Word: manchuria
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harbin, Manchuria, a white man was sentenced to death by a Chinese court. It was said to be the first time on record that a white man had been so sentenced. The man was M. Kornilov, famed Russian desperado, with several murders to his credit...
...steps, skirted--the Desert of Gobi, and finally reached Urga, the city of the Living Buddha. From Urga, which was also serving at the time as headquarters for Baron Ungern's campaign to stir up the ancient race of Jenghis Khan against the Bolsheviki, he made his way through Manchuria and thence to Peking and safety. It is the wildest sort of an Odyssey--the more powerful because of the deadly earnestness and precision with which it is told, and because of the fact that it is not half legend, but actual truth...
...career of this "stormy petrel" of politics has been one to inspire both respect and fear. Beginning as an uneducated bandit of Manchuria, he rose rapidly to the command of the "hung hutze" or banditti, by force of personality. After aiding Japan in the war with Russia he surrendered to the Chinese government on very favorable terms. His followers became government troops and his promotion to the post of Military Governor was rapid, partially by virtue of good service to the Republic and partly no doubt by reason of the continued loyalty of his troops to their leader...
...Open Door in Asia means the open door in Manchuria and Siberia. The problem is so the leave the door open to commerce as not to provide an open way to Japan for some future enemy. A true Monroe Doctrine for Japan would entitle her to safety but not to an aggressive military policy or to economic special privilege. The Armament Conference is based on the same principle as the Open Door; and the Open Door hinges in Manchuria. In respect to both armament and the Far, East the purpose of the assembly of delegates at Washington is to substitute...
Intrinsically less important than the question of Manchuria, is the question of Shantung. Though technically only a very small part to the province of Shantung is at stake, and the right of Japan there form a very strong case in international law, circumstances have made it a moral issue in public opinion with a strong appeal on behalf of China. Naturally to Chinese want the case kept before the court of public opinion, while the Japanese prefer to have the case settled out of court...