Word: manchurian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Discussing the Manchurian situation, Professor Kennelly said: "Judging from the attitude in Japan, one would find it difficult to believe that anything out of the ordinary were happening, for the Japanese people speak very little about the situation, the whole affair being in the hands of the government, which is all-powerful...
Speaking in the Large Room of the Fogg Art Museum yesterday afternoon, Dr. T. Z. Koo, vice president of the World's Student Christian Federation, outlined the fundamental causes of the Manchurian problem. One of the most important causes of the present crisis, Dr. Koo declared, is the presence of three different railroad systems in the region, a Japanese line, running approximately North and South, a Russian road, running East and West, and a Chinese system, built in the last ten year, which has lines over most of the territory of Manchuria. The establishment of this Chinese road...
...party in Mt. Vernon, N. Y. to celebrate her 73rd birthday, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, famed feminist, told newsmen: "I do not know much about the Manchurian situation, but from what I gather there is some mysterious cause for it all that we Occidentals cannot understand. . . . Incidentally, somebody has to spank Japan and China for the way they have been acting. I wonder how that will be done...
There will be three special committees to take up the special problems before the League. The first one will consider disarmament and the Manchurian question, the second will consider the pros and cons of the gold standard and bimetallism, while another group will present the subject of revision of the Treaty of Versailles, with special regard to the Polish Corridor. The general economic situation of the world at present will receive considerable attention. Each committee is composed of 55 members, one representing each college. Other topics will be taken up by the Council of the League...
Professor Hart does not think that China is a real factor in the present Manchurian situation but believes it is a fair guess that an understanding exists between Russia and Japan to the effect that Russia will not interfere with Japan's activities in Manchuria. "The position of Manchuria is such that both Russia and Japan could use it to great advantage, Russia because it needs a seaport which is not ice-bound in the winter months, and Japan because it has no place to expand on the continent of Asia and Manchuria is the most accessible region for this...