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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Tientsin. Having backed down at Swatow, the Japanese military at Tientsin, where they claimed the British were harboring anti-Japanese terrorists (TIME, June 26), became ever bolder. Live wire encircled the British and French Concessions, had by week's end killed a cat and a coolie. As food got scarcer, 1,500 Britons within the area realized that for all practical purposes they were imprisoned. Those who tried to get in or out were stripped, searched, cuffed. The colony settled down to make the best of the situation. Unable to go to the British Country Club, outside the Concession...
Hatay is a melting pot of Arabs, Kurds, Armenians, Alaouites, Greeks, Circassians and Turks. Of these, the Turks are most numerous, constituting 40% of the population. Taking a leaf from Führer Hitler's book and even improving on his methods, the Turks first asked for (and got) minority rights for their nationals in Hatay, next autonomy for the region, next "independence," with Turkish and French troops jointly "keeping order." At one time the late President Kamal Atatürk backed up his demands by massing troops along the Syrian border. At another time a League of Nations...
Polish soldiers, weary of inaction after three straight months in uniform, watched across the Danzig border as Nazis in the Free City got ever bolder...
They arrived at Sarajevo just before 10 and paused to review a contingent of local troops. Then Franz Ferdinand got into a high-sided touring car with the top down. Sophie sat at his side and General Potiorek, the Governor of the Province, occupied a jump seat in front of them. The procession of four cars formed-one ahead and two behind them-and they drove on toward the Town Hall...
Chabrinovitch took his post at the first bridge along the Archduke's route, Princip at the second, Grabezh at the third. The four local bumpkins, quaking in their boots, were stationed near Chabrinovitch. They never got up their nerve to take part...