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...Manchurian Super-Tuchun was also said to have come to an important understanding with Russia concerning the Chinese Eastern Railway. The gist of this accord was to the effect that it liberated two divisions of Chang's troops, which were immediately sent to the front for service against the Central forces...
General Feng Yu-hsiang, "Chinese Christian soldier." He is one of the chief generals under the command of Wu. His soldiers, equipped with a bedding roll, an extra pair of boots, a tiny cup and a rifle, made their way last week through Peking en route for the Manchurian frontier. In spite of approaching cold weather, they wore only faded blue cotton uniforms with a red band around the right sleeve. In addition, each man carried a Chinese umbrella...
Despite these preparations Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian Tuchun (War Lord), through whose territory the railway runs, averred that he will not hand over the railway unless Russia redeems 200,000,000 worthless paper rubles paid to Chinese workmen for their labor on the road...
...invests in a buried bone. A peasant invests in a silver filled stocking. A fool invests in wildcat stock. But a Manchurian War Lord invests in munitions. Chang Tso-Lin, sitting at Mukden, took inventory of his assets. He decided to diversify and strengthen his holdings by new purchases. He prepared for Spring "maneuvers." So he bought a shipload of French munitions. He tried to buy a few warehouses full of Italian arms which were encumbering the vicinity of Peking, but negotiations fell through so he sent to Holland and bought a big shipment of arms that was stranded there...
Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian Tuchun, discovered that bandits do not make good soldiers, so he butchered them...