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A—4 ANDERSON RITES HELD YESTERDAY Bishop Freeman Conducts Services in Chapel of St. Mary. Funeral services for Larz Anderson, diplomat and world traveler, were held yesterday at noon in the Chapel of St. Mary, which he gave to Wash- ington Cathedral. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, was in charge of the rites, assisted by Rev. Dr. George Kinkead, chaplain of the College of Preachers. Honorary pallbearers included Roger Amory, Walter Channing, Hobart Por- ter and former Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams, all of Boston; Maj. J. Van Ness Philip, Maj. Gist Blair, Nelson Perin, Horace Lee Washington, James B. Alley and Col. Ernest Locke, all of Washington. The ushers were John F. Wilkins, Corcoran Thom, Hugh Legare and Col. Reginald Huidekoper. In the congregation, Mrs. Ander- son sat with Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Mrs. Perin. Others present included Rev. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, representing the Ca- thedral chapter, and Mrs. Stokes; former Undersecretary of State Wil- liam R. Castle, Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Spencer, Mrs. Philip and Mrs. Huidekoper. The chapel was filled with floral tributes, among the more notable of which were wreaths from the Society of the Cincinnati and the Cathedral trustees. Over the casket, as it was borne to the altar, were the purple pall of the Cathedral and the Ameri- can flag, with Mr. Anderson’s plumed bat and sword. = g STREET CAR PROBE ORDER COMMENDED Takoma Park Citizens Ask Un- safe Equipment Be Replaced. The Public Utilities Commission was commended by the Takoma Park Citizens’ Association last night for its prompt action in ordering an investi- gation in connection with a blaze on a Georgia avenue street car, when more than a score of passengers were injured during a panic which fol- lowed. The association met in the Takoma Park Branch Library. Burt W. Andrews, in telling the association that several residents of Taokma Park were on the car, said new cars should replace all those found unsafe. His resolution, which was adopted, service and more adequate schedules. Dr. William A. Hooker introduced the resolution commending the Public Utilities Commission. In order to eliminate the smoke nuisance in the Takoma Park area, officials of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will be urged to act and a suggestion will be made that the met- ropolitan branch of the road be electrified. Dr. Guy Clinton spoke on relief and called attention to the favorable results being obtained in Switzerland and Sweden, where relief and employ- ment are handled through the same agency. The association approved his suggestion of a work-relief program handled through a labor exchange and the idea is to be forwarded to welfare officials. President Walter Irey appointed Andrewsand John Walker members of & Nominating Committee for the election of officers at the May meeting. Glen Gra.y Hopes Latest Recording Won’t Be Played The latest recording by Glen Gray, the orchestra leader, isn't going to be played on anybody’s phonograph for a long time—he hopes—and then only &s a means of disposing of his estzte. Gray’s newest recording, made yes- terday without the accompaniment of his Casa Loma musicians, constitutes his “last will and testament.” The “‘document” bequeaths all Gray’s cash to his mother, Mrs. George De Wilde, Roanoke, Ill.; $25,000 in securities to his sister, Mrs. E. L. Herbst, also of Roanoke; $5,000 in stocks to his sec- retary, Sarah Jane Thompson, New York City, and the remainder of his estate to his wife, Mrs. Marian Gray, Plymouth, Mass. The steel disc, which names Mrs. Gray executrix, may not be legal, how- ever, as the law states that wills must be in writing, signed by the testator in the presence of witnesses. If the testator is unable to write, his mark 1s acceptable. “I can write,” Gray said, “but—well, my record is a sort of mark, isn't it?” Gray and his orchestra are playing at a downtown theater. THE NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY CLOSES APRIL 21 To order a telephone, extra listings, or ad- vertising in the yel- low pages just call__. MEtropolitan 990 also asked improved | | with good motives; This is the second installment of two remarkable documents—Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s “Diary of my captivity in Sian” and Mme. Chiang’s own story of how she helped rescue her husband and save China from a civil war. BY MAYLING SOONG CHIANG (Mme. Chiang Kal-shek.) (Copyright. 1937. by Mme. Chiang Kal. shek and the North American Ne Alliance. Inc. ~ All rights reserved. production in whole or in part forbidden.) SHANGHAIL—The first real glimpse of hope, the first tangible justification for my confidence, came Monday eve- ning, December 14, in the form of a telegram from Mr. Donald, then at Sian, saying that the generalissimo was well, that he was comfortably housed and that he (Mr. Donald) was with him. This telegram added that Han-chen (Chang Hsueh-liang) urged Dr. Kung to go to Sian, and especially wished me to go. In a later telegram direct to me, Chang asked me to go to Sian and assured me no harm was intended to the gen- eralissimo, To me it was amazing that doubts were cast upon the telegram sent by Mr. Donald. The minds of some people had been made up that the generalissimo was in a serious posi- tion, if he were not dead, and they were reluctant to believe anything to the contrary. They argued that Mr. Donald was sending a message de- signed to please the Sian people and lure Dr. Kung, finance minister, to Sian, so that those responsible for the coup would have an additional captive and therefore a stronger hold in making terms. The wire from Chang Hsueh-liang to me was interpreted in some quar- ters as a scheme to lure me to Sian to hold me as a hostage. I made desperate efforts to go to Sian, and be it said that Dr. Kung, as well as each of my sisters and brothers, offered to go with me. Those favoring fighting did not seem to me to be over-merciful in their en- deavors to frustrate my persistency, and in the heat of arguments there did not appear to be much time for gen- tleness. But I received a surprise Tuesday afternoon (December 15) when I heard Mr. Donald talking to me from Loyang by long-distance telephone. He had flown there that morning, through bad weather, to give me direct infor- | mation of the situation at Sian. He painted a swift picture. He con- firmed that the generalissimo was not being ill-treated; that he had con- sented, on Mr. Donald's arrival, to | move to a comfortable house; that the generalissimo had then, for the first time, talked to some extent with Han- chen, though he was still furious and resentful; that Han-chen had ex- pressed his determination to go with the generalissimo to Nanking, because 1 what he had done, though wrong, was particularly wanted me to go there, as well as Dr. Kung, and assured me of the high respect in which he and his associates held me; that the generalis- simo had instructed that I be told not to go to Sian on any account. I urged Mr. Donald to fly to Nan- king next day, but he refused, as he had promised the generalissimo and Han-chen to return to Stan, I told him the military officers were deter- mined to attack Sian at once and that | if he returned there, he, too, probably would be killed. I urged him to in- form the generalissimo of the situa- tion. He told me that although he could not go to Nanking, James C. Elder (an Englishman, a close friend of Chang Hsueh-liang), who had come from Sian with him, would leave next morning for Nanking, could tell me all that had happened and would | take a letter giving me further in- | formation. Dr. Kung Unable to Leave. Later that night I telephoned Mr. Donald, telling him that doctors ad- Vvised against Dr. Kung flying to Sian, but, in any case, he could not leave, a5 he was acting as head of the gov- ernment. I asked him to find out from Han-chen if T. V. Soong (my brother) and Gen. Ku Chu-tung (a trusted officer of the generalissimo, then chairman of Kweichow Province) would be acceptable instead of Dr. Kung. I informed him that every effort was being made to prevent my going, but that in spite of everything I was determined to go. I asked him whether he had sent out any news telegrams, as it was being said he was supporting Chang. He told me he had sent only two telegrams, one a short news summary and one a brief reply to a message from Hallett Abend, the New York Times correspondent in Shanghai. During the day Mr. Donald’s wire to Mr. Abend, which explained that that Han-chen | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1937. The Kidnaping of Gen. Chiang Gen. Chiang Kai-shek (seated), sonal aide, Col. J. L.,Huang (left) photographed with his per- and W. H. Donald, his Aus- s e i tralian friend, who aided in bringing him safely back from Sian. the generalissimo was well and that his detention was acknowledged as wrong by Han-chen, who asserted that his motives were in the national interests, were brought to me as further evidence that Mr. Donald was supporting Chang and was falsifying facts. I was puzzled by this point of view, ascribed it to military men- tality, and telegraphed Mr. Donald not to send any more wires for pub- lication. Urged Husband's Release. On Wednesday morning I again phoned to Mr. Donald just before he left for Sian. I told him to persuade Han-chen to let the generalissimo re- turn at once if he did not want to be responsible for dire calamity, and I urged him once more to give the gen- eralissimo an understanding of the situation as it concerned me and to explain clearly that I was doing my utmost to prevent any fighting “Fly back to Nanking from Sian,” I urged him. “No, I'll stay there,” he replied, and my last words were, “Then you'll be killed if I cannot stop the fighting.” “There may be another way,” he said, “but I cannot say more.” Dr. Kung took the telephone from me and asked Mr. Donald to tell | Chang that his very existence, to say nothing of his reputation, depended upon the safeguarding of the general- issimo and that Chang could save himself and the country if he would fly the generalissimo to Taiyuanfu and release him. If he would do that, Dr. Kung promised, everything would be forgiven. Then I waited with whatever pa- tience I could muster for the plane that was to leave Loyang for Nan- king with Mr. Elder on board. It was forced down at Pengpu, an hour’s flight to the north, and Mr. Elder did not see me till midnight. Chiang Injured by Fall. From him I learned that the gen- eralissimo had been injured somehow | by a fall; that the whole thing was unexpected; that when daylight came he found that all of Chang Hsueh- liang’s troops at Sian had been dis- armed by Gen. Yang, who was in charge of the city and whose permits had to be obtained, even by Chang's men, to pass through the gates; that Chang had only 400 troops as body- guards in the city and only about 6,000 outside, and that these consti- tuted the anti-aircraft force in con- trol of the airfield; that it was not till later in the afternoon that arms were restored to Chang's forces. 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Their idea of doing that was to bayonet the tanks and destroy the planes; but they had been dissuaded by Mr. Elder. The anti- alrcraft guns were then covered to prevent any one trying to use them; all the staff was sent off the fleld and only the usual sentries were kept there. Col. Huang had seen the generalissimo the previous day, but had been pre- vented from leaving for Nanknig be- cause the generalissimo had written a letter for him to deliver to me. Generalissimo Ready to Die. As the generalissimo had read the letter aloud, Mr. Elder was able to give me the contents of it, and it showed that the generalissimo was ready to die rather than comply with anything while under duress, and was of opinion that his end was near in any event, for he expressed what he wished me to do when he died. The significance of Mr. Donald's last sentence when speaking to me on the telephone from Loyang had kept ringing in my ears, and I asked Mr. Elder the whereabouts of the Boeing (Chang Hsueh-liang'’s air- plane). When he replied that it was at Sian, I asked him if he thought Chang had any idea of flying off with the generalissimo in case of an at- tack upon Sian? “That is possible,” he answered. “I believe that is what is afoot,” I remarked, and asked him where was Barr (Julius Barr, Chang's chief pilot). “In Hankow,” he surprised me by saying. “Then who is flying the Boeing?" I WOODWARD 10™ 1™ F Axp G STREETS Scoops Fashion News Bernice Charles interprets an old-fashioned idea in very modern white Toyo and navy grosgrain, perches it head, and ties the streamers under one ear. Enchantment for a charming miss, Just one of a number of striking creations by John-Frederics, G. Howard Hodge, Bruck- Weiss, Madame Lydia, Lilly Dache and Bernice Charles. MILLvErY SaLow, Trmp FLook L asked, and when he replied “Leonard” (Royal Leonard, Chang’s second pilot), I asked if he could ask Barr to come from Hankow to see me at Nanking. “Madame,” he replied, “we are all entirely at your service. QOf course, I will, and Barr will do anything ybu wish.” I asked him to wire Barr to come as soon as possible. Here were facts of which we knew nothing before. They seemed to show that Chang was not in a position to protect the generalissimo if other troops got out of control, and I be- came doubly determined to prevent an attack on the city, if I could, not- withstanding that the generalissimo himself expected and wanted it irre- spective of the consequences to him. Kept Letter Secret. I did not disclose to the military officers the contents of his letter to me, however, for that would have aggravated my position, and would have given them support for imme- diate drastic action. Bombing of Sian certainly would have brought about the death of the generalissimo, but I was of opinion that his life was of more value to China than his death could be, and I fought harder than ever to save it. I became more de- termined than ever to go to Sian. During the night Mr. Donald wired that he had got back to Sian; had delivered my telephone messages to both the generalissimo and Han-chen and that the Sian officlals would wel- come T. V. Soong and Gen. Ku. The days that followed were days of intense agony and activity for me. Military forces had already been in action east of Sian and, although snowstorms at Sian prevented planes from crossing the mountains, I never knew when some plane or other might get through and bomb the city, as they were bombing points along the rallway line between Loyang and the mountains. | The tension was somewhat relieved when T received a wire from Mr. Don- ald saying that the generalissimo was dispatching Gen. Chiang Ting-wen (who had gone with him to Sian) to Nanking with an autographed letter to the minister of war, ordering ces- sation of bombing and fighting for three days. This news caused some government officials to declare again that they would neither negotiate with Sian nor accept any letter or order, even in the generalissimo’s own handwriting, since he may have been forced to write them. I told them they insulted their leader if they thought he would do anything under duress. But when Gen. Chiang Ting-wen | arrived two days later and they heard { his story, they decided to obey the gen- | eralissimo’s orders. Sought Mediator. Sun Fo (Dr. Sun Yat-sen's son), and Dr. Wang Chung-hui (now minis- ter of foreign affairs) consulted with me about wiring Marshal Yen Hsi- shan (pacification commissioner of Shansi and Suiyuan) to act as media- tor to obtain the release of the gener- alissimo. We decided to ask the party and government leaders to sign a joint telegram to Yen Hsi-shan to this effect. This was done. Barr arrived from Hankow, and I discussed with him the possibility of | Chang Hsueh-liang flying off with the | generalissimo. As I had already flown Moore’s Yacht White, $1.40 qt. Moore’s Yacht Black, $1.10 qt. 922 N. Y. Av. NAtional 8610 & LOTHROP PxroNe DIsricr 5300 on the back of your $15 over the Far Wastern regions and knew the peculiarly difficult topog- raphical characteristics and the ab- sence of fields, and as I knew that landing flelds where government troops were stationed would be avoid- ed, I felt that the objective would be somewhere behind the red lines, prob- ably Sinkiarg. I asked Barr if the Boeing, fully loaded, could carry enough gas to get to some point in Sinkiang and if ever Chang had talked of flying to anywhere in Sinkiang. “Yes” was his reply to both questions, and he and I studied maps of the region, trylng to locate likely localities to which Han-chen might take the gen- eralissimo should flight be necessi- tated. I told him that if Chang did fly off I proposed to follow, and I wanted to know what plane could carry sufficient gas to get us any- where the Boeing could go fully loaded, as it would be, and back again without refueling. “If we take a Douglas, with you as the only passenger, we can carry suffi- cient extra gas in the cabin,” he re- Pplied, and I told him to stand by and await developments should I be un- able to prevent an attack being made upon Sian City. On Saturday, December 19, one week after the generalissimo was de- tained, I wired Mr. Donald that T. V. Soong was starting. On the morning of December 20 every nerve in my body was strained to have fighting suspended for an- other three days and to leave with my brother T. V. for Sian. At the last moment high officials came to the house and insisted that I should at least wait a little longer before go- ing. The argument that restrained me from forcibly joining him was | in Nanking, | that I, by remaining could make certain that during his presence in Sian there would be no attack on the city. Hence, I finally compromised with them that if, at the end of three | days, T. V. did not return to Nan- king no more obstacles would be placed in the way of my flying to Sian. On the following morning I re- ceived two wires from T. V., one that the generalissimo was all right, and the other that Mr. Donald would leave for Nanking that day. Donald Forced Down. Mr. Donald, however, did not reach Nanking, but from Loyang he tele- phoned that he had made a forced landing alongside of the Yellow River and would arrive in Nanking Mon- day, December 21. I also had a wire from T. V. that he, t0o, would return to Nanking that day. Both arrived in different planes Monday after- noon, and after hearing their ac- counts of things at Sian I insisted on returning with them the next morning. It was interesting to me to hear from Dr. Donald that Han-chen had definite plans to fly out with the generalissimo in the event of an at- tack. I felt then that I understood the mentality of Han-chen, and that gave me more confidence, not only in my intuition, but also in my be- lief that I could reason with him when I had the opportunity to talk with him. The situation at Sian was, I reflected, that Mr. Donald had laid walls, and it would be I who would have to put on the roof. (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) GEN. TYNER GETS DUTY IN CAPITAL War Department Announces As- signment as Assistant Chief of Staff. Assignment of Brig. Gen. George P. Tyner, General Staff Corps, to duty | the foundations, T. V. had built the | TRANSIT ENGINEER ADDRESSES GROUP Speaks to Glover Park Citizens’ Association on Service Petition. D. J. Locke, engineer of the Capl- tal Transit Co. led a discussion on transportation problems at the meet- ing last night of the Glover Park Citizens’ Assoclation at the Stoddart School. | 1In reply to a petition by 260 resi- | dents of the Glover Park area, for | the extension of the bus line now terminating at Huidekoper place, | Locke explained the policies of the company in determining operating costs and the benefits and needs of enlarged routes and more freque service. Residents of the commu described the rapid growth of that | section of the city in the past few years and cited personal experiences in faulty transportation service. TODAY AND SUNDAY Last 2 Days 4 BURTON'S SALE as assistant chief of staff, War Depart- | ment general staf, was announced | today by the War Department. Gen. | Tyner has been on duty here in the office of chief of staff since July 1, | 1936. He also is War Department rep- resentative on the Advisory Council of the director of the Emergency Con- servation Corps. Gen. Tyner, as assistant chief, will |be in charge of the operations and training division of the general stafl. | His appointment was made effective | as of April 16. | A native of Davenport, Towa, Gen. | Tyner began his military career dur- | ing the Spanish-American War as a captain in the 1st Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. He saw active combat serv- ice in the Philippines. He was com- missioned a second lieutenant, Tth Cavalry, Regular Army, in 1901. 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