Word: chiangs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...several "Governments," the Hai Chi and Hai Shen picked the Canton Government of Sun Yat-sen in the south. Later they sold out to the great northern war lord, Wu Pei-fu, next to Chang Hsueh-liang, the son of Wu's archenemy; still later to Nanking Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. Two years ago they blandly deserted once more to their old friends, the Cantonese navy. Last fortnight, completely unable to decide whom to desert to, they steamed out of Canton past the fire of the Cantonese land forts into the neutral British harbor of Hongkong to wait for bids...
Because China has in wily and resourceful Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek a military leader who has set himself up as Dictator, he last week was the elected goat of all Chinese officialdom. Craven President Lin, craven Premier Wang and the whole craven Chinese Central Political Council met in Nanking just before offering champagne toasts to the Japanese Ambassador and solemnly adopted a resolution urging Chinese resistance to the Japanese but stating that they must naturally leave the supreme decision to Generalissimo Chiang who was in Szechwan Province fighting the Communists...
...official and no underling could be found with enough spunk to fly to the Dictator and deliver this resolution. Hence it was sent by telegraph. Dictator Chiang had only one advantage. He was so far in the wilds of West China that not even a Japanese bombing plane was likely to molest him. Warily he set part of the troops in his personal pay moving slowly toward North China. That Chiang planned any serious resistance to Japan few Chinese dared hope, and he did not go with his troops last week but stayed behind in the city of Chengtu with...
Amid all this Chinese woe there was one Great Power whose leader last week made a gesture friendly to Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. Benito Mussolini sent to him as a gift a monster four- motored Italian bombing plane worth...
...bribery, advertising what he would pay to Chinese enemy commanders who deserted to his side. Last week, however, though General Ho apparently yielded to all Japan's demands in the name of his Government, there was no confirmation from Nanking or wily, wasp-waisted little Chinese Dictator Chiang Kaishek. The entire Chinese Government kept...