The Archive · 1935

The Generalissimo in Shanghai

Travels to Nanking in Train Instead of Aeroplane

Afler about one month's rest. his native village of Fenghua, Gen, Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Shanghai at about 1.20 p.m. on Tuesday (Jan. 18) in his Ford aeroplane, aeccompain= ed by his wife and one. secretary: At Lunghwa Aerodrome, which was closely guarded by armed gendarmes, Gen, and Mme Chiang were greeted by several officials and a brass band from the Bureau of Public Safety. From the aerodrome, the couple travelled to their residence in Route Francis Garnier, After paying a brief visit to Dr. 4H, H. Keng, Minister of Finance, in hig Route de Sieyes residence, Gen. and Mme Chiang went to Hungjao Cemetery, where the remains of Gen. Chiang's mother-in-law are buried.

Among the officials who called on Gen. Chiang in the afternoon were Gen. Wu Te-chen, Mayor of Shanghat; Gen. Yang Hu, Commander of the Peace Preservation Corps; Gen. Yang Yung-tal, Gen. Chiang's Chief Secretary: and Mr. Yang Te-chao, personal delegate of Gen. Chen Chita Commander-in-Chief of the

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