Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Wu Tse-sheng

Mr. Wu Tse-sheng

鳥澤聲字讀生

Mr. Wu Tse-sheng was born at Kirin in 1884. He graduated from the Waseda University, Japan. In 1913 Mr. Wu was elected a member of the Lower House of the First Parliament which was conroked in April 1913 and dissolved in January 1914. He was representing Mongolia. After the dissolution of the Parliament Mr. Wu devoted himself to journalistic enterprise, being president of the Ta Tung Pao, the Kuo Hua Pao and the Mei Jin Hsing Wen, all of which were in Peking. From August 1916 when the First Parliament was reconvoked to June 1917 when it was again dissolved, Mr. Wu was serving as a Member of the Lower House. In September 1917 the Peking government created a Provisional Senate. Mr. Wu was elected a Senator. The mission of this assembly was to revise the Parliamental Election law. It was based upon the revised law that the New Parliament or the Anfu Parliament was later convoked. The Provisional Senate was in session from November 1917 to January 1918. While serving as a Senator, Mr. Wu was also the President of the Hsing Ming Pao, in Peking. In March 1918 he made a tour of Japan with a group of journalists from Peking. Mr. Wu was a Member of the Lower House of the new Parliament which was convoked in August 1918 and closed in August 1920. It was this Parliament which elected Hsu Shih-ch'ang, President of China in September 1918. Since the reconvocation of the First Parliament in August 1922, Mr. Wu has been serving as a Member of the Lower House. At different times he also held the following. Posts: Councillor at Large and Secretary to the Minister of the Interior and also to the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. The Chinese government awarded the Second Class Packuang Chiaho on Mr. Wu in January 1920; the Fourth Class Wenhu in December 1921; the Second Class Tashou Packuang Chiaho in February 1922; the First Class Tashou Chiaho in January 1923; and the Second Class Wenhu in March 1923.