Emperor's Plight

Word came from China that Hsuan Tung, alias P'u-yi, alias Henry, nicknamed "Harry," once Son of Heaven or Emperor of China*, was marooned last week at Tientsin, city a few miles south of Peking and a convenient jumping-off spot for Japan.

"Harry" was ousted, last November (Time, Nov. 17), from the Forbidden City by General Feng, Chinese Christian Soldier. He obtained asylum in the Japanese Legation at Peking and, later, under Japanese escort, went to the Japanese Consulate at Tientsin, apparently the initial trip on the longer voyage to Japan. Japan, however, could do no more for fear of offending the Chinese Government, and informed "Harry," last week, of that fact.

* P'u-yi was born such in 1906. At the age of two, he ascended the throne, became what the Chinese used to call the Son of Heaven, or, plainly, Emperor of China. On becoming Emperor, he took the personal name of Hsuan Tung and after his abdication in 1912, he called himself Henry in admiration of Henry VIII of England. Hence, journalists have naturally referred to him as "Harry."