Word: chiangs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Despite the alliance of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and the Chinese Communists, Arnold does not believe China will turn communistic. "I don't think the Chinese are very strong on isms; they are essentially too practical...
...Hankow, Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, pleased with the Chinese success, encouraged by the continued inflow of Soviet tanks and warplanes, and gratified because his Kuomintang Party Congress concluded fortnight ago on a note of harmony with the Chinese Communists, was still cautious. "There is still a long way to go," admitted Chiang. "Let us not be proud or over-satisfied with preliminary success, or discouraged by temporary reverses! Let us fight with greater determination...
...Hankow, delegates to the emergency session of the Kuomintang Party Congress, elated over recent Chinese successes, conferred on Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek the title "Tsung Tsai" of the Kuomintang. China's dominant party. "Tsung Tsai" has almost thesame meaning as "tsung Li," the Kuomanting title fro Dr. Sun Yatsen, which translates as Führer orDuce. However, Kuomintang delegates last week shied away from the dictatorial connotations of Chiang's new title, insisted that it merely meant "Leader of the Party...
...last week as to stand disgraced, particularly since at all times the Japanese have had command of the air. Every Chinese was fit to burst with pride. Over-optimistic Chinese newspapers predicted the Japanese will now be driven back upon Tsinan. One who knows the real situation is Mme Chiang Kaishek, "Wife of 1937," who is at Hong Kong while her husband, Generalissimo Chiang, directs the desperate resistance of China. "The strain on the Generalissimo now is gigantic, almost superhuman," said Mme Chiang last week. "I feel that I must do everything in my power to help him hold...
...whole Shantung-Honan-Hopeh area the Japanese last week were showing none of the decisive "punch" to which harried Chinese have become resigned at Hankow, the capital of Chiang. Spirits were high on the eve of a Kuomintang Congress scheduled for this week to adjust points of difference with the Chinese Communists. Of China and Japan able Chicago Daily Newsman A. T. Steele flashed from Hankow: "Each side believes that the other is on the brink of an internal breakdown, but each is dead wrong as far as the immediate future is concerned. .... The Government here is scarcely recognizable...