[12] Biographies of Chiang are: Chen Tsung-hsi et al., General Chiang Kai-shek, the Builder of New China, Shanghai, 1929; Tong, Hollington K. (Tung Hsien-kuang), Chiang Kai-shek, Soldier and Statesman, 2 vols., Shanghai, 1937, the authorized biography and a model of its kind; Berkov, Robert, Strong Man of China, Boston. 1938; and Hedin, Sven, Chiang Kai-shek, Marshal of China, New York, 1940. Who's Who in China is, as usual, useful for Chiang and for the members of his family. Almost every book on modern China, or magazine dealing with Asiatic materials, has discussions of Chiang. Among the most noteworthy writers on his career and personality are Gustav Amann, whose account remains the most carefully detailed; Edgar Snow and John Gunther, the reporters mentioned above; and Harold Isaacs. The Generalissimo's own diary and speeches, together with Mme. Chiang's writings, are unconsciously rather than deliberately revelatory.
[13] John Donne, in a sermon of commemoration of the Lady Danvers, late wife of Sir John Danvers; 1627.
[14] One of the Seven Gentlemen (Ch'i Chüntzŭ), whose name is withheld by request, interviewed August 2, 1940, in Chungking.
[15] Communist leader, interviewed in Chungking, whose name is also withheld by request.
[16] Some of the recent volumes are: Lu-shan Hsün-lien Chi Hsüan-chi (Collected Papers of the Lu Shan Training Conference), Chungking, 1939; O-mei Hsün-lien Chi Hsüan-chi (Collected Papers of the Omei Training Conference), Chungking, 1939; Li-hsing Chê-hsiao (The Philosophy of Being Practical), Chungking, 1940; Tsung-ts'ai Chien-kuo Yen-lun Hsüan-chi (The Tsung-ts'ai's Utterances on Reconstruction), Chungking, 1940; Tsung-ts'ai Wai-chiao Yen-lun Hsüan-chi (The Tsung-ts'ai's Utterances on Diplomacy), Chungking, 1940; and Tsung-ts'ai K'ang-chan Yen-lun Hsüan-chi (The Tsung-ts'ai's Utterances on Resistance), Chungking, 1940. A collection of the Generalissimo's leading speeches, in English, is in press and is to be issued soon by the China Information Publishing Company, Hong Kong.
[17] [Chiang K'ai-shek], San-min-chu-i chih T'i-hsi nai ch'i-shih Hsing-ch'êng-hsü (The San Min Chu I System and its Method of Application), Chungking, 1939. This booklet is part of a series called Conclusions of the Party Chief, published by the Central Headquarters of the Kuomintang Training Corps, Chungking, 1939.
CONCLUSION
The China of Chiang K'ai-shek has withstood the shock of foreign war, and has demonstrated its capacity to grow and survive as a state despite heavy domestic adversity. The constitutional structure nears a condition of realistic operation. The political organs, while still monopolized by the Kuomintang, are highly effective; their unrepresentative character is mitigated by the new experiments with consultative legislation. Administratively, both as to special functions and in developing local government, significant new enterprises are under way. Communist-Nationalist rivalry, while still bitter, has avoided domestic civil war during the invasion; despite the clash of National troops with the New Fourth Army, the postponement may be indefinitely continued. Taken all together, Free China presents a hopeful picture; and it therefore acquires international importance as the presumptive predecessor of a great Asiatic democracy.