Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
INTERESTING PERSONALITIES
BATTLE FOR VANTAGE IN CHINA
Chen Edited Radical Nationalist Paper and Speaks
English With Oxford Accent-Chang Tso-Lin
Has Five Wives and Noted Fingernails.

that they have the foreigners on the
run, and that for the next six weeks,
| until Britain's 10000 troops arrive
| from London, they can maneuver
| themselves into a position where
drastic treaty revision will be neces-
| sary. Moreover, the Cantonese, who
have been victorious in almost every
battle. are not anxious to meet the
United States at a common table with
the delegates of Chang Tso-Lin, their
losing opponent. Eugene Chen, the
powerful foreign minister of the Can
tonese Nationalist government, is one
stumbling block In the path of Mr..
kelloggs proposal. Chen is--or at
least was--a British subject He
speaks with a broad Oxford accent.
writes more beautiful and vitriolic
English than most Englishmen, and
his hatred of the British Is equaled
only by their hatred of him. Chen has
special reason for not wishing to
deal with Mr.. Kellogg in any confer
ence in which Chang Tso-Lin's dele
gates would also participate.
About zone year ago Chen edited a
radical Nationalist paper In Picking
called the Min Pao. It's editorial
columns were filed with attacks upon
Chang Tso-Lin. One day the Min Pao
printed a story to the effect that
Chang had died. Although the story
was retracted three days later, Chen
disappeared.
Finally 1t was learned that he had
been kidnapped by the soldiers of
Chang.
Judge Admires Nerve.
At that time and since. enemies of
Chang usually faced firing SQUAD
without any pretense Of a trial, but
through some whim Of Fate and per-
haps because Chen was a British sub
Ject, he was given a trial before one
of Changes judges. The Judge asked
Chen IL he cared to demand a British
trial on the ground that he was a
British subject, to which Chen replied
that he wanted to have nothing to do
with the British and certainly would
not go to them In time of need. Out
Of admiration for his nerve and
patriotism. the Judge freed him.
Chen may cherish some feeling of
gratefulness toward the judge, but he
has none whatever toward Chang, and
when this writer last saw him. he
had sworn to GUST Chang from his
dictatorship Of North China. So far,
he has been fairly successful.
Aligned with Chen at the head of
the Cantonese Nationalists and op-
posed to Chang are three other i'm
portant leaders: Chang Kai-Shek,
head of the army; Sun Fo, son of Sun
Yat-Sen. and Michael Borodin, the ad-
wiser loaned by Soviet Russia. All of
them. with the exception Of Borodin,
were the disciples of DIR. Sun and have
sworn to carry out his principles of
Chinese nationalisn.
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Chang Is 80.
Chang Kai-shek il a man OF 80
educated In the National Military
Academy under the old Manchu
dynasty. Later he was called home
from his studies in Japan to take part
in the revolution of 1911 under Sun
Tat-Sen. which overthrow the Man
chus and set up the Chinese Re
public. For 10 years he served as i
minor Official In the army. his only
exploit being 10 gain a million dollars1
through Speculation on exchange
This he tHEned over g Dr.. Sun In
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