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...answer. Lunch was Western style when foreign guests were present, Chinese style for his countrymen. He was usually abed by 10 p.m. and he was sleeping soundly, he said. The only insomnia he could remember recently was last March, when the surprise election of General Li Tsung-jen to the vice presidency had made him somewhat sleepless. He had cured that by violating one of his Methodist principles: he had downed a little bit of whiskey...
...Gimo might step down, giving way to the new brooms of a "reform" government (most likely head: Vice President Li Tsung-jen...
...General Li Tsung-jen...
Land to the Tillers. But not leathery General Li Tsung-jen, the dark horse from Kwangsi. He broke boldly with the Chinese custom of never praising oneself: "My election would symbolize the triumph of the common people." He boasted of his plebeian origin. As a farm boy he had tended water buffalo, plowed paddy fields, split kindling; so he understood the hardships of the peasants. "Without solving the peoples' livelihood," he declared, "all military ventures are doomed to failure." He urged "land to the tillers," an end to "bureaucratic capital," cleanup of corruption, more capable men in government, frank...
...Illiterates Are Legion." In the Social Democratic Rebirth Weekly, Writer Tu Jen feared that his countrymen lacked political intelligence: "When I look closely into realities, I feel that the forthcoming elections are but a beautiful dream. . . . Illiterates are legion. . . . Those who understand what democratic government is are indeed very...