WAR IN CHINA: Cannae, Tannenberg, Nanning

In the little park at the crest of Chungking hill—where one bloody day last May 200 Chinese were bombed to death because they thought they would be safe from air attack if they hid under trees and bushes —a gay new game was being played last week. It was called "Get the Traitors." Five papier-mâché puppet heads were arranged on the ground. Each represented a Chinese who had sold out to the Japanese. Several paces away laughing Chungking citizens lined up for chances, at 5¢ a throw, to try to ring the heads with evergreen wreaths. Whoever succeeded...

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