Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1936, Page 87

October 11, 1936 THIS WEEK Salute to Limehouse side of the dwindling fire: “During the time that I lived in Hankow,” he began, ‘it was the seat, as I have told you, of a just and powerful gov- emment represented by a Mandarin whose rule was wise, but firm. In much that you have written, Re- spected, you have conveyed an im- pression that the Chinese are a cruel race. I wish to explain that what you mistake for cruelty is in reality an in- dispensable weapon in the hand of justice. One thing I would have you understand, honored and respected friend : The Chinese do not fear death, The electric chair, the axe, the rope — these expedients of your Western culture have no terrors for my coun- trymen. Punishment of the criminal, therefore is a very difficult problem with us. “At the time of which I wish to speak, the Mandarin-governor found himself called upon to deal with a series of river piracies accompanied by most atrocious murders and serious loss of property. The pirates, re- cruited from the scum of the river people, were invariably executed when captured. One by one they would step before the public execu- tioner in the stone courtyard of the prison, and with a single sweep of his sword, he would sever each man's head from his body.” He paused. His eyes were closed; his face was a yellow expressionless mask. ‘“Among you, of the West, the public executioner is regarded with horror. Among us, he was regarded with fear and respect. He was an im- portant official of the State, a master swordsman and fellow of the ancient Guild. You see, Respected, my coun- trymen are logical. If the Mandarin may pronounce the death sentence with honor, the public executioner may honorably carry it out. In the case of these pirates, it was not punish- ment but an elimination of the undesirable. It is of the leaders that I wish to speak. Some of these scoun- Continved from page four drels were men of good family; none feared death.” Sam King paused, stood up, and crossing the room took the mongoose from its cage. The little creature, to my surprise, seemed anxious to escape from its master; its ferrety eyes kept darting into another corner of the room. But old Sam held it firmly, and returned to his chair, resting the feverishly active little beast upon his blue-robed knee. I thought he was about to speak again, but instead he sat, head tilted slightly backward, and seemed to be listening. I, too, began to listen. Dimly, above the monotonous drip- ping of rain water, I detected the sound of a distant steamer’s whistle. “Ah!"” murmured Sam King. “It is the Island Maid leaving her dock.” The Island Maid was Louis's ship, but in Sam’s softly spoken words I could detect neither regret nor sad- ness. But I immediately jumped to the conclusion that the farewells of Josie, to which he had referred, had probably taken place on board the Island Maid, so that in the course of the next half hour I constantly ex- pected her retum. . . . “‘Certain of the leaders of these out- rages were, I say, outcasts from highly respected families. And when they fell into his hands, the Mandarin-gover- nor employed a series of deterrents designed to discourage others from following similarly evil paths. Some of these deterrents were of his own invention; others he had inherited from his predecessors. All came within the department of the public execu- tioner.” He moved his hand in a slight ges- ture — and the mongoose instantly escaped, shooting in arrow-like fash- ion across the room. In that corner upon which his fierce little eyes had constantly been fixed, Emperor began to make a determined attack upon the flooring, as if intent upon burrowing a way through to the store beyond. Sam King stood up quietly. “Ah, Emperor, Emperor,” he crooned, ‘““why are you so restless? There are no rats there for you, my little friend.” He gathered up the mongoose and gently but efficiently returned the struggling animal to its cage, closing the wired front. Then he resumed his seat. “The first of these deterrents,” he continued, ‘“‘was named by the Man- darin, Pearl of Exquisite Silence. He held a theory that virtue is lost in a stream of words; therefore a device similar to a slit fir cone but having powerful springs in the centre was placed in the culprit’s mouth, ensur- ing silence and a contemplative mind. Thus one who by evil counsel had seduced others to wickedness would sit silent in the iron cage in the public square of Hankow, watched by many who had come under the spell of his evil eloquence. “I have known such a person to preserve the Exquisite Silence for three days and three nights, for the wicked are tenacious of life.” He ceased speaking, and my brain, set afire by the very placidity with which Sam King spoke of this ghastly punishment, conjured up a faint moan, pitiful, inarticulate: it came from above, it came from below, it came from the embers of the dying fire. Actually, I told myself it came from my own imagination. The mongoose began a determined attack upon the floor of his cage, seemingly intent upon burrowing a way out of it, and again my heated imagination conjured up a sound like a muffled groan. But, listening in- tently for a repetition, all that I could hear was the dripping of the rain, the sigh of a rising wind and the scratch- ing of the little creature in its wire fronted cage. “Chief, however, of these deter- (Continved on poge 13) Magoazine Section 11 THE MAKERS of MARLIN GUNS Razor Blades at l'/4¢ each instead of ¢ Your l::oy Back 20,135,000:0!1.9.“ Marlin has found a way to give you as smooth and delightful a shave a8 you ever enjoyed in your life and save you a lot of money too. lt'nulliu in ‘wholesale quan- tities instead of driblets that does’ it. Packing 40, 80 and 160 blades in a box instead of 3 or 5. And -pass- ing the savings on to you. h Swedish Surgicel Steel That’s the way Marlin gives you for 1Y, ¢ each blades made of finest Swedish Surgical Steel, scientific- ally hardened, ground and hosed, and guaranteed by a reputation of 66 years’ standing. ‘Feces, Clean, Healthy, Anndln Faces shaved with Marlin Blades mires. 414,700 men testify to this fact. 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