Word: militarist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...literally heads of warring factions. The estimated number of armed men is roughly 1,000,000, who are scattered over the vast face of China and among an estimated population of 320,650,000. General Wu, believed by many to be the real hope of China, is a militarist, but his aim is to destroy militarism. This aim is shared by the President, Li Yuan-Hung, but obscure forces make it impossible for Wu and the President to join together against the other Tuchuns. In the South, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen is ostensibly trying to lead a movement to effect...
Pershing's statement is not idle sabrerattling, calculated to stir up the alarmists, and is not in the least catering to a militarist party. He asks merely for permanency and continuity in the army policy in order to make possible high standards of morale and efficiency, and he wants to prevent further reduction in numbers, because the present force is barely large enough. As it is planned, the overhead organization effective at present is not wholly for the administration of the regular army, but is planned as the fundamental frame-work of the regulars, the reserves, and the potentials,--these...
...There are two elements in the country today--the militarist and the pacifist. The militarist says 'If we don't prepare to put ourselves on out guard we will have war'. The pacifist asserts that we will get what we prepare for, and there is a certain amount of truth on both sides. The best way to straighten the matter out, perhaps, is to analyze the different types of force, since force must be taken into consideration. They are three in number. Force used for attack, which is aggression; force used to ward off-attack, which is defence; and police...
...disappointed aspirant to the Presidency, has a substantial backing of popular opinion. The bandit Villa is in condition to cause considerable trouble when he considers it convenient to do so. Finally, General Salvador Alvarado, a self-avowed aspirant to the office of the Chief Executive and a notorious militarist, may yet prove a formidable opponent to General Obregon, his old rival under the late President Carranza. JAVIER'E. MOLINA...