Lanterna Rally

Author: Warner M. Van Norden

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9781230160535

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...He is married and has three children. Address--36 Wall Street. MA SOO--was born of Cantonese parents in Shanghai in the year 1882. After teaching school for many years in Canton he returned to Shanghai where he was appointed professor of history in the Nan Yang College. When the Revolution broke out in 1910 he took an active part in the capture of the Shanghai Arsenal; for which he was decorated by the Chinese Government. Upon the establishment of the Republic, Mr. Ma was made private secretary to Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the first President of China. While serving in this capacity he also served as Commissioner to Hangshow to investigate the opium question. After the resignation of Dr. Sun from the Presidency, Mr. Ma withdrew from Shanghai, where he had started the "China Republican," an organ of the National Party. This paper is remembered chiefly for its crusade against the opium traffic in China. In 1913 the "China Republican" was suppressed by order of Yuan Shi-kai, and Mr. Ma was forced to flee the country. After spending some time in Europe he came to the United States to look after the interests of the Chinese art firm of Ton-ying & Co., in New York. Mr. Ma is also the President of the Chinese Nationalist League in the Eastern Section of the United States. Address--615 Fifth Avenue. Moy S. Tighe MOY S. TIGHE--Before coming to the United States in 1879, Mr. Moy was a teacher in a school for boys in Canton. For more than twenty years he has been a merchant with Sun Kwong On. He was chairman of the Chinese Hospital Committee which lasted for a very short time and disbanded owing to the lack of patients. He is the business manager of the Chinese Cemetery Association which looks after the affairs of the Chinese sections...