In a letter from China, Roy Chapman Andrews, explorer and Sinolog (see SCIENCE), tells of the present state of China:
"I have never seen Chinese politics in such chaos. At times, I wondered if the preparations for the expedition [TIME, Mar. 23, SCIENCE] ever could be completed. Transportation of all kinds was well nigh paralyzed and it was not a question of how quickly and how cheaply a thing could be done, but rather whether it could be done at all."
Continuing, he told of the punishment meted to soldiers caught looting the...
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