Word: chefoo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Just two months ago the young women wept and carried on, but could not dissuade doughty Marshal Chang from setting out with a shipload of adventurers to capture the Chinese city of Chefoo-just across the Yellow Sea-and thus repossess himself of the rich province of Shantung...
...captured Chefoo (TIME, April 8). He drove the Nationalist General Liu Chen-nien to take refuge in the ancient walled city of Ninghaichow (TIME, April 15) and laid a siege to it which was continuing last week...
Suddenly, at blackest midnight, wily General Liu made an unexpected sortie from Ninghaichow, fell upon and routed the besieging army of 25,000 men. and advanced straight upon Chefoo. Seemingly Marshal Chang had left the siege to be maintained by subordinates. When they informed him via field telegraph of their rout, he instantly demanded two millions more from the terrified merchants of Chefoo, threatened to burn down their warehouses, kidnap their women, tear out their beards and worse-if they did not pay. When he had collected all he could, the "Sweetest Sugar Daddy in the World" sailed from Chefoo...
Escalade. By dead of night Marshal Chang Tsung-chang-captor of Chefoo, where the hair nets come from (TIME, April 8)-sallied forth last week to capture the walled city of Ninghaichow by the medieval method of a stealthy escalade. Not to be caught napping, however, was the defending Nationalist commander General Liu Chen-nien. As Chang's stalwarts mounted the walls with scaling ladders, Liu's slant-eyed bravos hurled down upon them paving stones and mighty tubsfull of scalding water. Latest cables reported a draw, with Liu asking $200,000 to surrender and Chang offering...
...disregarding incessant Nationalist howls of protest, suddenly came to terms last week with the shaky and harassed Nationalist Government and entered into a signed agreement to withdraw her slit-eyed marines by June 1. It is common knowledge that Japan has financed and favored Marshal Chang, the captor of Chefoo, but it would be news indeed if the Imperial Government con- siders Chang already strong enough to see that Japanese interests and colonists in Shantung come to no harm during the present civil...