Word: feng
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only other incident of note centred about a military excursion sent by Super-Tuchun Feng, the so-called "Christian protector of Peking," against General Li Chingling, the Civil Governor of Chihli, with headquarters at Tientsin...
Throughout the week, Tuan Chi-Jui, head of the impotent Peking Government of China, remained ready to flee from his capital at any moment should Super-Tuchun Feng avail himself of the upset to Chang's power and decide to take personal control of Peking instead of merely dominating it. Feng, however, contented himself with adding a few divisions to the garrison which he maintains at Peking; and called upon Chang to retire to private life, threatening to wipe out his remaining forces...
...have "betrayed" his then ally, Wu, to Chang (TIME, Nov. 3, 1924) and seized control of Peking, with the consent of Chang, his motives even in that apparent act of bad faith are still under dispute. Some observers have actually asserted that Wu, hard pressed by Chang, asked Feng to "betray" him, in order that he might "flee without disgrace" and recoup his forces, as he has recently managed to do (TIME...
Aside from possible defects in his "political honesty," the personal character of Feng is usually considered exemplary in the extreme, considering the marked proclivity of most Chinese chieftains for dissolute living. He is a total abstainer, a nonsmoker, and a vigorous combatant of loose sexual living among his troops. In his attire, "he affects the simplest and most austere garb." And it has often been reported that "he labors manually with his soldiers for a time every...
Among his foibles have been noted "a taste for ice cream, and a reluctance to employ the death penalty except in extreme cases." Said an observer: "Feng is a 'Christian,' yes; but of a special kind. Like Cromwell he teaches his men to pray well and shoot better...