Word: manchuria
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...pile the onus for a prospective war still higher on Japan Karl Radek, No. 1 Soviet journalist and propagandist, wrote for Izvestia: "Having seized Manchuria and improved railroad transportation systems there and constructed many new air-dromes, the Japanese military now openly propagates the necessity of war with the Soviet Union. The U. S. S. R. does not observe these military preparations with folded hands but openly prepares to defend Soviet territory...
...making no preparations for war with Russia.* We are out for peace. Our dispositions in Manchuria are merely aimed at fulfilling our treaty obligations to defend Manchukuo. The enthronement of Henry Pu Yi and the inauguration of an Empire in Manchuria will prove a stabilizing factor in the promotion of peace in the Orient. . . . The Japanese Army will not assist in any attempt to extend the territory of Manchukuo in any direction...
...they still languished last week. Since that time Russia's negotiations to sell its $200,000,000 equity in the Chinese Eastern to Manchukuo have completely collapsed. "All wise governments should watch the Far East with the greatest vigilance," wrote M. Herriot. "The question of a railroad in Manchuria brings us to the question of war or peace. . . . War! The word...
...with such vigor on the same subject that last week the Japanese Embassy was officially and fruitlessly protesting. "There is no doubt that Japan is going through a period of 'dynamic imperialism,' " wrote the dynamic Duce. "Two armies confront each other at the frontiers of Russia and Manchuria. The peril of war exists. This event does not interest only Russia and Japan. It also involves China and the United States and, directly or indirectly, England, France, Italy and Holland...
...twice a week between Moscow and Vladivostok. The trip takes ten days. First class one-day fare (sleeper and diner) is about $300. Passengers from Moscow to China change at Manchouli to the Chinese Eastern which carries them to Changchun, capital of Manchukuo, where they take the South Manchuria or Peiping-Mukden line...