Word: japanism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...jolt also to many a bespatted dignitary of the State Department. For although the State Department is split over the proper course to be pursued, none of its officials wants to give Britain or France the impression that the U. S. is prepared to take the lead in checking Japan. Therefore, Franklin Roosevelt added to his fireside chat announcing an extra session of Congress (see col. 3). a sort of postscript on peace...
...last week an atmosphere of almost World War tenseness, anguish and sacrifice was spreading through China and Japan. The "Liberty Loan'^of $150,000,000 asked by the Nanking Government was well on its way over the top last week as the first official Chinese announcement said, $71.250,000 had already been subscribed. Tokyo was warming up for "Nationalspirit Mobilization Week" during which radio appeals and mass meetings all over Japan must soon sell $57,660,000 worth of 3½% "China Incident Bonds" redeemable in eleven years...
...foreign countries and the territory are England, France, Japan, India, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Venezuela, Cuba, Australia, Costa Rica, Bermuda, and Hawaii. The number of foreign countries sending students to the Freshman class in the college has increased from 2 in 1933 to 3 in 1934, 4 in 1935, 6 in 1936, and 12 this year...
...Japan's Dilemma in China" will be the subject of a talk to be given by John K. Fairbank, instructor of History, in the Upper Common Room of the Union at 7 o'clock tonight. The talk will be the first in a series of five Friday evening discussion groups sponsored by the Freshman unit of the Student Union and featuring remarks on current history by members of the faculty...
Harvard generally led by a good margin in Europe, for the score in England was 275 to 152 and in France 228 to 94. Representation was about equal proportionally in Japan, where there are 210 Harvard-gin and 145 Yale-gin. In China Yale has 265 graduates to Harvard...