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Word came from China that Hsuan Tung, alias P'u-yi, alias Henry, nicknamed "Harry," once Son of Heaven or Emperor of China*, was marooned last week at Tientsin, city a few miles south of Peking and a convenient jumping-off spot for Japan...
...yi was born such in 1906. At the age of two, he ascended the throne, became what the Chinese used to call the Son of Heaven, or, plainly, Emperor of China. On becoming Emperor, he took the personal name of Hsuan Tung and after his abdication in 1912, he called himself Henry in admiration of Henry VIII of England. Hence, journalists have naturally referred to him as "Harry...
Explanatory of the foregoing were statements, official and otherwise, issued by Tuan through his Foreign Minister, Tang Shao-yi. The gist of these was: "Reform within the country" would precede the Government's efforts to "raise the nation's standing abroad" (i.e. "equalize" China's treaties...
Foreign Affairs: Tang Shao-yi...
...yi was horn on Feb. 11, 1906 and ascended the throne at the age of two on Nov. 14, 1908, when he took the name of Hsuan Tung. On Feb. 12, 1912, the Republican authorities, kind and simple-hearted enough to wait until after the sixth Imperial birthday had been celebrated, forced the Boy Emperor to abdicate. Last year, on Dec. 1, 1923, he married and chose the name of Henry for himself and Elizabeth for his wife...