Letter from Mabel Truss Metcalf to Marguerite Henrich Kellogg, October 14, 1923, page 1, Record Unit 7170, A. Remington Kellogg Papers, circa 1871–1969 and undated, Smithsonian Institution Archives, ...
In the 1920s, China was torn apart — no central authority, endless warlord skirmishes, and the people caught in the chaos. Then emerged a bold leader and a reorganized military under the Kuomintang.