My Twenty Five Years In China

MY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN CHINA BY JOHN B. POWELL NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1945 To all those who were instrumental in effecting my release from the Japanese, and to the many others whose active help and sympathy, since my return, have materially aided my recovery this book is dedicated. Contents CHAPTER PAGE I Eastward Ho i II So This Is Shanghai 7 III An International City 1 8 IV Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shih-kai 28 V Shadows of Civil War 35 VI The Lansing-Ishii Incident 43 VII Russians in Shanghai 51 . VIII Editor As Lobbyist 6 1 IX Shantung and Washington 71 X Wars in the North 83 XI Incident of the Blue Express 92 XII Affairs in South China 1 25 XIII Factional Troubles of the 1 920 5 132 XIV Fighting in Shanghai 141 XV Diplomatic Juggling on Intervention 161 XVI China and USSR at War 170 XVII Real Start of World War II 1 82 XVIII Russia, China, and Japan 193 XIX Vladivostok 202 XX Across Siberia 215 XXI Moscow in 35 227 XXII Home, Via Japan 239 XXIII The Philippines in 36 247 CHAPTER XXIV The Sian Incident XXV A Bear by the Tail XXVI Sequel of Sian XXVII Mounting Tension XXVIII American Ships, Japanese Bombs, in 1937 XXIX Working for The Trib XXX The Pressure Increases XXXI Bomb and Bayonet XXXII Shadow of the Hun XXXIII History Punctuated XXXIV Japanese Efficiency XXXV Horrors of Bridge House XXXVI Dangerous Thoughts XXXVII Yanlcee Grain in China XXXVIII On the Exchange List XXXIX Homeward Bound XL Chinas Future Index PAGE 270 2 7 8 293 305 320 325 334 343 355 364 37 383 39 399 45 417 423 MY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN CHINA Contents CHAPTER PAGE I Eastward Ho i II So This Is Shanghai 7 III An International City 18 IV Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shih-kai 28 V Shadows of Civil War 35 VI TheLansing-Ishii Incident 43 VII Russians in Shanghai 5 1 VIII Editor As Lobbyist 6 1 IX Shantung and Washington 71 X Wars in the North 83 XI Incident of the Blue Express 92 XII Affairs in South China 115 XIII Factional Troubles of the 1920 132 XIV Fighting in Shanghai 141 XV Diplomatic Juggling on Intervention 161 XVI China and USSR at War 170 XVII Real Start of World War II 182 XVIII Russia, China, and Japan 193 XIX Vladivostok 202 XX Across Siberia 215 XXI Moscow in 35 227 XXII Home, Via Japan 239 XXIII The Philippines in 36 247 CHAPTER XXIV The Sian Incident XXV A Bear by the Tail XXVI Sequel of Sian XXVII Mounting Tension XXVIII American Ships, Japanese Bombs, in 1937 XXIX Working for The Trib XXX The Pressure Increases XXXI Bomb and Bayonet XXXII Shadow of the Hun XXXIII History Punctuated XXXIV Japanese Efficiency XXXV Horrors of Bridge House XXXVI Dangerous Thoughts XXXVII Yankee Grain in China XXXVIII On the Exchange List XXXIX Homeward Bound XL Chinas Future Index PAGE 256 270 2 7 8 293 320 325 334 343 355 364 370 383 392 399 45 417 423 MY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN CHINA