Word: manchukuo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After capturing the outpost of Dolonnor from a mixed Manchukuo-Japanese garrison, smart Marshal Feng summoned all China to join his "struggle for righteousness." This crucially embarrassed the Chinese Government of wasp-waisted Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek who had made and is striving to keep a precarious peace with Japan. For weeks Chinese patriots sent fighting funds to War Lord Feng, who had fancy arm bands with fighting mottoes expensively stitched on his soldiers' sleeves, then suddenly announced, "I am going into retirement" (TIME, Aug. 14). Last week the Government of slim, shrill Generalissimo Chiang had to send a private...
Died. Keigen Boku, 28, Korea's only aviatrix; when her plane crashed during a "goodwill" flight to Hsinking (Chang-chun), Manchukuo; near Mount Kuroga-take, Japan...
Firmly pursuing this destiny, Marshal Muto sat in Changchun, subsisting on his Spartan diet of rice, rice, rice, while his sub-commanders conquered the Chinese province of Jehol, added it to Manchukuo (TIME, March 13). Like Marshal Muto his successor General Hishikari is con sidered not a military genius but a safe & sane commander able to guide the exuberance of junior officers and to build up Manchukuo as a state...
Only outside Japan was the late Marshal's promotion to be virtual viceroy of Manchukuo something of a scandal. As Director of Military Education he was held by many Japanese at least partially responsible for the assassination of Premier Ki Inukai by petty naval officers and cadets (see col. 2). Since this assassination was considered "patriotic," General Muto, though he resigned as Director of Military Education was soon promoted to the Supreme War Council, later sent to rule Manchukuo and created marshal. Reverently last week Japanese read what they were told was the last poem composed by Marshal Muto...
Died. Field Marshal Nobuyoshi Muto, 63, commander of the Japanese army in Manchuria, dictator of Manchukuo; of jaundice; in Changchun, Manchuria...