Word: war
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chang of Shantung. The big bad news of last week was that detested and notorious Chang Tsung-Chang, onetime rapacious war lord of Shantung was back in his old province and battling for possession of it with 26,000 ragged, nondescript troops...
...Without the slightest hindrance from the Japanese port authorities the tramp steamer cleared, wallowed out into the Gulf of Chili, and steamed the short 100 miles to the Chinese port of Teng-chowfu in Shantung. There Chang landed amidst a rabble army of soldiers who had served him as war lord. All night long they labored, with many a grin, unloading from the tramp steamer rifles, machine guns, light artillery...
Thus the official spokesman of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy in Mexico is now a rebel by official proclamation. From last week forward may be said to date Mexico's new "Holy War...
...afternoon. Next day she issued a statement that "after this year it would be time for an old lady to retire." Already she has given a season of Golden Jubilee concerts, two seasons of "farewells." Next year, she says, she will devote to teaching and to aiding World War veterans...
...contents himself with a quieter amusement. It is a chess-wise war game. The board is 20 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, a topographical relief map of an imaginary coast line. There are 20,000 square kilometers and over 4,000 pieces, representing every arm of war. Sixteen levels are used, affecting the "travel" and "range" of the miniature units. The game is played in weekly sessions over a period of months. Five Generals and a Commander-in-Chief play simultaneously on each side. The Commander-in-Chief walks back and forth behind his subordinates, surveying the entire field...