Word: manchuria
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...steaming tea, trays of raw. fish and rafts of politicians, Prince Konoye simply told the Army and Navy what he stood for and directed them to submit the names of candidates for their ministries. When they did, he summoned three men. The first, onetime president of the monopolistic South Manchuria Railway Yosuke Matsuoka, promptly accepted the ticklish post of Foreign Minister. The second, Director General of Military Aviation Lieut. Gen eral Eiki Tojo, took the War Ministry; and the third, Yonai's Navy Minister Vice Admiral Zengo Yoshida, agreed to stay in office...
...misunderstood every step in the downward path of U. S.-Japanese relations. They thought the Nine-Power Treaty of 1922 was designed to maintain the integrity of China; whereas to the Japanese it was merely "a gangsters' agreement to divide China's spoils." They thought Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931; whereas Japan merely "established Manchukuo" in defense of her own rights. They certainly failed to realize the real reason for the China Incident which began in 1937: Japan's solicitude for a fellow race being plundered by alien powers. But the worst mistake the U. S. made...
During Japan's first invasion of Manchuria, the Japanese killed someone they thought was General Ma. They were so sure of themselves that they sent home to Emperor Hirohito what they believed to be General Ma's uniform and medals...
...inland province. The Chinese, who realize that losing it means surrendering their last talon-hold in North China, have hung on like eagles. Some of China's best fighting men are there, reports Reporter White: the hard-riding cavalry of General Ma Chan-shan, "Giant Horse,"hero of Manchuria; the famous Communist 8th Route guerrillas; the cream of China's Government troops; and provincial troops, who are fighting for the soil on which they grew up. Early in the war, the Japanese chased the Chinese from the great alluvial plain around Peking into Shansi's mountains. Fighting...
...Vincent Connolly plugged for Hearst, always hard, sometimes brilliantly. He signed up Bob ("Believe It Or Not") Ripley, saw that Popeye starred in Elzie Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre, sent H. R. Knickerbocker to Vladivostok in 1931 because Knickerbocker, long before it broke, smelled an Incident in Manchuria...