The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-12-30
Noted American Gives Inside
Picture Of Chinds Leader

soldier convinced that fighting is a nee
essary element al the present time in
the unificatiOn of his own country and
in The recovery Of its independence.
This fighting spirit of the General
issimO is illustrated i'm many stories of
both his deeds and his words. ! thin;
il is fair to say that ne fights not only
on the battlefield but in the realm Of
ideas, and for moral qualities which
are often thought Of as unconnected
with the fighting spirit. Asked once
how far he would 20 in Chinas war Of
resistance, he declared that he would
be prepared to put 22,OOO,OOO men into
the fight if necessary. At the same
| time, when asked what was his great
est concern in the war, he replied with
deep conviction, That the Chinese
should not hate the Japanese
"Chiang Kai-shei's second Outstand
ing characteristic is his ability to
unite and win the confidence of the
leaders of China. One of his most
trusted generals is a Mohammetlan
soldier who for years was an implac-
able enemy but whom the General
iSSimO won by a consistent longtime
program of military action coupled
with ma2nanimouS friendliness."
Effect OF Moral Re-Armament
'The third and deepest thing in the
life of the GeneralisSimO is his CON
victinn that God has IL plan. More than
ten years ago, on visit to the home of
the ChiangS, / found that they had
been reading one of the latest books
about the work of Moral Re-Arma-
ment. The thing that caught their
imagination, so Madame Chang told
me, was the underlying theme of the
book-that God has Il plan. Because,
she said If that is true, then God has
Il plan for China right now and plan
for my husband and myself. We want
to know she Went on, how to find
the guidance of God so that we can
follow it,
II gave her what | felt were thC
two essentials. First, that you must be
willing to do whatever God asks you
to do: and second, that you must TAX,
time to listen to Him. Later, as | was
leaving Madame Chiang thanked me
and said, This will not be the last yOl1
will hear of our talk
1T was not the last | heard
1T is Il fact often reported that the
GeneraliSsimO rises unusually early
every morning Those closer to hin
know that he does this deliberately ir
order to take time to read and pray
and think. With suitable logic he alsC
makes memorandum of those thing.
which he wishes especially to remem
ber from these early morning times
acting upon the experience embodied
in the Chinese prOverb, A strong
memory is not equal to pale ink
"To Chang Kai-shek, Christianit!
either works or it doesn't In his OWL
way he is making it work. He thinks
of Christ primarily as Il revolutionary rA
out to change everything that is wron:
in the individual and in the world"
= 1t is from this fighting faith Of the
; Chiangs, Bishop Roots believes, tha
much of the spirit of the Chines'
people springs. The victory they wan
Is not alone a military one; it is tn,
total victory of new spirit that vii
create lasting peace and Il new Chris
tian order, not only in Asia, bu
throughout the world
, And having this as Il. common goal
American Labor could perform n,
greater service to China's millions, Il!
we'll as to ourselves, than to work ant
fight shoulder to shoulder with then
until this battle for fear-free, hate
free, greedfree world is won.