Word: manchukuo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...French Munitions Trust, headed by enigmatic Eugene Schneider of Schneider-Creusot, bought Le Temps of Paris about the time Japan began to shoot. Last week Le Temps heard that the Munitions Trust may loan 100,000,000 yen ($25,000,000 current exchange) to Manchukuo. the Japanese Government guaranteeing this loan (much of which would inevitably be spent upon munitions...
...Consul-General George C. Hanson loudly demanded that Japan's newly recognized Manchukuo Government, headed by Puppet Henry Pu Yi (see below) should increase protection for foreigners, especially in Harbin. His demands were the more insistent because he had just been held up by bandits on the Harbin golf course. Japanese officers promised strenuous efforts to provide protection. The trainwrecks and hold-ups were just the sort of incident they needed to show the necessity for Japanese troops in Manchukuo...
...people should remember, however," added Hero Honjo before taking firm leave of reporters, "that the peaceful construction of Manchukuo will be more significant than our recent military operations...