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...Yung-hsiang, Tuchun of Chekiang, once military commissioner of Shanghai, an enemy of Gen. Chi. He is about 57 years of age. After he became Tuchun of Chekiang, he had Gen. Ho Feng-lin appointed to the Shanghai post, although Shanghai is not in his Province...
...Ho Feng-lin, military Commissioner of Shanghai, in the Province of Kiangsu. He is about 47 years of age and is under the influence...
...immediate cause is that Gen. Chi wants Shanghai under his thumb. As it is, he thinks the Military Commissioner in Shanghai ought to be a man of his choice. Having tried peacefully to oust Gen. Ho from the Commissionership, he is now resolved to do it by force, which brings him into conflict with Gen. Lu, who is equally determined to preserve his influence in Shanghai...
...TREASURE OF Ho-L. Adams Beck-Dodd, Mead ($2.00). Tucked in between covers of Chinese blue, with unruffled Chinese cranes strutting on them, is an absorbing tale of jade, dragons, chop suey, hidden shrines, legendary treasure, lotus flowers, all served up with an authentic Oriental flavor. It is the story of one John Mallerdean, in the Peking Customs Service, whose great-great uncle first got a foot in China's open door by curing the Emperor Chienlung of his gout and temper. A most provocative mixture of fact and fancy, some at least of Mallerdean's adventures...
...Aquitania (Cunard)?Sir Alfred Robbins, head of the Council of Freemasons in Great Britain; E. Francis Hyde, onetime Vice President of the Central Trust Co.; Bernard Gallant, proprietor of the Club Gallant, Manhattan restaurant recently padlocked by Prohibition enforcement officers; Ho Kom Tong, Chinese banker bound for London to be knighted by George, R. I.; Harry Pilcer, onetime dancing partner of Gaby Deslys; Miss M. Carey Thomas, President Emeritus of Bryn Mawr...