Word: portes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Shanghai, about 750 miles southeast from Peking in the Province of Kiangsu. At Shanghai, the greatest treaty port of China, where the trouble began, the situation was well in control and the city was said to resemble "an armed camp." The strike, declared after the shooting of Chinese, began to wane, but shipping remained completely tied up throughout the week. Chang Hsuehliang, son of Tuchun Chang Tso-lin ("strongest man in China"), arrived with 2,000 cadets to maintain order. Despite precautions, the British Consul was beaten. A British and Japanese boycott was declared but had little effect...
...anger of the populace was fanned until it was afire. Clashes occurred. Foreigners were fired upon, one American, Dentist Thomas G. McMartin, was wounded and his horse shot from under him. U. S., British and Italian warships sailed to the port, landed a force of marines to cooperate with the Japanese and other troops in protecting foreign life, property and the essential public services. Machine guns cleared the streets and, after dark, armored cars patrolled the thorough- fares. Meantime, a general strike had been ordered, numbers grew from a few thousand to a quarter of a million. Those Chinese against...
...Chinese police force at Tsingtao was insufficient. Police troops from Tsinan were sent for. To be on the safe side, Japan ordered a warship to proceed from Port Arthur to the scene of the disturbance...
...Book. What happens aboard a passenger ship when the passengers go ashore? On the vessels to which Engineer-Author McFee was articled, there would be good conversation and perhaps some light drinking in the officers' quarters. If the port were New York, a columnist (Don Marquis?) would come aboard, a fictionist (Christopher Morley?) and one or two more with a taste for books and life. A "doctor" (William McFee) would manipulate the discourse...
...General Staff is given power to decide national defence questions. Admiral Thaon di Revel, ex-Minister of Marine, argued that coordination and not subordination of the Navy was required in dealing with defence policies. ¶The Senate approved an appropriation of 18,000,000 lire for improvements of the port of Cagliari, capital of the Island of Sardinia...