Word: mukden
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...Mukden, the capital of Manchuria, a little man tugged delightedly at his large ears-a sign that he was greatly pleased, puzzled or vexed. He was the great Super-Tuchun Chang Tso-lin, the friend of Japan, the implacable foe of Soviet Russia, overlord by right of might throughout all Manchuria. He was pleased because his son, General Chang Hsueh-liang, had just entered Peking at the head of a victorious army...
...From Mukden, Super -Tuchun Chang Tso-lin telegraphed a demand that the Soviet Ambassador to China, M. Karakhan, should immediately quit Peking...
Chang. Super-Tuchun Chang Tso-lin, "War Lord of Manchuria," summoned his chief henchmen to Mukden early in the week, and caused them to adopt a resolution declaring that the three Manchurian provinces (Shenpking, Holung-kiang and Kirin) no longer recognize the authority of the so-called "Government of China" at Peking...
Super-Tuchun Chang completed his revenge by ordering that the remains of General Kuo and his wife should be paraded about Mukden, spitted upon sharpened poles. At length they were deposited upon the grave of one of Chang's faithful generals, who was killed by Kuo at the inception of the mutiny. Late despatches reported that General Kuo is survived by four widows, since only his fifth and favorite wife fell into the hands of Chang. Curiously enough, Super-Tuchun Chang's fifth wife gave birth to a child on the eve of the battle...
...Japanese troops recently despatched from Port Arthur to protect foreign interests in the vicinity of Mukden (TIME, Dec. 28) began to retire following the victory of the pro-Japanese Chang. Persistent rumors to the effect that Japanese soldiers disguised in Chinese uniforms had aided Chang were flatly denied at Tokyo, where everyone in official circles professed to be horrified by the barbaric conduct of victor Chang...