Show i. i S 'S rv f. f t S S c SS S'S S I f. f THE i SALT ALT LAKE LAK TELEGRAM M MS C Q S ii iiI 1 r I CHRISTIAN CHINESE SE SOLDIERS MAY BE SAVIORS 0 S 5 S i NEW YORK Juno 4 Christian Chinese soldiers under the giant General Genera Feng Yu may nay be bethe bethe bethe the saviors not only of ot the American American Ameri Amen can captives of ot Chinese bandits but also a factor In preventing collapse collapse col col- lapse of or diplomatic relations between between be between be- be tween tho the Pekin government and the great powers Missionaries and business men recently returned from the Orient say this Chinese Cromwell is the best hope the Americans I hae tor fn I I 1 I I I I The band C scourge bandit scourge Is an everlasting everlasting everlasting ever- ever lasting bugaboo for the Pekin government gov gov- ov- ov fay say ay travelers Just back from the Far East and the of ot withdrawal of ot recognition by America and other powers Is sure suro to scare Pekin Into salutary action General Feng a a. huge man of ot six feet teet four tour has an army of or nearly nearly near near- f ly soldiers mostly ChrIstians Christians Chris ChrIs- Christians who so Idolize their leader that they have been fighting without without with with- I out pa pay for tor eighteen months They fought under him at Pekin last summer when Manchurians stormed I the eft city Under Inder him they retook retool Hunan without any i bloodshed during a lL civil war In 1918 Now they are within easy strikIng striking ing distance of the place where the theraid theraid therAid raid on the American and British tourists occurred 1 Il t 5 4 14 5 General Feng Yu Chi Chinese nese nese- nese Cromwell below and pan part t of his Ironside army In a recent popular vote for the t greatest g ten Chinese General Fen Feng was listed among the tho first five Yet five fhe years ears ago he was almost unknown unknown unknown un un- known even In his own province He was born 43 years ears ago In it I eastern China His family tam fam ily was poor and the boy was I 2 made d to shift for himself When Wh 1 4 he was 17 he enlisted in the army Whenever ho bo could says sas one of or the workers from China Feng Peng made trouble for tor the missionaries But in 1900 he changed his view He saw the Boxers do their deadly deadly dead dead- ly work worl He lIe s saw w a woman come out and offer otter to die dlo for her friends A few years eats later a Christian doctor docto cured him without charge of ot a bad ulcer after he had been fleeced by native doctors Then in 1912 he attended an evangelistic mooting meeting and was converted Since then he has been carr carrying on missionary missionary missionary mis mis- work among his own men converting most of or them In 1918 during the tho clash between 1 North and South China F Ferig de defeated defeated tie tie- the enemy eneny forces disbanded them and gave each officer 10 and each soldier 5 to enable them to return home without looting This Increased his popularity and strengthened hIs command Now his men serve sene him without regular pay says the missionary for Or they know that he will take care care of ot them And he does does Ill In the most modern western methods He has kindergarten classes for his officers officers' of officers officers' ot of- I children and domestic science science ad- ad ence erice classes for their wives Next year ear If It the bandits are cleaned out by then General Feng expects to pay his first visit to this country as a guest of ot the Methodist board of ot foreign mis- mis |