WARRIOR POET
RENOUNCES CONFLICT SHANGHAI, January 7. Marshal Wn Pei-fu, once the most famous and able war lord in China, now spends his time writing poetry. He devotes the mornings and evenings to reciting Buddhist sutras, and the rest of the Jay he spends -writing poetry with elaborate flourishes of his Chinese brush and painting plum blossoms and birds upon silk. He says he has finished with politics, and the most tempting topics failed to induce the marshal to express any opinion on national af- ' But he is only fifty-eight, and he has heard the sounds of gunfire coming from the “demilitarised” zone north of Peking. Many people believe that the wily war lord’s retirement is not permanent, and that once again he will raise an army and go into battle. It is recalled that he “ retired ” once before only to rise again and lead his armies to victory against the forces of rival war lords.
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Evening Star, Issue 21628, 25 January 1934, Page 11
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156WARRIOR POET Evening Star, Issue 21628, 25 January 1934, Page 11
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