Evening star., 1937-04-25

ted his cdptors and urged his ,Dite
not to 90 to Sian unless he were
killed.
BY GEN. CHANG KAI-SHEK.
ssDCopyriEht 1897. by Nine; Chang kai-
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SHANGHAI, December 22.-All day
today hoped to hear the noise of air.
planes and guns, as, from the agitated
appearance of Chang Hsueh-liang,
when he came to see me last night,
the troops of the rebels must have been
badly defeated and those Of the CEN
trail government must be pushing for
ward very quickly. All day there was
no sound of planes. My wife arrived
at 4 pm.
was so surprised to see her that I
felt as If I were in a dream. I had
told T. v. ct. v. Soong) more than
once the day before that my wife
must not come to Sian, and when she
braved all danger to come to the lions
den I was very much moved and
almost wanted to cry.
My wife tried her best to be cheer
ful when she saw me, but I am very
much worried about her safety For
about 10 days have already put away
all thoughts about my own safety, but
from now on I shall have to worry
about her. She is so courageous, wise,
kind and affectionate that l have
always been confident that her contri-
button to the party and the country
will have far-reaching results. She
and I have always been of the same
mind and we have increasingly exhort-
ed each other to fight to the end for
the principles Of our leader, DR.. Sun
Yat-sen, with the hope that they will
be finally carried out.
How, then, can I bear the thought
OF having her life sacrificed in this
dangerous city?
Word Of God Carried Out.
When I read the Old Testament
this morning, happened to come
across the saying that Jehovah will
now do a new thing, and that is, he
will make woman protect q man.
Jeremiah, xxxi22, according to the
Chinese version) When my wife
arrived in the afternoon, it seemed
that the word of God was to be car
ried out. If my wife had not very
strong faith in God, how could she
brave such danger to come to me?
She told he what had happened
outside, and said that Chang Ting
wen. Tai Ii, Donald and T. v. had
come with her, and urged me, above
everything else, to find some way to
leave this place.
To this I replied: Since you are
patriotic and know what is right and
wrong, you should know that we must
place the welfare Of the country first.
When you come here today to share
my plight, you are doing this for the
country rather than for me.
If other people urge you to per-
suade me to do anything which is
not right, you must refuse in unmis-
taxable terms. While here, 1 cannot
by any means put my signature to or
promise anything which the rebels
may ask me to do. Once 1 promise
that, would be doing something un-
lawful. as well as against the revolu-
tionary principles Of the party, and
1T would amount to betraying the trust
which the people had placed in me.
In that case, I would have even less
chance OF leaving here, and If should
leave and survive this danger, 1t would
be little better than to die"
Consoled by Wife.
My wife consoled me and asked me
not to worry. She said that she had
long known my principles and my
ideas.
I have also put the country before
you, and your character before your
life" she said, "and I will certainly
not force you to do anything against
your wishes. However, as I have come
to share the danger with you so that
we may live or die together, you should
derive some consolation from that"
She also told me that among the
bodyguards and civil officers of my
retinue, Chang Hsiao-hsien, Hsiao
Nai-hwa, Mao Yu-li, Chang Jul
chang, Tang Ken-liang, Chang hwa,
Hung Chia-yung and many others
died at Hwachingchik Nintung) when
the rebels attacked my headquarters
there. Two others-Chu Pei-chi and
Shih Wen-piao-received very severe
wounds, while the fate Of many others
was not yet known. When think Of
the sacrifice these men have made,
feel very sad, but at the same time
am glad that they have carried out
my teachings to be so loyal to the
country. Among these, Hsiao Nai-hwa
was not military officer, and it is
therefore more to be lamented that
he, too, should have given up his life