is simply furnished. In one cor
mel is Pu-yi's desk and under it
stretches an immense white bearskin
Several portraits of the chief executive
acorn the walls.
My interview was carried on through
a Chinese interpreter attached to the
Bureau of Information and Publicity,
Pu-yi making no attempt to reply in
English to any of my queries.
Two days previous to my interview a
group of Chinese merchants in Hsin-
king (Changchun) had drawn up a pc
tition requesting that Pu-yi be made
Emperor of Manchukuo. They presented
the document to the Japanese embassy
and had intended sending another copy
to Pu-yi, but the petition was suppressed
by the embassy authorities, who evi-
IDENTIFY did not consider the time pro-
pitious for discussing such a radical
change in the form of government. An