Word: fu
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long brigandage which has received much publicity. These bandits have been preying on the provinces ever since the iron rule of the emperors was discarded for a comparatively feeble democratic government. They have recently been joined by the remnants of the army defeated by General Wu Pei-Fu. Bands of a hundred thousand strong and organized under a leader, Lao Yang-jen, became more daring as soon as the efficient Japanese withdrew from Shantung...
...Peking Government, attacked the Canton troops supporting Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. The attack was provoked by an entangling series of alliances between the Tuchuns (war lords), and it is stated on reliable authority that the present conflict was principally due to the efforts of General Wu Pei-Fu who is the most powerful supporter of the Peking administration and the bitter enemy...
...story is in circulation in Peking that the position was offered to General Hwang Fu, Doctors Koo, Chen Ting-Wang and Yen, who decided to settle their fate by a game of Mah Jongg. It was arranged that the lowest score should accept the vacant position. They " played all night " and Dr. Koo lost " by one bamboo...
...Aspland, General Secretary of the International Anti-Opium Association in Peking, says: "In two districts in South Fu-Kien the military authorities are planning to raise $15,000,000 from opium taxes alone. It is also a matter of common knowledge that the five hospitals for curing the opium habit in Foo-Chow, run by the head of the Opium Suppression Bureau, are really facilitating the sale and consumption of opium." He continues that bribery of the customs officials goes on on a large scale, and that "in the old days opium cultivation was voluntary and merely a trade...
Moreover, whether he seeks tyranny or a united republic the next step is to subdue his rival Wu Pei-Fu. For China's zake as well as for the sake of Asiatic peace it is to be hoped he will withdraw. Further civil strife means only an excuse for outside intervention, and China, like several other states, fiercely resents any interference with her private quarrels, has yet to demonstrate an ability to protect either foreign or domestic rights...