Word: chiangs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Empire was said to be ready to declare "outlawed"the Chinese Generalis simo, famed Chiang Kaishek, who mean while last week himself held a supreme Chinese conference on strategy. To replace "Outlaw Chiang," the Japanese Government proposed to set up a new central Chinese Government, not another venal gang of mere puppets, such as those already established at Peking and Nanking, but a State headed by the Scholar Marshal, famed Wu Pei-fu. Marshal Wu had a long and brilliant military career under the Manchu Dynasty, thus might see eye-to-eye with a Japanese scheme to restore as Emperor...
...Marshal liked strong wine, to eat off gold plate. But he has spent most of his time studying and meditating in Buddhist monasteries since 1927, when he and other Chinese provincial war lords were defeated by Generalissimo Chiang in his great campaign to unify China. "He is too matter of fact to be good company,"commented Upton Close, who knew Wu well, "but Wu Pei-fu is one of the few men in China who cannot be bought."Last week the Marshal was available in Peking. If he has really come to terms with Japan (and in 1932 he wrote...
...Biggest Japanese businessmen, the Tokyo armament tycoons, met War Minister Seishiro Itagaki last week at the Military Club. There Lieut. General Eiki Tojo warned them that Britain, France and the Soviet Union will continue to give aid to Generalissimo Chiang, and that when Russia thinks Japan has become "exhausted"by the struggle, Tokyo may expect Moscow to roll an offensive down against Korea through Vladivostok. Snapped Lieut. General Tojo at the tycoons: "We are now faced with the necessity of preparing armaments adequate to defend Japan on two fronts at the same time...
...miles below Canton, Chinese military heads decided not to fortify the city, left it defended by untrained provincial troops. Japanese commanders decided on the South China campaign only after Britain's capitulation at Munich convinced them that Britain had no stomach for a dispute in the Far East, Chiang insisted. In fact, Japanese troops were this week within half a mile of the borders of Hong Kong, inside which they accidentally popped a few shells, as Chinese regulars, out to recapture Canton, pushed their front to within 40 miles of the city...
Every mile that the Government of China is pushed westward pushes it nearer to Russia. From Russia now come most of the arms and experts that Chiang is using against the Japanese. Some of the best of Chiang's troops are the Chinese Communist armies. If China wins the war, hinted Chiang last week, to Russia would naturally fall the trade position in China once held by Britain-unless Britain was soon able to match the U. S. S. R.'s friendly handouts. Britain could help China mightily with loans and shipments of munitions through British Burma, which...