Word: manchuria
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...purpose of making myself properly understood, I beg to say that I have volunteered as a pilot in order to fulfill my duty as a citizen of the Republic of China to drive the barbarous invaders out of Manchuria, to recover out territory occupied by them in Manchuria, and to protect our fellow citizens there...
...General Honjo--Japanese general commanding troops bombing and shoot- ing in Manchuria...
...surprised to find that Chinese students in this country are trying to do the opposite. Using the time worn militaristic slogan of "Preserve Peace by preparing for war", they are raising money to buy two thousand aeroplanes, a majority of which are to be sent immediately to Manchuria. Their ultimate aim is to drop the one fatal bomb on Tokio, thus gaining pieces rather than peace...
Wild duck always return to the scene of their birth-so good Japanese believe. Last week the 8th Hirosaki Division was assembling under orders from the Emperor for duty in Manchuria. In hundreds of well-to-do Japanese homes parents hung long silken kakemono (scroll paintings) of wild ducks in the tokonoma* as tokens to bring their sons safely home again. Those who could afford it hung duck paintings by the man whom conservative Japanese regard as the greatest living wild fowl painter: Tetsuzan Hori, head of the Tokyo and Kyoto Fine Art Schools, one of the last exponents...
...wars in Manchuria went famed War Correspondent Floyd Gibbons for Hearst's Universal and International News Services. From Tunis, where he had been basking pleasantly, high-strung little Karl Von Wiegand hurried by boat, train and plane to Mukden on summary orders from Hearst headquarters. Frederic Kuh, Berlin bureau manager of United Press, raced across Europe to Manchuli. Associated Press moved Shanghai Correspondent Glenn Babb north to Mukden but despatched no special aces across the globe, believing that, with winter coming, hostilities would not be extensive...