Word: chichibu
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...Veteran diplomat and courtier Tsuneo Matsudaira, 68, resigned as Imperial Household Minister. Ex-Ambassador to Washington and London, father-in-law of the Emperor's brother Prince Chichibu, the suave, gin-drinking, golf-playing elder statesman was regarded as one of the last "moderate" influences around the throne. He was succeeded by ex-Finance Minister Sotaro Ishiwata, good friend of the militarists...
...lines." As Disraeli might have referred to the voyages of the then Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), he announced: "I am glad to say that Japan and Germany have been brought closer together than ever by such auspicious events as the visit of His Imperial Highness Prince Chichibu, who was pleased to make a tour of that country...
Homma who escorted Prince Chichibu at the Coronation, of George VI. Last week he arrived "disappointed in the Soviet Union generally. . . . Japan need have no fear of the Red Army. . . . The executions of several of its chiefs have seriously weakened it. ... The Red Army in fact is on the verge of collapse. It has been vastly over-rated...
...failed to order all its ships in all parts of the world to hoist the Rising Sun flag while the Emperor was reviewing the Grand Fleet." This inconveniences Emperor Hirohito who intends that the Heian Maru, off which the strikers also walked, shall carry his brother Prince Chichibu to represent Japan at the Coronation in London. To be sure the strikers know this well enough, were only slyly holding up the N.Y.K. for higher pay and other inducements...
...tense days last week the church folk of Oakland. Los Angeles and 88 other cities on Toyohiko Kagawa's itinerary were in a frenzy of alarmed excitement. As the result of heavy weather the Chichibu Maru with Dr. Kagawa aboard was half a day late reaching San Francisco. Churchmen of the San Francisco area gathered at a large dinner in Oakland, heard speeches and telegrams greeting the guest of honor who was not there. Next morning when the steamship was finally berthed. Dr. Kagawa did not walk down the gangplank and a frantic churchman telegraphed Secretary of Labor Perkins...