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F. W. Kendall, a refugee-wise consulting mining engineer from Pasadena, turned up in Chungking with a story of how Hong Kong's 1,500 American residents boldly tried to stem the Japanese onrush. His best story by far was that of Dr. S. C. Moulthan, who loaded a...
But these tightening defenses were apparently not enough. Wrote the Chinese best-selling Philosopher Lin Yutang: "From every corner of the earth, from Batavia, Melbourne, Chungking and even from London itself rises the cry 'Singapore must be held.' The loss of Singapore will be the costliest mistake of...
This was followed by a really staggering warning from Anglophobe Dr. Sun Fo, President of Chungking's Legislative Yuan and son of China's George Washington, Sun Yatsen. Said Dr. Sun: "If the United States and Britain intend to allow Japan free rein in the Far East while...
>Going to Moscow was tweedy, handsome Sir Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, 59, Ambassador to China since 1938. An aristocratic Scotsman and career diplomat, Sir Archibald became noted among the Chinese for his personal and official friendliness. He was instrumental in selling the idea of China's thousands of...
Last week, from Chungking, Chinese reported sallies of their forces into the suburbs of Canton and Nanchang, long held by the Japanese. These were not harbingers of a final Chinese victory drive. But they were evidences that the Chinese Army was flexing its muscles and preparing for the day.