Word: manchukuo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...provides that these Army bases be relinquished and that the future status of the naval bases be the subject for discussion between the Philippine and American governments promptly following the Bill's ratification. This seems another bilious case of Congressional fence-sitting. Foreign powers will make apt mention of Manchukuo when the U. S. A. grants the Philippines independence and reserves for itself naval and coaling stations. The Filipinos appear to have hopes that future negotiations will eventually do away with these vestiges of our imperialism, but the reservations lend an air of duplicity to the whole proceeding...
Paris applauded André B. d'Olivier, agent for the French National Association for Economic Expansion, who signed last week a long projected agreement with the South Manchuria Railway to grant it credit for purchasing French rolling stock and material for use in Manchukuo...
Warsaw ordered Michael Moscicki, its minister to Japan, to explore trade possibilities and make a special report on the subject of Polish recognition of Manchukuo...
Berlin sent Commercial Attache Knoll to Manchukuo for six months; to do the same...
Hsinking (Changchun), new capital of Manchukuo, settled down and sobered up after an exhausting fortnight. With great relief Emperor Kang Teh put aside his dragon robes, wandered about his garden in a U. S. sack suit with a green fountain pen protruding from a vest pocket. After playing with his mastiff and smoking a great many cigarets, he sent for and read all the foreign comments he could find, and ate. with little relish, a dinner of sharks' fins, "Buddha's ears" mushrooms, dove's eggs, octopus tentacles and lily roots...