Evening star., 1937-04-18

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There ,DtH be nine installn,ents, the
first four presenting Nine. Chiano,s
storp. The fret ttDo installments
told OF her determined fight to keep
the Nanktng military leaders from
carrying out their plan to attack
Sian and OF her decision to fly to
Sian to save her husbands life.
BY MAYLING soONG CHANG.
(Mme. Chang Ka-shek.)
(Copyrisht. 1887, by Nine. Chang Kai-shek
and the North American News
spaper Alliance. Inc.)
(An rishts reserved. Reproduction In whole
or In part forbidden.)
SHANGHAI.-AsG Gen. Chang Ting
wen had already been in and out OF
Sian, I requested him to accompany
me in case the generalissimo needed
an officer Of his standing as repre-
sentative.
Gen. Chang Ting -wen's wife, who
regarded him as one who had been
snatched from the grave, made OBJ
jections to his returning there. At
the air field next morning pointed
out to her that was not asking him
to do something that I would not do
myself, and I, being \ woman, had
much more at stake than he.
He is military man." explained,
"and his life belongs to the country.
You, as a wife of high military ON
Ger, should prove worthy of him by
putting no obstacles in his way"
With tears streaming down her
cheeks, she silently assented Nine.
Kung put her arms around her and
gently drew her away as we entered
the plane. People think I am brave,
but know am not exceptional, for
! am certain millions Of other Chinese
women would act as did, as evinced
by this woman's ability to place ma
tional interests above the safety Of her
husband
Calm and Unafraid.
Despite the predictions OF disast
which were freely forecast for me
and my own knowledge OF the char
acter of the troops that controlled
the city, I set of with calm deter
mination, with my eyes wide open,
but unafraid. No one could know
better than I the risk I would be
running when the time came for me
to step from my airplane into .
region held by mutinous troops.
The hight to Loyang was in the
first sunshine that had appeared
for week, but the Loyant field, filled
with bombers fully loaded for action,
did not look very reassuring to me-
As I boarded the plane I took the
precaution to impress upon the oficer
in command Of the Loyang air force
that no planes were to approach Sian
till ordered to do 50 by the generals
simo.
Now I began to feel anxious and
apprehensive. We were following the
railway line through snow-oovered
mountains: past the peaks Of the
famous sacred mountain Of Hwashan,
which looked like great masses Of
sparkling ice, and finally over the
opening valley leading to Sian.
There's Lintung, where the gen
eralissimo was captured" said MI.
Donald, pointing to a square, walled
city nesting under the white hills.
My thoughts flew fast and furiously.
In moment or 30 it seemed We
were circling over Sian and the
Airfield, but before the plane landed
I made Mr.. Donald promise, handing
him = revolver, that If troops got
out OF control and seized me he
should without hesitation shoot me.
Planned to Hold Temper.
had been pondering the attitude
I should take when I came face to
face with those responsible for the
detention Of my husband. I knew
that everything depended upon my
method OF approach. I determined
that, even If they were rude, I
should not lose my temper but be
as natural as I could.
AS the plane circled over the air
field, no cars were visible. No people,
except few guards, were on the neld,
which showed that the telegrams an
nouncing our departure had not been
received. We therefore went back
over the city to draw attention to
the fact that we had arrived, and cars
were soon at the landing place.
When the plane came to . standstill
Han-Chen (Chang Hsueh-Liang) came
on board, looking very tired, very en-
barrassed, and somewhat ashamed.
greeted him as I always have done
and, as we left the plane, asked him
quite casually not to let any Of his men
search my baggage, as I disliked hav-
ing my things messed up.
"Oh, madame, would never dare do
that" he very apologetically replied.
Just then Yang u-Chen (pAcifica-
ton commissioner at SIAM, an asso-
ciate Of Han-Chen in the mutiny,
came up I shook hands with him as
though I was just arriving on a casual
visit. Yang was obviously very nerv-
Gus, and just as obviously very relieved
at my calm attitude.
First Had Some Tea
The car journey into the city was
not as strained as it might have been,
and as we reached the house Of Han
Chen he asked me if I wanted to 20
Immediately to see the generalissimo
I told him that would first have
some tea, wishing to show him that
I took him to be gentleman and was
quite prepared to place myself in their
hands. I reflected at this juncture
upon the fact that certain people in
Marking had warned me that II I got
to Sian would not be allowed even to