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...could find someone to take young Marshal Chang's place at Peiping to hold the north for him. For days he bargained frantically with three possible candidates: Ho Ying-chin. Minister of War in the Wang Cabinet; Han Fu-chu, War Lord of Shantung; old Marshal Wu Pei-fu, the Scholar War Lord. The three candidates remained coy, having discovered two highly objectionable tin cans attached to this offer: 1) the new lord of Peiping can expect no subsidy from the Nationalist government; 2) he will be expected to take the blame for the apathetic Manchurian and Japanese policy...
Once again the helm of China's panicky Government was steadied last week by her "Scholar War Lord," the Great Marshal Wu Pei...
Thus a spokesman for small, strong Japan momentously proclaimed noninterference with large, weak China on the silver issue. For China spoke keen, aggressive young Tsuyee Pei, president of the Bank of China...
...doubt, know," amiably began President Pei, "silver represents the wealth and savings of more than one half of the world's population. . . . The lack of confidence in silver as a precious metal by the peoples of the world . . . has a great deal more to do with . . . Depression than many are willing to recognize...
Softly Mr. Pei next breathed a threat that if Occidental countries do not cooperate with China in rehabilitating silver she may retaliate by an embargo against all silver imports. Today China buys more silver than any other country, and the Occident is anxious to sell. But Threatener Pei hastily added that China is still open, wide open, to any and all favorable offers. These he proposed to crystallize by calling under I. C. C. auspices an International Silver Conference later this year. In 48 hours this Pei plan was whipped into shape?Senator King of Utah (silver State) aiding?...