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...Sept. 24), the political situation is unchanged. The Peking Parliament is a myth; the Cabinet only just functions; the Tuchuns (War Lords) quarrel among themselves as to which shall be the next President; all is utter confusion and the election of a new President in succession to Li Yuan-Hung seems as far off as ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Political Chaos | 10/1/1923 | See Source »

...Pretty little Miss Grace Li," daughter of Li Yuan-Hung, ex-President of the Chinese Republic, entered Wellesley College to study political economy. Miss Harriet Chou (21) was her only companion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Bossing | 9/24/1923 | See Source »

...President Li Yuan-Hung fled from Tientsin and arrived at Shanghai in Southern China. A new plot to reinstate him was reported. There are some 300 Parliamentarians in Shanghai, and it is hoped that witb their support, together with aid from Dr. Sun Yat Sen, General Li Ynan-Hung will find himself back in the Presidential palace in Peking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Still Presidentless | 9/24/1923 | See Source »

Feng was excommunicated at a meeting in the Tientsin Y. M. C. A. The charges were not religious but political, as it was alleged that for driving Li Yuan Hung from the Presidency, Feng had received...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Feng Ousted | 7/30/1923 | See Source »

Matters political in Peking are said to have come to an impasse, It is impossible to collect a majority to elect a new President or to complete the Constitution, which is to replace the Provisional Constitution of Nanking (1911), owing to the Senate (Tsan Yi Yuan) and the House of Representatives (Chung Yi Yuan) not functioning and the desertions from the Cabinet, which normally contains ten portfolios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Political Pot-Pourri | 7/23/1923 | See Source »

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