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On the same day in Chungking a new Sino-British treaty was signed. Sealed with red wax and red, white & blue ribbons, it corresponded in all major respects to that signed in Washington. Cabled Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill: "This is to me...
An old legend credits blustering Foreign Minister Lord Palmerston with instructing one of his envoys to China a century ago: "Never forget that you are the representative of Her Most Christian Majesty dealing with heathen barbarians." This week there was only one profane Chungking witticism to commemorate him: "If Lord...
CHUNGKING--Chinese troops, in their greatest victory of the past six months, have completely upset the enemy campaign in the Honan-Anhwei-Hupeh border triangle of central China after killing more than 3,000 Japanese, it was announced tonight.
From Chungking, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek sent orders that the Chinese military mission which came to the U.S. last April-to plan a united strategy against the Jap in the Far East-should return home. No explanation was given. None was needed.
Spreading Thin. The American Bureau for Medical Aid to China (now part of United China Relief) is represented in China by Dr. George W. Bachman. Though 52-year-old Dr. Bachman speaks in platitudes ("I am looking out for a way to help the war effort"), he is a topnotch...