Word: tsao
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...weeks ago the Chinese Government told the foreign Diplomatic Corps at Peking that the Military Governor of Shantung had been dismissed; last week President Tsao-Kun promoted the dismissed man to a higher military rank and to membership in the honorary body of retired officers. This made the Diplomats angry, as Tien Chung-Yu, ex- Military Governor of Shantung, was held by them to be personally responsible for the bandit outrage which occurred near Tsinan last May. Obviously his promotion to a higher rank was a flagrant violation of the spirit contained in the last Chinese note to the Diplomats...
...have issued an order for the organization of a punitive expedition against Tsao-Kun and for the rearrest and punishment of all members of Parliament who participated in the election. I have also telegraphed to Marshal Tuan Chi-Jui, Marshal Chang Tso-Lin and General Li Yung-Hsiang inviting them to join me in the suppression of the enemy. . . . His election was brought about in circumstances of illegality and corruption which make it an outrage on any nation of civilized habits, thought and action...
...been many sordid transactions in history, but none equals the shamelessness of this latest attempt to seize high power. No people who tamely acquiesce to such an act can have the right to live as a self-respecting nation. The Chinese people as a whole regard the election of Tsao-Kun as an act of usurpation and treason which must be resisted and punished...
...upheld by 74 members of the old Parliament, who were loud in condemnation of Marshal Tsao-Kun's bribery and corruption...
...President's inauguration, the note was apparently indicative of a new regime of responsible government; it is too soon, however, to say whether the Government will be able to exert its authority over the provinces, as that will depend largely on the outcome of the struggle between Tsao-Kun and the other Tuchuns for power...