Chinese Girl's Tramp to Nanking, to Join Army Nanking, Dos. 4, "I wish only that I could become the Joan of Are of China" is the remark made to press interviewers by a young Chinese girl student la who has travelled alone from Tsinan to the capital in dri attempt. to interview General Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the National Govern: ment, and obtain his permission to enter the government military service 50 as to be able to "fight dwarf bandits in the Manchurian Miss Soong Chi-mei, a 20-year old it] student from a middle school at. Tsinan, the Shantung provincial apitol, has arrived berg seeking to join the army and become Amazon of China, determined never to return to her home until she has realised her ambition, According to a story published in the vernacular press all her applications in North China to join the army have been rejected, and suffering from mental disorder repeated disappointments, attempted on two occasions to com-nit, suicide.
When the Japanese troops invaded Manchuria and occupied Mukden, according to the tale related, she was in school at Tsinan and upon hearing of the news she immediately left her studies and wrote a letter ment, ij) the provincial army. General turned down her request and assign~ ed a woman oficial of the provincial government to see her and persuade her to resume her studies, Disappointed, according to the story, she suddenly disappeared from home and attempted to commit. sulelde by lying on the railway. track. She was rescued but, instead of reluming to Tsinan she journeyed by foot to Paotingfu and then to Peking where she attempted obtain an interview with General Chang Hsueh-liang.
Her forts meeting with no success, she proceeded to. Tongkt, whence' she travelled by steamer to Shanghai and then walked along the railway to Nanking. At Wusih her application for permission to join the 19th Route' Army was. also turned down, She is now attempting to interview General Chiang Kai-shek and hopes. that she may be taken at least into the Military Academy, Had the route to Hailun been open T would have journeyed there to see Gen. Ma Chang-shen as I am sure ho would allow me to Joh his Heilungkiang army," she explained,—United Pres
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