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...event, every bit as amusing as it was surprising, was the eviction from the Forbidden City of P'u-yi, * Son of Heaven, Emperor of China. Acting upon the orders of General Feng, "Chinese Christian Soldier," soldiers took possession of the Forbidden City, forced the 18-year-old Emperor to sign a new version of the abdication agreement of 1912, wherein he was promised a life income of $4,000,000 a year, retention of his vast Imperial estates and his titles...
Meanwhile, it troubled the Emperor not a bit to sign away his vast revenues which have, for the past ten years, been sadly in arrears. He stipulated that certain sums should be used for the erection of factories for his Manchu retainers to work in, but apparently made no other objections. He was then escorted under armed guard to the house of his father, Prince Chun, brother of Emperor Kuang-Hsii; he became...
...SECRET OF AHBOR VALLEY - Talbot Mundy - Bobbs Merrill ($2.00). Ommony-who knew as much about India as any white man could know-sought his sister and her husband in the Ahbor Valley, whence no man ever returned. He sought also the secret of the broken bit of green jade and of the wise old Ringding Gelong Lama, who had an Oxford degree and was found to be importing European little girls into the Ahbor Valley...
...were mountains of strength at the tackles. Theopold played his best game of the year and Dunker showed that he is decidedly back in shape to play. As long as his strength lasted, he was the life of the line. Greenough, playing his first game at center, had a bit of trouble with his passing, but his defensive play was above criticism. The ends, Dean in particular, were at their best...