Word: chen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Since most Chinese statesmen are fluent in English, Mr. Chen seldom has to use his halting Chinese, lashes out with a searing, corrosive power of invective which has made him a force in China ever since he was appointed legal adviser to the original Canton Government of the late, great Dr. Sun. Last year Mr. Chen quarreled with Conqueror Chiang and since then with all the spleen in his bitter soul he has been out to smash the Generalissimo whom he calls "medievally minded," "politically dishonest," "the betrayer of China to Japan" and "the Dictator without a soul who would...
...name of the Kuomintang ("People's Party") that Chiang conquered China. Nanking still claims to be the Government of the Kuomintang. Last week the subtle, intriguing hand of Eugene Chen was seen when the Canton Government not only demanded that Generalissimo Chiang resign but added that the Nanking Government must be reorganized to give the People's Party a greater share in the running of the State. Since there are no elections in China, the People's Party leaders are self-made politicos like Mr. Chen whose prestige is their mandate. Nanking and Peiping politicos stand...
Soong close harmony could not last forever. Last week Eugene Chen was seen to have picked, with his usual perspicacity, a highly opportune moment to assault the House of Soong, i. e. the Chinese Government...
...also resented the encroachment into politics of Soong, the money man. Cross current of intrigue and personal gossip further estranged T. V. and Chiang. Last week Mr. Soong was in effect gloating on the sidelines as Generalissimo Chiang found himself forced to meet the challenge of Fukien and Eugene Chen. Overnight seven steamers were filled with picked troops and dispatched to attack the rebels by sea. Martial law was declared in Shanghai's Chinese quarter. Troop trains roared off to the Fukien land front. From Nanking the Generalissimo sent up thun dering squadrons of airplanes which showered Fukien with...
...week of 300,000 people. Heading the team were Dr. Eli Stanley Jones, famed as an evangelist to high caste Hindus and author of Christ of the Indian Road, and Hankow's Bishop Logan Herbert Roots, able and deeply beloved churchman. Potent speakers have also been President Herman Chen-en Liu of Shanghai University, whose grandfather became a Christian: well-poised Miss Wu, whom all China knows as president of a handsome women's college at Nanking; and Dr. Charles Roger ("Charlie'') Watson, Cairo-born president of the American University at Cairo...