The American in China who has most eased General George Marshall's ticklish mission with sound advice is a spare, aging missionary named John Leighton Stuart. In his 70 years, lively, thoughtful Dr. Stuart, one of the oldest and wisest of Old China Hands, has learned more about China, its mind, habits, languages, rulers and governments than most Chinese.
The invaluable education of Leighton Stuart really began in 1905 when, as a newly married, newly ordained Presbyterian minister, he returned from the U.S. as a missionary to the-country where he had been born,...
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