Evening star., 1938-11-27
By Joseph II. Baird.

known as the Whampoo Cadets, which
later furnished the officers for large
part of the Nationalist forces.
The heart of the revolution, mean
while, moved to Hankow, where Bleucher
known to the Chinese as Gen. Galen-
and his political comrade, Borodin,
joined forces with the rising young Ma
tionalist commander, Chang Kai-shek.
Nominally, Bleucher and his staff were
only Official advisers to the Chinese
forces But when trouble broke out in
Hankow and the Nationalist Army was
face to face with the formidable Japa
nese-trained hordes of Sun Chiang-fang
Bleucher, with characteristic vigor, as
Almed authority over Chiang's forces
and established an iron discipline.
Internal dissention between the Rus
slams and the Chinese Nationalist COM
manders, rather than defeat on the field
of battle, sealed the doom of their cause.
1t became apparent to Chang Kai-shek
at last that the Soviet military mission
was not sent to China because of the
Kremlin's interest in the establishment
of social democracy there, but rather to
create Communist state, linked to Rus
sia through the Comintern, which Mos
COW hoped to dominate.
According to legend, relations be-
tween the Russians and Chinese came
to breaking point one night when the
fiery Borodin viciously whipped the horse
of very high Chinese officer to drive
him into battle. Bleucher and Borodin
were ordered to quit Chinese territory
They returned to Moscow, leaving behind
them the shattered dream of revolu-
ton which would have placed half of
Europe and Asia under Red rule.
Borodin Sacrificed.
The Kremlin was angry. But Borodin,
rather than Bleucher, paid the price of
their failure. Borodin, who a few weeks
before had been a world figure, was re-
little English-language newspaper in
Moscow. But Bleucher continued un-
checked along the path to military glory.
Indeed, his assignment to the Far East
gave him an opportunity to surpass in
glory any of his co-ranking generals
with European commands. With the
period of foreign intervention from Eu-
rope definitely over, the Red Army in
the west settled down to routine peace
time training. But out in Siberia trouble
lurked. Both China and Japan looked
covetously at Russia's sphere of influence
in Northern Manchuria and more par
ticularly at the rich and important Chi
nese Eastern Railroad. In addition,
Japan might, it was felt, attempt at any
time to sieze control of the rich mari
time provinces and to GUST Russia from
the Kamchatka fisheries. Defense Of
the Far East led all other problems on
the Soviet military agenda.
Bleucher was given virtually a free
hand in building up vast defensive
force. The Far Eastern army was given
preference over other military units in
being supplied with the guns, shells, air.
planes and other equipment then rolling
all too slowly from the mills OF an in
FAINT Soviet industry. Soldiers in the
Far East were awarded higher rates OF
pay than others. Thousands of tech
nicians were rushed to Siberia to erect
factories to produce military supplies.
Hundreds of thousands Of European Rus
slams were offered special inducements
to settle there and increase the terri
tory's grain production. Workmen toiled
day and night to double track the Trans