"Persisting in his desire to go to the front the Generalissimo was told that his presence there would not be welcomed, and, should he insist, the 19th Route Army, instigated by one of the reactionary party, 9 certain Chen—who later disgraced himself "by participation in the scandalous China Merghant's Stearaship Company's bribery case, ant who is now in Hongkong a fugitive from justice—might come into open conflict with the Sth Route Army. This, notwithstanding that the officers of the Sth Route Army had been emphatically instructed by the Generalissimo to give the he said in one wire, in their sup adding" the glory of the 19th Route Army is the glory of China,"
"The Generalissimo, therefore, had to content himself with telegraphic Jadvice to Gen. Chiang Kwang-ngai Jand Gen, Tsai Ting-kal. We have the telegrams to prove that the Generalissimo wired those two generals not to attack before a enrtain date Because it was physically Impossible to have reinforcements move down to Shanghai before that ime. Nef being willing to sacrifice Jo. single soldier needlessly the Genferalissimo advised them to adopt a Jdefensive policy pending the arrival of support, because while the treens then at the front were amply sul.
fent for that purpose, they were not trong enough to launch an attack successfully.
"Anyone familiar with the topography of China is aware that the Yangtze River flows between Pukow and Nanking, and it is known by all interested in' the happenings of that time that Japanese warships were stationed along the Yangtze, so that was most dim cult for reinforce ments to be transported across the river in large numbers with speed, and, therefore, they had to be spirit: ed over in small numbers requiring much more trouble, and taking much Tonger time."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.