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...curt, bristling National Hero whom Japanese crowds call adoringly "Our Devil Tycoon" and "Our Strong Shogun" returned last week to Tokyo in terrific triumph. He, Lieut.-General Shigeru Honjo, Conqueror of Manchuria, stopped en route at a mountain spa, and was literally mobbed by U. S. and British tourists who shoved, gasped and shrilled, "Please, General, please! Your autograph! Just one more?...
...Hero Honjo, indicating his delight by sucking air through his teeth, wrote autographs as fast as he could scribble, grinned, bobbed, bowed at each "Oh, thank you so much, General!" Next morning at least 100,000 citizens of Tokyo massed round the railway station at 7 a. m. when Conqueror Honjo's special train chuffed in. On the platform stood princes of the Royal House, six Cabinet Ministers and the Imperial Chamberlain who solemnly stepped forward to bestow on General Honjo the divine welcome of the "Son of Heaven," Emperor Hirohito...
Darting forward as soon as the Imperial Chamberlain stepped sedately back, excited War Minister Lieut.-General Sadao Araki wrung Conqueror Honjo's hand, then clasped him in a "half-hug," exceedingly rare among decorous Japanese...
...inside the great moat-and-wall which surround the 486-acre Royal Palace, all was ecstasy. The Son of Heaven personally received Conqueror Honjo, personally delivered to him an Imperial rescript of thanks and delicately hinted other gifts. These (later bestowed by the Imperial Chamberlain) included "a sum of money," an inscribed gold watch...
...Foreign Office, all Japanese newspapers commenced a great Yakamashii or "Big Noise." Above the Yakamashii a Foreign Office spokesman announced that Japan was just about to recognize formally the existence of her puppet state "Manchoukuo." As a practical step toward doing so General Nobuyoshi Muto replaced General Honjo as commander in Manchuria with the impressive titles of "Supreme Military and Commander," "Ambassador on Special Mission...