Word: manchukuo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...trouble was, Captain Kawrahito found out when he reached the bandit camp, that Mrs. Pawley's kidnappers considered themselves unemployed and wanted steady jobs. As the first condition of ransom they demanded permission to enlist in the new Manchukuo Gendarmery. Second they demanded that the cash part of the ransom be paid in Chinese silver dollars, not in Japanese paper...
...eyed old Minister of the Imperial Household Kitokuro Ichiki representing the ''Son of Heaven." In his compartment on the train Manchuria's big sneeze took a last pinch of snuff, wiped his nose and stepped splendidly forth upon the platform, followed by his suite of 15 Manchukuo undersecretaries all in brand new clothes paid for by Japan...
...mission and my purpose," said Mr. Hsieh, "is to convey the great thanks of my master. Regent Pu Yi, to the august Emperor of Japan for so swiftly conferring diplomatic recognition upon Manchukuo...
...Japan's sun-begotten reigning house. Last week when the Son of Heaven actually appeared, Hsieh Kai-shih seemed so flabbergasted by the honor done him that Japanese courtiers had to nudge him at the right moments as he made his speech of thanks for recognition of Manchukuo, then received the dazzling Order of Merit, Grand Cordon, Medallion of the Rising Sun and the Imperial Paulownia Blossom...
...whole week thereafter Japanese never ceased to fete the happy man from Manchukuo. As a special treat he was taken to a pond in the gardens of the Royal Palace, given a gun, permitted to shoot tame ducks...