Word: manchukuo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most important of all is this final, negative proviso: "It follows that, in adopting this report, the members of. the League intend to abstain, particularly as regards the existing regime in Manchuria [i. e. the "Government of Manchukuo"] from any act which might prejudice or delay the carrying out of the recommendations of the said report. They will continue not to recognize this regime, either de jure or de facto...
...wife, in her way, was important. When the Japanese first set up the puppet State of Manchukuo they thought they had bribed War Lord Tang to come in with his Jehol and accept office as Vice Chairman of the Privy Council of Manchukuo. Later, when Tang seemed to cleave to China (TIME, Jan. 23), Japanese were mystified by his refusal of their bigger & better bribes. Why on earth should not Tang sell out? There must be some personal reason, the Japanese decided...
...Eight hours before you arrived," said War Lord Tang, impassively, "my wife died. . . . Jehol can be defended and must and will be defended. . . . Japan and Manchukuo cannot control Jehol without taking my Capital and we are certain we can hold out here for at least six months. . . . Airplanes never capture any objective and we shall be able to hurl back the Japanese infantry. Tanks, armored cars and all such things will be useless in Jehol which is mostly without highways and mountainous...
...Soong, who knows the value of excitement, harangued a Jehol mass meeting of soldiers & civilians thus: "Because a map has been published at Tokyo showing the so-called Manchukuo with Jehol included, Japan claims title to this province. You must now color this map with your heart's blood to show the world that Jehol is Chinese territory...
...very last, the Japanese hoped they could buy Jehol's Tang. Finally Japan's puppet Regent of Manchukuo, hollow-eyed Henry Pu Yi, denounced Tang as a "renegade," took away his empty title "Vice Chairman of the Privy Council of Manchukuo" and bestowed on the Japanese-Manchukuo forces advancing upon Jehol a splendidly euphemistic name: The Jehol Pacification Expeditionary Forces...