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Heavenly Consolation. "Sun Yat-sen said that the guiding spirit of the five-power principle is the division of rights and power.. . .But for a thousand years, the Chinese people have lacked the training to protect their rights. Frankly, we can say that they have not yet the ability or the habit. . . . They must be shielded against power...
Donald came to Hong Kong in 1902 from Sydney and got a job on the China Mail because its editor insisted on having one teetotaling reporter. He covered the 1911 revolution, and then, inspired by the events he had witnessed, became Dr. Sun Yat-sen's adviser. In the early '30s Donald joined the Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Ka-shek, and in 1936 helped negotiate Chiang's release in the Sian kidnaping incident...
...Tenth day of the tenth month, anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's 1911 proclamation of the Chinese Republic...
...UNRRA delivered them to the starving interior was up to China's own CNRRA (Chinese National Relief & Rehabilitation Administration). But CNRRA was paralyzed not only by transportation shortages, but by towering inefficiency, "squeeze" and partisanship. Samples: in Kwangsi Province, 13 junks loaded with medical supplies for Mme. Sun Yat-sen's "Peace Hospital," inside the Communist lines, were diverted to the Nationalists. Flour supplied free by UNRRA was being sold far above the average Chinese's means. UNRRA Ford trucks were selling at $3,750 (gold). The Chinese people, starving almost within the dreamlike sight of rich...
Inside the Kuomintang, liberal elements -men unhappily without much power-are starting to demand changes. Founder Sun Yat-sen's scholarly son, Sun Fo, President of the Legislative Yuan, asked Premier T. V. Soong this week to attend the Legislative Yuan's meeting and answer questions on the economic plight of China. T. V. didn't show...