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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Basic are two conclusions: 1) that Manchuria is a land "which China and foreign powers have always regarded as an integral part of China under Chinese sovereignty"† 2) that Manchuria has traditionally enjoyed local autonomy, notably when ruled by the late, great War Lord Chang Tso-lin, but "the independence proclaimed by Marshal Chang Tso-lin at different times never meant that either he or the people of Manchuria wished to be separated from China. His armies did not invade China as if it were a foreign country, but merely as participants in the civil...
...government leaders." Promptly a rash of rumors broke out that Tuan was carrying to Nanking secret proposals from the Japanese Government. In Peiping a spokesman for the Japanese Legation said: "Prospects are bright for direct negotiations." Confirming this, members of the retinue of Peiping's "Young Marshal," Chang Hsueh-Liang (who is supposed to defend North China), said that "since nothing can be expected from the League of Nations, the Manchurian dispute is leading toward direct negotiations with Tokyo...
...Japanese troops were commanded by Major Ochiai, sometime military instructor to the troops & officers of China's "Young1 Marshal" Chang Hsueh-liang, the very troops & officers who were defending Shanhaikwan last week. Less than two years ago some of the Chinese officers sent popular Major Ochiai a floral tribute of chrysanthemums, Japan's imperial flower. Last week posies were forgotten...
There was no criticism of General Ho whose resistance Chinese editors called "magnificent," but at least a hundred Chinese War Lords and Generals sent out telegrams denouncing Peiping's "Young Marshal" Chang for not having sent more troops to Shanhaikwan, proclaimed fervently their own eagerness to fight Japan. Most such proclamations were of course mere bluff, but the world listened to Poet-General Tsai Ting-kai, famed for the glorious resistance of his 19th Route Army to Japan's attack on Shanghai (TIME, Feb.1). Telegraphed General Tsai, who happened to be in British Hongkong 1,600 mi. from...
...blistered from overhauling motors. After a year in foul Russian prisons, he miraculously escaped and returned to the unit. Pilot Cooper later wrote for the New York Times, then set out to film Grass, epic migration of a remote Persian tribe. This he followed with the immensely profitable Chang, filmed in. Siam. A descendant of Count Casimir, Pulaski's second-in-command at the Battle of Savannah, affable Pilot Cooper is now an associate producer of Radio-Keith-Orpheum in charge of adventure pictures. Including replacements and the six Polish members the Squadron had a roster of 23. Founder...