Word: gonshiro
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...shek did not answer. Japanese troops resting in Nanling sent a three-day ultimatum to the city of Chaoyang, 30 miles away, their objective as a base for the conquest of the whole province. As in the original invasion of Manchuria, capture of a Japanese officer, a Capt. Gonshiro Ishimoto, was the pretext for aggression...
Provocation, which is the first move in the game of war, was provided by Japanese assertions last week that a certain Major Gonshiro Ishimoto had been captured and killed by Chinese in Jehol. To avenge their brother officer 300 Japanese troops rushed down in two armored trains from Mukden to a point near the Chaoyang Monastery. Chinese soldiers, who enormously outnumbered the Japanese force, repulsed it after sharp fighting which lasted some 24 hours. By this time it was generally admitted that Major Ishimoto was still alive and the Japanese military announced that they would hold young Marshal Chang Hsueh...
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