Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...event, every bit as amusing as it was surprising, was the eviction from the Forbidden City of P'u-yi, * Son of Heaven, Emperor of China. Acting upon the orders of General Feng, "Chinese Christian Soldier," soldiers took possession of the Forbidden City, forced the 18-year-old Emperor to sign a new version of the abdication agreement of 1912, wherein he was promised a life income of $4,000,000 a year, retention of his vast Imperial estates and his titles...
...class of 1928 will turn out in full force tonight at 6:45 o'clock in Smith Halls Common Room, where the Freshman Mass Meeting will be held. Here they will give evidence to their team of their determination to defeat the Eli Freshmen tomorrow on Soldier's Field...
Prosaic matters such as bullets do still enter into consideration, just as forcefully as they impress themselves upon the soldier; still, the romance of war is redeemed by the paltry value of the arid soil the Spanish and Moroccans are fighting over. This is no bating-match between rival nationalities; it is rather a jousting time for lumbering knights-errant...
Meantime, preparations were in train for the election to the Presidency of Marshal Tuan who is, apparently, to become the puppet President of the "Chinese Christian Soldier."His Japanese sympathizers are now heralded with widespread delight, although such was not always the case...
Besides being a soldier Captain Aaronsohn is a scholar, an author, a journalist, and a theatrical producer. For two years he was connected with the United States Department of Agriculture. He can speak eight languages. He has written articles for the "Atlantic Monthly," and his book, "With the Turks in Palestine," has attracted wide attention...