Joined the Army at the age of 40 after fradvating from. the Peiyang War Academy at Tientsin from which had come so many of the nation's Imost famous soldiers. His rise to fame wad slow in coming for he only came" known" throughout China then he was ordered in 1915 to suppress a revolt in the province of Yunnan arising from Yuan. Shih-kal's claim to a monarchy. Some years later the was "made the instrument for lerushing General Chang Chun's efforts to restore the monarchy. Becoming general in 1919 he was ordered by the: Peking Central Government to march Jagainst the Canton Southern Government. In this commission for which the held the rank of General he began [the peace movement to bring together the Morthern and southern regimes.
: ng Vu-hsiang, often called the jan General," came alliance with Marshal Wu in 1924 to combat. the Manchurian forces under lin, father of the who' figured in the Sia revolt against Gen. Chiang. Kai shek.
Hetrayed by Gen. Feng marshal Chang Tso-lin was at that time striving to gain control of Peking ard Marshal Wu, who then neid the ancient capital. went to meet the Invader. In his absence General Feng betrayed his master, leading to the defeat of Marshal Wu who retreated into Hupeh. Two years later he de feated the traitor Feng.
1927 when the Cantonese forces: under Gen. Chiang Kai-shek began their expeditionary. march northward Marshal Wu Pei-fu. became Commander-in-Chief of the allied Anti The Government's decision, it ts stated, follows 'a general. desire Solve "China's wast" tranaporiation Problems and to Improve transport. tion" administration, A proposal submitted to the recent session of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, asking for the creation. of "a" Ministry. Transportation was, at the time, re-
consideration ferred "toa spcetat committe' for "The establishment of the "Chines Transportation Company" is a mod fed form of the original Proposal Tur newly-appointed ministers of the various departments of the Central Kuomintang assumed their official duties on Friday," says a chungking Chinese message to. the The. are as follows: Mr. Yeh Chu-sang, /Seeretary-General to the Central Kuo mintang: Dr, Chu Chia-hua, Minister of Organization, Mr, Ma Chao-chun, Vice-Minister' of 'Organization, Mr. "Tseng Yang-pu, - Deputy Minister of Organization, Wang Shih-chieh, "Minister Publicity, Mr, Ku Chen-kang, Minister of Social' Affairs, Messrs, Wang Ping-chun and Hung Lan-you, Vice Ministers" of Social Affairs, and General Wu Te-chen, "Minister Overseas Affairs, the report states, Red Army. China's Generalissimo defeated the Peking armies decisively fat Wuchang in Hupeh. The marshal first retired to Szechuan and Tater ty} Peiping where he exercised his exceptional talent for Chinese poetry. painting and calligraphy.
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