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Famed are the Whampoa Cadets, Chinese West Pointers, special favorites of President Chiang who was once Principal of Whampoa. Whampoan officers are the backbone of the Chinese Army today. President Chiang threatened fortnight ago to declare war on Japan (TIME, Oct. 19). Last week he kept quiet, despatched urgent wires to northern War Lords who might join in a fight with Japan. Two of these, Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang "The Christian General" in Inner Mongolia and Marshal Yen Hsi-shan "The Model Governor" are doughty battlers whose names are Chinese household words. If they joined President Chiang, and they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN-CHINA: Boycott, Bloodshed & Puppetry | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

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