In the gardens of the once Imperial City at Peking a Chinese band groaned and squeaked last week. Delighted by this music, a huge crowd gathered to watch the formalizing of a "government"' created some weeks ago when Marshal Yen Hsi-shan simply announced that he is "President."
At such times a troupe of performing politicians is needed. War Lord Yen had imported 15 from Nanking, capital of "Nationalist" President Chiang Kaishek. Headed by Wang Ching-wei, leader of the Left faction at Nanking, the 15 troupers announced (after the band had ceased to squeal...
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