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...hard to believe his "Seiyukai soldiers" could betray him thus. Most crushing denunciation of his régime fell three days before his death, when his right-hand man, Heikichi Ogawa, vice president of Seiyukai, was put to prison, after his bank account showed 2,000,000 illicit yen ($960,000) purported to be derived from promotion of private railways projects while he was Minister of Railways...
...cost, it was worth it to get rid of turbulent Feng. Last week a stable China united under one government seemed nearer fulfillment than at any time in the past 18 years. Feng's armies and dominions, it was announced, were to be turned over to Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, strong ally of the Nationalists, "Model Governor" of Shansi Province...
...Christian members of the Cabinet and "Big Three" are President of China Chiang Kaishek, and Marshal Yen Hsi-shan (TIME...
...little too polite and slow. Suddenly student exuberance boiled over, and a mob rushed to hurl brickbats and curses at the walls which sheltered Dr. Wang and M. Yada. Loomed a diplomatic incident of gravest sort. Only quick action by one of the Nationalist "Big Three"-Chiang, Feng or Yen (TIME, Dec. 24)-could stop the brickbatting, dispose...
Shortly, Marshal Yen Hsi-shan was installed as Minister of Interior of the new Nationalist Government. At last it could be said that a single Cabinet contains all the outstanding soldiers and statesmen of China. The occasion made it appropriate if not imperative to explain just what the Nationalist State is. Available last week was much new and authoritative information which may be summarized thus...