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...Tsao-Kun, Chili Tuchun War Lord) was active in the background. It was asserted that he offered to buy votes at prices varying with the re- ports from $5,000 to $10,000. A section of the Chinese press contended that the members were entitled to accept the bribes, as they had been unable to collect their salaries. There were, reputedly, some 200 members who simply could not be bought...
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...announced from Peking that on August 15 Tsao Kun, Chihli Tuchun, will be elected President. The date is tentative...
...Marshal Tsao-Kun, Tuchun of Chihli, probably the richest War Lord of all the Tuchuns, is also a strong man. He wants to become President, but has no policy except the plagiarism " reunification of China...
General Wu Pei-Fu, Tuchun of the Yangtzi Valley. Owes all his power to steel and smoke. He was the military sponsor of the Peking Government. It is suggested that General Wu has been bought off by Marshal Tsao-Kun, which would explain his non-partisan attitude in the recent militarist coup in Peking...