Feng Yu-hsiang and the Christian general in Chinese politics
George E. Sokolsky chronicles Feng Yu-hsiang’s shifting loyalties from Wu Pei-fu to Chang Tso-lin and Chiang Kai-shek, noting his alliances with Soviet Russia, his “Christian” image, and his evolving role as China’s politics and power realign.
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Feng Yu-hsiang
Tsao
Chang Tso-lin
Manchuria
Wai
Kuan Ti
Feng
Peking
Mukden
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Hankow
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Marshal Bluecher
Chiang
Nanking
Kuomingtang
New Life Movement
United States
Wenong
Soviet Russia
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Not for War but for Peace says Moscow attacks Marshall Plan
Radio Moscow labels the Marshall Plan a four year project to revive Germany’s war potential and an American effort to turn western Germany into an arsenal. It dismisses denials and argues the plan would mobilize a great war arsenal near the Soviet Union, naming Marshall Forrestal Eisenhower and Bradley as examples of supposed folly.
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Germany
Europe
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Moscow
Marshall
Forrestal
Eisenhower
Bradley
Broadside to Bouquet Turns on a Sharp Wit
Billy Rose recalls a Spanish lecturing hoax where a translator altered insults into praise. The scheme pleased audiences in several cities, including Chicago, before the lecturer left for Spain. The twist ends with Tilton marrying the secretary, and a playful nudge to try the same with seventeen billion.
Polk Street Professor Reflections On Christmas Night
The narrator confesses a late Christmas night mood of guilt and self-doubt. He contemplates forgotten gift lists, missed messages, and a desire to offer help or humor to others. He recalls the crucifixion story and wonders about soldiers and politicians gambling for the Man’s clothes, ending in a tired, unresolved sleep.
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Man On the Cross
Marshall plan seen as peace effort not empire building
The author argues the Marshall plan serves European unity and independence, not American imperialism. It depends on restoring trade with the Russian orbit, rejects using western Germany as an arsenal against the Soviet Union, and frames the plan as a path to reunite Germany and Europe despite domestic skepticism.
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