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From Hankow last week came disturbing reports of dissension between Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his military aides. Chief dissenter was General Li Tsung-jen, powerful military leader of Kwangsi, a South China province neighboring Canton, who patched up his long-standing quarrel with the Generalissimo when hostilities started eleven months ago. In the tortuous back-stepping before the Japanese the Generalissimo has repeatedly pulled his own crack German-trained divisions from the front lines first, leaving the raw, ill-equipped mass of his army, largely composed of provincial troops, to cover the retreat. This, coupled with Chiang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Open Grave | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

...heads of the world's great states are notable as practicing Christians. China's Chiang Kai-shek is. Last week a new testimony to the Generalissimo's faith was circulated in the U. S. It was a translation of a radio speech, Why Believe in Jesus?, which he made last Easter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Why Chiang Believes | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

Identifying China with the Jewish nation of the time of Christ, Chiang Kai-shek compares his own aims, and those of Dr. Sun Yatsen, with the teachings of Jesus. His reasons for believing in Jesus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Why Chiang Believes | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

Already in Japanese hands are China's Boston (Peking), New York (Shanghai) and Washington (Nanking). Last week the Japanese pressed forward in a renewed drive to add China's Chicago (Hankow) to the collection. Capture of Hankow, temporary operating headquarters of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Government since the fall of Nanking five months ago, would not complete the process of dismembering China but would leave the Chinese only a fraction of what was once their nation. In the Yangtze Valley, main trade stem of central China, industrial Hankow is second only to Shanghai. Into Hankow daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: On To Chicago | 6/13/1938 | See Source »

SHANGHAI (Friday)--Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek announced in his provisional capital at Hankow today that he will continue fighting Japan as long as a single Chinese remains to assist him. The Generalissimo called on the Chinese people to maintain their morale and assured them that victory eventually will be theirs...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 6/10/1938 | See Source »

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