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Before marching forth President Chiang issued, through his publicity bureau, a thoroughgoing rebuke to his brainiest rebel foe, Foreign Minister Eugene Chen of the new, revolutionary "Chinese Government" at Canton (TIME, June 8). Suitable for framing, this quaint manifesto read as follows...
...have the Canton rebels sunk, having taken you for their Minister of Foreign Affairs! As a Trinidad-born foreigner posing as Chinese, you were only a messenger boy during the late Sun Yatsen's Government at Canton...
...because of belief among the ignorant Canton rebels that Chen's voice carried Chen's thoughts, not merely Borodin's echo, as it really was, they take you back although you remain in the pay of the Soviets...
Born in Trinidad, smart Mr. Chen went originally to London where he became a prosperous solicitor. In 1926 Chen and Chiang, who now scorns him, were fellow revolutionaries in Canton. Both took Russian gold then, but Marshal Chiang, having conquered half of China (1927), broke with Moscow whereas Chen did not. During Chiang's war of conquest Chen was his No. 1 Chinese propagandist, won thousands of recruits and many a battle for Chiang with his "insolent, bizarre and colorful phraseology." Today Mr. Chen, who is back in Canton repeating .the revolution of 1926, insolently pictures President Chiang...
Until recently "General Chan'' fought for Nanking under General Chang Huichang, Commander-in-chief of the Nanking air force. Last week in Canton General Chang Huichang took office as Commander-in-chief of the Canton air force. Cried loyal "General Chan," "Our Canton air force is superior to Nanking's, both in pilots and in number of planes...