The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 28, 1906, Page 21

Pages 21 to Pages 2_ to 30 l ——— SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 1906 CHINESE GOVERNMENT PLANS MIGHTY ARMY FOR THE EMPIRE ONE_AND A QUARTE MILLION SOLDIERS ORGANIZATION WILL CONSIST OF B W g b .. £ - = THE SORANSOI PRoVINCE- (S SSS—s “ FIiw 5575 e General Yin Tchang to Assume Command of the Troops. Has Made a Study of Military System of Kaiser’s Land. - Special Cable to The Call. ) and one to the heir headquarters important nd the Ger- guage sufficiently to get the t of German training. Some of them speak it fluently. They wear ither Chinese mor German uniforms, but a specially designed costume, which is a combination of the French and Chilean uniform, white shakos be- ing the only feature in which fhe three services represented are alike. The Hussars wear helmets upon which the “hinese dragon is a conspicuous feature. As the father of the “yellow peril” eory, it understood that Emperor Wilhelm averse to permitting these ung Chinese to perfect themselves in is e of warfare in Germany. He that it was Inconsistent that should train men who may at no legions. The Chinese nent asked the permission however, and it was represen hat refusal would be prejudicial policy in the Far East. So the 2 se came and have been given ev- | ery opportunity to learn how war is ¥ “made In C many It is supposed that their teachers have instructions from august quarters to withhold imparting too intimate knowl- edge on certain subjects, but the Chin- ese are keen question-askers and are on record as having an annoying habit of launching persistent queries wher- | ever they detect a desire to withhold | information. The Chinese officers have no command over German troops, but . | accompany, German officers at arfll and was he who con at maneuvers and are given every Tien portunity of practicing the duties command short of actual authority. ARMY GREATLY INCREASED. That they wil] be more than ordinar- ily capable of leading Chinese troops egainst a possible enemy there is no doubt, and further details which I have obtained of China’s new military policy confirm the statement that the equipment and discipline of the Chinese army of the future are to be brought as nearly as possible to perfection. At the present time that army, which two years ago consisted of only 100,000 on to study of Moltke brought pers in his count ne Japanese a do's 1 pis performance made him recog- | zed as undoubtedly the most able 8ol- under the gragon flag. A few| later he left the army to enter diplomatic servicq, scting first er to Vieuns and later to Ber- of bulld and extremely logking, in spite of his forty General Yin Tchang speaks h and Germap fluently, and scoomplished after-dinner eaker in the Berlin diplomatic corps. MUST ENFORCE RESPECT. ears na's = ; Sy Genera] | MmN, numbers 200,000, and it is now Like most Chinese diplomats Ge few, | Planned that before the end of mext | Yip Tchang i gifficult to ";‘;;‘em_" spring over 400,00 soldiers will be | ut reply to your corresp: undergoing treining under the dragon a8 to whether the great army he ip to organize would ever be a race struggle against flag. The men will be carefully chosen and each will serve three years as a regular and six years as a reserve. At present the principal weakness of the Chinese forces lies in the rifies with . | which they are equipped, these.being Then be| cpieny old-style Mausers and Martinis, that China would |y ¢ i the course of a few months from subjugation until| ;o the soldlers of the Celestial empire B love us?’ herself. | .will be provided to a man with the er,” he said, “de- | pagazine rifles now on order. with ritorial integrity | modern fleld guns and Buropean equip- graces of forelgn pow- ’ es. We can never | we are in & po- Neither can there between China and we stand with ing equality— s is governed | insuits and en- ment. PRAISED BY EXPERT! European experts, for example, are now pointing 6uit that the Chinese have recently been manifesting a quality in which they have hitherto been sup- posed to be utterly lacking. That qual- ity is patriotism, and to the minds of Continental thinkers its development among the rank and file of the Chinesé ie the one thing needful to make them capable of being turned into effective fighting men. 5 It is a fact, of course, that China's great military programme for the fu- repel many Japanese experts engaged in drilling General Yin Tchang do great things the Chinese Kking- gk he is likely to | the advice of seven|ture was decided upon comparatively ng se, who, fol-|recently. But ever since the Boxer ris- wing x e e been serving | ing in 1900, the Celestial empire has thelr ‘6 tioen officers in the | been engaged In reorganizing on " . om the world | Buropean lines the army which she may Som# ¢ ve sion to acclaim | now possesses and it has been no secret as the Oy s, K as, Nogis and |that her efforts in that direction were ¥ kis of their e proving uncommonly successful. TRAINED IN GERMANY. SIGNIFICANT MANEUVERS, Most of the members of Ge gons of mand of the spir these alert, alm novices at them tc Few, however, were prepared for so striking a tribute to the efficlency of nd representatives | the Chinese army of to-day as’ that of modern China, | which the London Times recently print- -eyed young men are | ed from its Far Eastern military ex- me of war. Each | pert late with General Nogi. Unemo- four years' | tional and not likely to indulge in ex- return home as ¥in Tchenk's staff. new ‘ ITSe the gr Chinese military | travagant statements, this expert, who ademy of Wuchang, which is founded | was one of the few foreigners to wit- on Gérman models, and they are prac- | ness the recent Chinese military man- tically doing “post-graduate work” in | euvers at Hochlenfu, the first gver held Germany now. Three of them are as- |in China, deolares that what he saw #igned to the artillery branch, three to | there ‘came &8 & revelation” and goes SV | REWEW OF CHNESE 7/RR0ORSP o FRECENTLY FHELD By THE VICEROY CHANG CHIKN TWNG hostile armies against | Gov N GEN YIN % CAHEFR v ASS LS TAN TP oY OUNG CHIWESE OFFICERS who HAVE BEEN JSTvpn WARFARE W1 TH ,/r;j KAISER'Y FORCES <, S AN < {on to praise almost every branch of the Chinese military service in a fash- fon that must be described as little short of extraordinary. At the outset, he declares it has al- ways been plain that the material for an uncommonly fine army was abun- points out, that the Weikuiwei regiment {in scription of the Hochienfu maneuvers, he asserts that the organization, dis- position and bearing of the 35,000 men who took part In them excited amazement of the few forelgn experts who saw them. Having gone to Hochienfu in the an- ticipation of beholding a military par- ade, half comic, half pathetic, tHey r turned to Pekidg declaring that the: a display momentous and epoch- making in the history of the Far East. For the purpose of -the maneuvers the 35,000 troops engaged were divided into two opposing armies, each heavily burdened with tents, bedding and food for the troops. Efficiency in transport and commissariat is generally accepted as Indicating efficiency in other branches of military activity, and this expert declares that the Chinese ar- rangements on the present occasion were so0 complete and worked out so perfectly as to regularly those who had looked for a breakdown. Continuing, he asserts that there is not much to choose between a Euro- pean and Chinese regiment. “Physique, equipment and deport- ment,” he adds, “impress one as much the same, At attention the Chinese in- fantry stands like heroes, rigid and impassive, yet 'in attitudes instinct with life, the expression on their faces firm, often suggestive of strong char- acter.” GREAT FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. He adds that skirmishing is con- showing great attention to the work in hand, carefully following every or- der with regard to sighting rifles, and so forth. When advancing they avail themselves of every scrap of cover, and | the control of each subaltern over his | section of the line seems absolute. | Turning to artillery work, the Times representative remarks that of the 143 guns employed at the maneuvers he saw at least half in aetion, and de- clares: “Better fire 7discipline. could scarcely be conceivef, while the man- ner in which the drivers handled their teams ayd brought the guns out of line was a sight for the gods.” The Chinese engineering this expert praises highly, and declares that the dispatoh with which a regiment of valry was embarked and disem- ur}ud was admirable, - and probably could pot have been surpassed by any army in the world. In closing he describes “the of discipline” by which the tw‘:l(‘;;:z nese armies of 85,000 men were “man- euvered into two straight lines three miles long in the exact position ar- ranged beforehand and at the precise moment planned.” If that is the Chinese army of the present it may, perhaps, be guessed what sort of fighting machine General in 'ruhmf .znd hip American and trained lleutenants will have sucoeeded in producing at the end of five or even three years from the pres- ent time. That they will have practi- cally unlimited funds to draw upon is evident, and that the Chinese Govern- ment enters into the scheme of army reorganization in no half-hearted fash- fon is shown by the interest which both the Empress and court took in the recent maneuvers and the fact that royal personages were appointed to at- tend them. And what will be the mission of the | Chinese army of the future once it is in being? That it will be utilized in securing “China for the Chinese” is al- ready avowed. The idea of foreign ag- gression is scouted—for the time-being. Is it slumbering in the minds of Gen- | Yin Tchang and the men at the elm in the Flowery Kingdom? The world is 1k to know dant in China; dwells on the manner in which Gordon turned the Chinese under his command into soldiers, and ! the present day has proved itself | | brave, efficient and entirely amenable to discipline as it is understood in Europe. Angd, In entering upon his de- | the | ad seen a modern army and assisted | confound | ducted in orthodox fashfen, the men | Ve g o 8 oo e e SRS AR RS GREATES ] SOLLIER . | % - NDER IN CHIEF OF THE N: ————————h TROOPS RETURN FROM EIGHTEEN YEARS WAR CO! CISSEL MY Battalion Back in England After a Long Service in Africa and India. 5 Spectal Cable to The Call | Jan. 27.—Travel worn by the gorgeous durbar, and then a por- tion of the battalion went away for fighting in Somaliland. i Grave Diggers Form Union. BRUSSELS, Jan. 27.—The grave dig- gers of Brussels have formed them- selves into a union and have taken ac- tion with a view of improving their ‘conditidn. In the first place they wish ‘to be regarded as public functionaries, and their union has sent a representa- ‘tion to the communal authorities to that effect. As soon as the principle of public func LONDON tropical marches, thinned by disease, hardened by warfare, the Third Batta- lion of the Rifle Brigade lande® at Ply- mouth to-day on their return from| eighteen years' service in Africa and India on behalf of the empire. These warriors bring with them vivid ‘memories of the hardships and the glo- ‘ries of war. They suffered particularly when with the Toshi force, going through heavy marches in the hottest time of the year, and being attacked | with disease. On that march, they. lost- t S i B e “WED 4 YOUN ANERCAN IR Rich Englishman Gives Gossips Chance to Talk. SER Ll Special Cable to The Call. LONDON, Jan. 27.—Great excitement has been aroused in high society here by a rumor which Is going the rounds to the effect that Sir Ernest Cassel's engagement to a young American girl, who is staying here with her parents, may be announced at any moment. She is very pretty and so young that her presentation at court has not yet taken place, but will occur in March. This, of course, means that she is years younger than Sir Ernest Cassel's only | daughter, Mrs. Wilfred Ashley, whose marriage took place a little over two | years ago. Sir Ernest Cassel, who has been a widower for many years, is one of the richest Jews in England and after the Marquis de Soveral is the most imti- mate friend of the King. When a sin- gle man who already possesses a mag- nificent London residence—opposite that of Consuelo, Duchess of Marlbor- ough, In Grosvenor Square—buys yet an- other and still more magnificent man- sion, people put two and two together. Sir Ernest will shortly be moving Into Brook House, the Park Lane palace which he purchased from Lord Tweed- mouth, and then what is now whispered may be given publicity in the shape of an authoritative announcement. It is just a question of a little time and Sir Ernest ‘will be a peer—indeed it surprised many people to find that his name was not included’ in the recent honors. The King has been giving Sir Ernest the benefit of his ideas concerning mat- rimony. His Majesty is of the opinion that it is consummate folly for an eld- erly man to marry a girl not yet out of her teens, and that the Inevitable result must be misery for one or both of them. Still more strongly Is he opposed to mar- riage between an elderly woman and a young man. This has been shown by his attitude toward Mrs. Cornwallls West, formerly Lady Randolph Churchill. Up to the time of her second marriage she was invited everywhere to meet his Majesty. From that day she has never once been accorded this privilege. The King's re- mark when he heard she-was going to marry a youth, the junior of her son ‘Winston, was, “So Jenny Churchill is going to make a fool of herself.” B Captures Grewsome Relle. LONDON, Jan. 27.—A “ju-ju”—a dou- ble mask, with a man's head on one side and a woman’s on the other, which is worn by medicine men in Southern Nigeria while celebrating their hor- rible sacrifices of human beings—has been captured under remarkable cir- cumstances by Captain Frederick Shal- drake of the steamer Banana. “While at Old-Calabar,” says a corre- spondent, “Captain Shaldrake heard the ton#toms beating in the bush. Curios- ity led him to go ashore with two or three of his chief officers, armed with wvolvers, to see what was going on. g. found the Africans sacrificing to the “Ju-ju,’ and already several victims had their heads chopped off at one sweep of sword or cutlass. “In an instant Captain Shaldrake made for the ‘ju-ju,’ pulled the mask off the medicine man’s shoulders, and ran off with it, followed by his officers, revolvers in hand. “This daring feat partly paralyzed spectators, who, /f they for the ) r s LABOR LEADER CALSES B T0 LOSE 10 John Burns Discharges Suffolk. From Office. i s Special Cable to The Call LONDON, Jan. 37.—One of the most prized privileges of the British peerage is that of taking life easy. When a noblethan condescended to accept a pub- lic office of any kind it has been the custom heretofore to regard him as ex- empted, by virtue of his exalted social status, from the obligations imposed on humbler individuals to really discharge its duties. He might wirk or not just as he pleased, but that he should ever be subjected to the ignominy of getting sacked becausé he did not choose to | work was something unthought of. Now all this is to be changed so far | as it les in the power of John Burns, the labor leader, and new president of | the Local Government Board, to change it. That stalwart apostle of democracy has often declared that he had as little use for a titled idlér as he had for a | plain, everyday loafer. And now that | he 1s in the Cabinet he is demonstrat- ing that he possesses the courage of | his convictions. The first man who has been made to feel that he has no re- | gard for caste distinctions is the Earl of Suffolk, who married Miss Dalsy Leiter not long ago, and thereby be- came a brother-in-law of Lady Curzon. John Burns has just bounced Lord Suffolk from the postion he has held for several years as a member of the | Local Board of Guardians in Malmes- 1bury, for no other reason than that the | noble Earl shirked the duties attached 1to the office. His country seat is at [ Malmesbury. He accepted an appoint- | ment to the Local Board mainly to { please some of its members who thought it would be a fine thing to be | able - to boast that they had a belted | Earl for a colleague. But it never en- | tered into his head that he shouid ever | bother himself about such matters as the quality of the victuals supplied to paupers, how hard up poor folk should be Before they were entitled to outdoor relief. He left his humbler asso- clates to wrestle with those Intricate problems and at the fortnightly meet- | ings of the board was conspicuous only by his absence. Now there is a rule that any mem- ber who absents himself from the meet- ings of a Local Board of Guardians for | six mor7 < "@nouwd be dropped. When | the 1&ce Premier’s brother, Gerald Bal- | four, dominated the Local Government Board discretion had been exercised in the eaforcement of that rule so as to spare the feelings of the aristocratic folk who disregarded it. But John Burns had been In office only a few days when' he gave orders that the rule should be strictly enforced. And thus {1t happens that the Earl of Suffolk has | receivead the sack. | He loses no money by it. for there is no pay attached to the office. And most of his fellow peers will regard him as the victim ‘of a democratic demagogue, who is incapable of appre- clating the inestimable blessings which an hereditary aristocracy confers on the country, and therefors is entitled to their sympathy. e Slaves Sold in Moroeco. BRUSSELS, Jan. 37.—A report which M. Rene Leclercq has addressed to the Moroccan committee contains some in- teresting particulars concerning the Moorish slave market. .Fe says that one of the grain markets at Fez is used for various purposes. In the morning the women of the district sell ‘wool; from 11 o'clock until noon wheat is sold, and in tne afternoon, between the “dieur” and the “Moghreb,” from § till 7 o’clock, slaves are disposed of. ' Slavery is openly carried on In Mo rocco. The slaves are negroes and ne- gresses. They are recruited at Tafllet. The caravans coming from Touat and the Soudan sell the sla: chants. The slaves sold at B, Whers they are beid cheann