Word: chiangs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...foreign and native advisers of Generalissimo Chiang have agreed from the first with his policy of using the best of his troops (those drilled by German officers before these were recalled by Hitler) mainly to herd hundreds of thousands of Chinese provincial troops toward the Japanese and prevent those who wished to escape from escaping. After the Japanese occupied Shanghai they found many dead Chinese machine gunners handcuffed to their guns. (The Chinese explanation: "They handcuffed themselves.") Neutral correspondents estimate at about 175,000 the number of Chinese second grade troops killed at Shanghai, have reported that although some...
...relieve her husband of all worries while he is fighting" continued General Itagaki, nailing with Oriental candor the issue of marital fidelity which arises in every war. He concluded: "We cannot tell how long it will take to restore peace because the operations must continue until General Chiang Kai-shek falls and his Communist co-supporters are ousted. Even if he said he had abandoned pro-Communistic and anti-Japanese policies we would mistrust that declaration while he retained any authority. He might change his mind again...
...Luring on Japan." It came out last week that the high Chinese civil and military leaders who remained in Hankow until last fortnight departed in six airplanes. In the first plane were Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, Mrs. Chiang, and their Australian adviser, William Henry Donald...
Where this plane landed was kept a secret, but from his hideout the Generalissimo sent a manifesto which the New York Times headlined: CHIANG SEES GAINS IN EVERY RETREAT. To Occidentals, who think in days, months and years this was pure irony; but Chinese think in decades, centuries, millenniums...
...City." Meanwhile, the nominal President of China, Mr. Lin Sen, and other Cabinet members have been established for several months at Chungking ("Denver"). They met last week with Chinese Communist leaders who were reported "threatening" to withdraw their support from the Government unless it reaffirmed unconditional support of Generalissimo Chiang, and this was given...