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...China's provisional capital, but the arsenal across the river at Hanyang. Although the arsenal was undamaged, a crowded circular area facing the Yangtze was destroyed at the cost of hundreds of lives. To Japan's aerial warriors the raid was in celebration of sacred Emperor Hirohito's 37th birthday...
...Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet meanwhile had the French Chargé d'Affaires in Rome sign a treaty re-establishing interrupted Italo-French credit relations, then cast about for the right Frenchman to send as Ambassador to the King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia. This would mean recognition by France of the Empire carved out by Il Duce...
...House of Liechtenstein, European landholders since the 12th Century, came into possession of part of Liechtenstein in 1699, the remainder in 1712. It was constituted a principality in 1719 by diploma from the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. Archdukes of the House of Habsburg often turned to the House of Liechtenstein for their brides. Austrian Kaiser Franz Josef once named Liechtenstein's Prince Franz Paul, who abdicated last week, as Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the Imperial Russian court. The art collection of hoary Prince Franz Paul is one of Europe's finest...
...Addis Ababa smart Emperor Haile Selassie sold to Francis W. Rickett a concession covering oil exploitation rights in almost the whole kingdom. This Mr. Rickett offered in a quick turnover to Standard Vacuum Oil Co., and at the time many Europeans believed this deal (which ultimately fell through) would draw the U. S. into protecting the owners of the concession, thus barring Benito Mussolini from conquering...
Author Price's main reason for urging closer co-operation with Japan is unusual: ... If time modifies the Nipponese crusade, making it less militant and more cultural, less the elevation of a world-Emperor and more the spread of a world accord, she can do a real service in helping to wipe out the petty nationalism that is today plaguing most nations, including Japan." Anti-Japanese readers will certainly believe that lively Author Price is suffering from a Rising Sunstroke...