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Great but vague battles took place last week along an east-west front about midway between Peking and Nanking, the rival capitals. In a general way this front lay along China's Lunghai R. R., with most of the fighting extending from Suchow (where President Chiang established military headquarters last week) 70 miles west towards Chengchow...
...below the surface of the surrounding country by the countless years of travel over them. In the rains these roads became mud sloughs. The expedition actually considered itself fortunate if it was able to cover 20 miles a day in the carts in which it went as far as Suchow in Kansu. Here it changed the carts for camels and turned northward...
...Anderson was born at Suchow, China, of U. S. parents, and the greater part of his life was spent in China. He spoke all the principal Chinese dialects and wrote the language with great fluency. Formerly, he served as a general in Sun Yat-sen's army and then helped to bring about the fall of the Manchus...