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...understood something of that meaning. By 1910 he had talked his way into the right to wear red stripes down his trouser legs-the badge of a general staffer. He had begun making speeches with the refrain: "Our profession should always be crowned by a heroic death for the Emperor and the Fatherland...
...beginning of the winter in order to finish it in the spring under safe conditions. Napoleon, the General, could have stopped and continued the campaign when the winter was over. In that case he would have beaten Russia. But Napoleon, the General, was superseded by Napoleon, the Emperor and Politician. While his Grand Army was in Russia, the English made a landing in the Low Countries and many of the conquered nations rose. At the same time, Napoleon's position in his own country made a quick success necessary. His striving for a quick victory was the cause...
...from Japan, and the samurai had no easy access to Manchuria, Siberia and China without first dominating Korea. So, the samurai were out to got Korea by chicanery. Since the signing of the first treaty in 1876, they wooed the Korean friendship. In declaring war on Russia the Japanese Emperor said, "Separate existence of Korea is essential to the safety of our realm." And Japan unduly influenced Korea to sign a treaty of defensive an defensive alliance against Russia on February 23, 1904. Article III of the treaty read: "The Imperial Government of Japan, definitely guarantees the independence and territorial...
...made a puppet like Manchukuo. Korea appealed to the powers who had treaty obligations with her to redress her grievances. Mute was their response. It was the beginning of tacitly appeasing the subtle aggressor. Finally, Japan again by force annexed Korea in 1910 and gracefully announced that the Emperor of Korea made complete and permanent cession to the Emperor of Japan of all rights of sovereignty over Korea and the Emperor of Japan consented to annex Korea...
...France; Hitler's western conquests spurred Japanese hotheads to even louder talk about a "Greater East Asia." The Axis Pact of a year ago brought the militarists still more kudos. As if to symbolize the militarists' ten-year rise to power, their greatest single opponent, the Emperor's most respected personal adviser, Elder Statesman Prince Kimmochi Saionji, died at 91. The Army topped off its glorious decade with its Indo-China grab...