Anatomy of Betrayal - Yves Simon: La Grande Crise de la République Française: Observations sur la vie politique des Français de 1919 à 1938. Montreal: Editions de l'Abre, 1941. Pp. 237, $1.25.

Abstract

home public, or actually to govern China? Why do you think that a man as ambitious as Wang Ch'ing-wei put himself in such a humiliating and ridiculous position-before the world, and before history?" To which Chiang, after due consideration, replied: "Whatever may be the intention of the Japanese in putting up Wang Ch'ing-wei as the head of the bogus government, they certainly have no idea of letting him or any other puppet govern China in reality. As to the latter part of the question, I prefer that you would ask Wang directly."-Which reply indicates that the generalissimo is no more lacking in a sense of humor than he is in perspicacity. Inasmuch as Puppet Wang is not listed among those who aided the author in Nanking, it may be assumed that the question was not put to him). Also included under Materials on Policy are an essay by Chiang on "What I mean by action, or a philosophy of action" and a lecture by him on "Definitions of the problems concerning the organization of the various classifications of Hsien," also a spirited article, composed in 1939, "expressing the general Kuomintang view. .. of Chinese Communist views," entitled "A Discussion of Mao Tse-Tung's Comments on the Present State of International Relations," and a memorandum by Dr. Wang Ch'ung-hui on "China's Long-Range Diplomatic Orientation.