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un-mercifully bombed. We had a lovely tea, during which Dr. Kung smoked Chesterfield cigarettes, talked of his school days, recounted his trip to King George VI's coronation and his meeting with the King of Italy.

I asked to see the Minister of War and Chief of Staff General Ho Ying-chin, but he does not speak English, is terribly busy and does not like interviews. I did not ask to speak to Tai Li, head of China's secret service and the mention of whose name will send many a Chinese into shivers. General Tai is responsible only to the Generalissimo and is supposed to be the only man allowed in to see Chiang with a gun. I did see General Feng Yu-hsiang, the ex-war lord of the north, known as the Christian general. He is the one who years ago baptized his troops by the simple process of playing a hose on them. Feng has a personal chaplain in constant attendance and reads the Bible from 6 to 7:30 every morning. He is the biggest man I saw in China. He rides a bicycle in the press compound for exercise, often dresses in simple peasant costume and gives huge dinners at which he serves nothing but the coarsest peasant food. He and Chiang Kai-shek fought bitterly for years, but the Japanese united them and now Feng is training troops for Chiang.