[4] An apt, grisly story is reported in the semi-official English-language journal of the Nanking regime. The "Peace Movement" is, of course, the Japanophile movement of Mr. Wang Ch'ing-wei. This is the way it was given in The People's Tribune, Vol. XXIX, Nos. 7-10 (October-November 1940), p. 305:
"In response to President Wang Ch'ing-Wei's peace appeal to the nation, Mr. Tan Shih-Chang, member of the Chungking Air Force, flew to Hankow by his own plane on June 10 to join the Peace Movement. Upon his arrival in Nanking, Mr. Tan was warmly received by the re-organized National Government. Later, he was sent to Macao on an important mission, but upon his arrival there, he was instantly killed by desperadoes in the employ of the Chungking regime.
"It is learned that the plane he left in Hankow has now been repaired by the Japanese Air Force and brought to the Capital. Following its arrival, the plane was immediately handed over to the Military Commission by the Japanese military authorities."
(This would need further corroboration before it could definitely be accepted.)
[5] In an interview with the author, Chungking, July 31, 1940; the interview was unfortunately terminated by the raid alarm. It might be noted at this point that proposals for the reinstitution of strong provincial executives have been postponed from year to year since 1932. See The China Year Book 1939, cited, p. 217 n.
[6] Fêng Yü-hsiang, Wo-ti Shêng-huo (My Life), Kweilin, 1940, p. 22.
[7] As reported by Paul M. W. Linebarger in his Conversations with Sun Yat-sen [as yet unpublished; in the author's possession]. Book II, Chapter V.
[8] The author has sought to trace the political and military aspects of this cycle in Government in Republican China, cited. There are numerous works on the subject from the economists' point of view. Outstanding are the books by John Lossing Buck, R. H. Tawney, J. B. Condliffe, Karl Wittfogel, Ch'en Han-seng, and the articles by Norman Hanwell (chiefly in Asia, Amerasia, and The Far Eastern Survey).
[9] Below, p. 324, and p. 388.
[10] A detailed chart will be found in Appendix III (C), at p. [388].