Word: shanghai
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tuchun Chi of Kiangsu, aggressor against Shanghai, ally...
Tuchun Lu of Chekiang, defender of Shanghai, ally of Chang...
...many and so varied were last week's despatches relative to the Chinese civil war (TIME, Sept. 8 et seq.) that they passed comprehension. Bloody fighting in the North and bloody fighting around Shanghai took place without decisive result. Losses were heavy. A rumor persisted that many of the Peking Government's troops had gone over to the enemy. One report stated that Super-Tuchun Chang of Manchuria was advancing on Peking; the rest that he was retiring on Mukden, his capital. The only report that all were agreed upon was one describing the opening by Chang...
...their war (TIME, Sept. 15 et seq.) with great show and many loud noises, but neither side gained any appreciable advantages. In the north, slight progress was made by Tuchun Chang of Manchuria. In the south, the army of Tuchun Chi of Kiangsu drove its enemy two miles nearer Shanghai, their coveted goal; then rain stopped the engagement...
According to Professor Woods, Dr. Mei was delayed in reaching his port of departure by the fighting going on among rival factions in Southern China. He finally arrived in the besieged city of Shanghai only to encounter difficulty in cashing the draft he had received from the University, and which was intended to defray his expenses to Cambridge. Three boats sailed for America before Dr. Mei finally succeeded in cashing his check, and he is now reported on his way back to Cambridge...