Word: consulate
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...alleged to have received from Scoundrel Ivar some six months before the crash. It was Brother Torsten who flew to Paris and secured custody of Brother Ivar's body without an autopsy being performed. At that time Brother Torsten had the diplomatic rank of a Swedish consul general, lived far more lavishly in Stockholm than Brother Ivar whom Swedes called "The Man Who Never Gambles...
...barked and barked. A frightened peasant reported that he had seen Mrs. Pawley hidden in a hut only 30 miles from Newchang, that she was well treated, but needed food. It was a great chance for Japanese authorities to show how much they are needed in Manchuria. The British Consul General in Mukden and Japanese Commander-in-Chief General Muto held several conferences, finally decided to pay a ransom. Meanwhile Mrs. Pawley's father received a note from kidnapped Mr. Corkran...
Announced the British Consul General, "I have sent a messenger and later I have even sent a second messenger, urging the bandits to send a competent agent to expedite our negotiations for the liberation of Mrs. Pawley and Mr. Corkran. It appears that heavy rains have delayed the return of the messengers and the arrival of the intermediary...
...Consul-General George C. Hanson loudly demanded that Japan's newly recognized Manchukuo Government, headed by Puppet Henry Pu Yi (see below) should increase protection for foreigners, especially in Harbin. His demands were the more insistent because he had just been held up by bandits on the Harbin golf course. Japanese officers promised strenuous efforts to provide protection. The trainwrecks and hold-ups were just the sort of incident they needed to show the necessity for Japanese troops in Manchukuo...
...little Ambassador Katsuji Debuchi was called home "on vacation," to give a report on public opinion in the U. S. On his way to Tokyo with his thin, attractive wife and son last week he stopped in San Francisco long enough to have a farewell party with every Japanese consul west of the Rockies. What they said was apparently reassuring. A few hours later Foreign Minister Uchida made his speech to the world...