Word: tuchun
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...prove that he is alive (TIME, May 19), Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, Canton Tuchun (War Lord), exiled for ten years the Chinese editor responsible for the false report of his death...
Tsao-Kun, President of China and powerful Tuchun (War Lord), was said to be "sick and unhappy" in his Peking palace...
...President rose to greatness from humble beginnings. When he was a plain Tuchun things were easier. Now he is President, "anything but a scholar" and not understanding the intricacies of politics, he is at a grave disadvantage. Instead of being surrounded by an army eager to obey his command he is surrounded by an army of "corrupt, selfish, intriguing and clever" politicians eager to command him. This is why he is "sick and unhappy...
...point is, however, that, on the face of it, the new Constitution will be useless in restoring order in China. The Tuchuns (War Lords) and the Super-Tuchuns have managed very ably to appoint Governors in the provinces-generally themselves. They have large armies for the suppression of lawlessness and anything else that occurs to them. This state of things obviously breathes defiance to the spirit of the new Constitution. The main obstacle to a unified China is the armies of the Tuchuns. They cannot be laid aside merely because the Constitution, says so or because President Tsao-Kun asks...
While President Tsao-Kun was finding his Presidential feet in Peking, the disappointed Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, virtual Tuchun of Canton, issued threats from the South. Said...