Word: rebels
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tale of a Mongol fur hunter, who after being cheated by a wealthy trader, turns rebel, becomes the leader of the revolutionary forces, and is finally captured and shot. In his posession is an ancient silken document stating that he is the direct descendent of Ghengis Khan. He is rescued by the men who shot him, brought back to health, and dressed up as a prince in order that his people will ally themselves with their former enemies. In the end, one of his people is shot at his feet, he runs amok, and is shown at the close, sweeping...
Solution: Cried Sr. Machado, "I fought Spain, not because of hate but because of love of independence. I was ready to shed blood, body and life if necessary for its maintenance. I am not a rebel, because I am a patriot. Patriots cannot revolt against the sacred institutions of the fatherland...
...uniform of a field marshal. Smart King. Soon all around King Alfonso rose, denser than usual, the heady perfume of praise. All his courtiers told His Majesty that he had just played superlatively well a most difficult hand at statecraft, finessing the Republican parties, easing out that old rebel Jose Sanchez Guerra whom he had "cleverly" called as Prime Minister (TIME, Feb. 23), consolidating the Monarchist parties, and finally setting up under Admiral Aznar the most thoroughly aristocratic Cabinet which even Spain has had in years...
...Count de Romanones expected to be called as Prime Minister, King Alfonso fooled him next day by jollying into office the old rebel around whom he had flung his arms, Jose Sanchez Guerra. Said he, after a second visit to the palace: "The King flattered me with eulogistic phrases. I expressed my thanks and shall attempt to form a cabinet satisfactory to his desires." Asked if his cabinet would call a Constitutional Convention, he replied: "Doubtless, but you ask the program of a government which is not yet formed...
...weather. In summer when the weather is warm, Chinese politicos take the field. The Nationalist government must bend all its energies to preserving its existence amid ceaseless civil war. With the first frosts the troops in the field, like the sap in the trees, are stilled. Last week rebel troops were sufficiently frostbound to allow T. V. Soong, China's able, Harvard-trained Finance Minister to promulgate a law for which he and foreign traders have been agitating for years. The likin or tariff on goods shipped from one large town to another, will be abolished Dec. 31. Small...