CHINA: Thanks For Relief

If Hankow, nearly 600 miles up the muddy Yangtze River, is the Chicago of China, then round-faced youthful General Yeh Peng, Garrison Commander of the Wuhan cities (Hankow, Hanyang, Wuchang) is the Chinese Chicago's boss. But General Yeh Peng is a far more admirable character than many of the unofficial lords of Chicago. Only a little while ago he was presented with a silver-plated eagle on a globe for persuading 200 cadets and members of his staff to join the Chinese Y. M. C. A. and contribute $2,000. Only a little while before that he was operated on for...

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