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Strolling through the peaceful country- |side, was congratulating myself on
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MARSHAL FENG'S AIMS. INTERVIEW GIVEN TO GERMAN NEWSPAPER.
The
adre publikace: an interview hich the Christian General,” Marshal Fong Fu Hsiang
to its special: correspondent,
Hagemann, Kalgan, in Mongolia. The chief questions put by Dr. Hagemand and the answers given by Marshal Feng are as follows:-
Question: How does the amhal view the events in Shanghai!
Question: Does the Marshat believo. that the boycott will succeed i
A couple of them were standing on the steps outside the village. templo address ing
a small crowd of villagers Be spectacled little fellows they were, hardly Answer: The feelings of the Chines five feet high, dressed in Western clothes people are my own. China is a demo with baril straw hats. They each had erary and the wrong done to the in- banner of long white cloth on which was dividual touches all The Shanghai affair inscribed the name of their school and was an excess committed by foreign. im- the slogan "Down with England and perialism for which China will exact Japan and Cancel the mequal stern retribution. I wish the protagonists treaties." One of them was deelnining of freedom good luck in their enterprise in a shrill piping voice and gesticulating and am always ready to support them
o violently that he looked as if he would) 2
as far as lies in my power, overbalance himself, at each movement. The other stood at his side, acting as a kind of chorus. The crowd, about a dozen persons in all, stood listening with their mouths open, without showing the faint est sign of emotion of any kind. Indeed, the audience could hardly be called enthunings it has done the English heavy in- siastic, for no one appeared to stay out jury. As much as we are inferior to the the show except two old fellows who had Europeans in technical matters our econo seats on the temple steps and bad prob. mic organizations are above all praise ably been there all the afternoon. There and are working for the patriotic cause. wax a constant coming and going, and we want to break the economic backbone asked children ran in and out amongst the crowd. Old ladies with their grand- of England in China, and sooner or later. children in their arms would stroll we shall achieve this aim Listen for a few minutes, and then go off again with's contemptuous sniff
The schoolboy was holding forth on the wrongs of his country. He was making
Anawer: We do not want war, We impassioned appeals to the audience to ruise and save China, to boycott the are a peaceful nation and shall attempt British and declare war on them, and to everything to gain our purpose by peace free themselves from the twin tyrannies
Answer I hope it will. The move eat grows day by day and has extended to Southern China Even in ita begin
Question: Does the Marshal think that war will result?
of Imperialism and Capitalism. When he ful means But if we fail in the attempt was tired, the other took his place and and England remains obstinate, then continued in exactly the same strain and
exactly the same shrillvoice. After arms must decide.
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ENGLAND THE DANGER
Question: Whom does the Marshal con. strikers in Shanghai. At this novel eider the more dangerous enemy, England development the crowd melted rapidly pa
away, and I did not see anyone give any or Japan?
A
thing. Thereupon the two otators furled Answer: England, undoubtedly. Japan up their banners and strode in silence out has the stronger forces on laud, but Eng. of the village.
Vsak One of the old men sitting on the steps and is the more tenacious enemy and the this pipe and invited me to come had real root of foreign arrogance. China sit down. The other old gentleman, a zeller of rice cakes, offered me some of will not have peace until the supremacy of his wares. A crowd started to gather England in the East is broken. The union of all Asiatics is growing up. In this fight Russian propaganda is working to spread the truth. All Asia is watching. us to-day,
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"What were they talking about1" 1 asked, patting on an air of innocence
Who knowa 7 ssid the gentleman with the pipe “I could not-make head or tail of hall they were saving." "And theu, a Question: Is the new movement direct- grumblingly: Schoolboys. The seller ed against the other foreign Powers as of rice cakes took up the refrain: well
#Schoolboys??? They ought to be at Answer: We have never thought' of their lessons instead of fooling around breaking off trade relations with any like this. A nice state of things. They cther European Powers. To say we have said you foreigners were a bad lot and is a lie which a section of the press (sic) bad killed hundreds of us. Chinese in has brought into the world to create a Shanghai, a bright youth in the crowd united front against China. The Boxer called out. I was about to reply, when a period, of which so much is spoken, can- curious interruption took place. A sturdy not come again, for the leaders have the young bumpkin with a face like the full masses firmly in hand. It is our wish moon who had been staring steadily at that the other Powers shall in no way be me with his mouth wide open for some affected by the boycott time suddenly said, “But they were for eigners themselves. Cries of dissent from the crowd and contemptuous laughị. But moon-face, not in the slightest abakh- ed, continued stolidly, They were wear. ing foreign clothes and hats just like this fellow here and were talking all about foreign laws and customs. Nobody at tempted to argue with him any further.
Question: Why does the Marshal stay in Kalgan, far from events?
FENO'S TASK IN
N MONGOLIA Answer My heart is right amongst the Chinese preple. But here in Kalgan tasks await me that will absorb all my strength. It is my intention to develop Mongolia and to make it an efficient in-
A fat fellow, naked to the waist, pushtegral part of China The Mongolians
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