Word: revolutionize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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In India his regime has been marked by firm yet temperate dealings with the followers of Gandhi, who are ever fomenting their "passive revolution" into an attempted boycott of Western civilization. His reply to the Nationalist demand for an immediate revision of the Constitution was: "The re-examination of the...
"The present revolution is due to four separate factors. The first is the militarism in China. Theoretically the military class is not a recognized part of society, and the military spirit is not in evidence, but at present the military men are in control.
"And it has been hard enough to change the form of government to that of a republic in the first place. Even now the average Chinese government official works as though he served an Emperor. The imperial tradition is so strong in China that it will take many years to...
He stated that from what he had seen before he left China, and from what he has seen since he has been in America, that the Bolsheviki are playing a minor part in the Communistic revolution.
"The spirit of the revolution is probably not that of Communism anyway," stated the Bishop, "For you know how much the Chinese like to use high-sounding phrases. The work Communism serves as a banner in this revolution, but I don't believe that the revolutionists intend to put into...