Word: manchurian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seem a strange activity to couple with the direction of a movement for national spiritual uplift. But the Manchurian conflict had taught China the truth of the tragic axiom that 'God helps those who help themselves...
...Japanese-Soviet clash in the Vinokurka Hills. This affray was on the Soviet-Siberian frontier nearly 1,000 miles east of the disputed Amur River islands. Comrade Litvinoff promptly handed a sharp warning to Ambassador Shigemitsu: "Soviet frontier troops have firm orders in no case to allow Japanese and Manchurian troops to cross Soviet frontiers, and upon their appearance on Soviet territory to drive them out with all means...
...astonished Peiping's hard-riding legation set one day in 1931 by climbing on a Mongolian pony and playing a fast game of polo. As U. S. Ambassador to Japan, Mr. Forbes displayed no less aplomb at his diplomatic tasks in Tokyo during the strained days of the Manchurian crisis. His wealth, tact and toughness won him such respect among the Japanese that at a farewell banquet before his return to the U. S. the president of the House of Peers declared him "a worthy compeer of George Washington...
Parliamentary government replaced feudalism in Japan in 1890. The new system creaked along until 1932 when Japanese Army officers put an end to party government by killing Ki Inukai, the last party Premier. The Japanese Army has dominated every Tokyo Cabinet since the outbreak of the Manchurian War (September...
Butchered by his soldiers at Sian last week was memorable General Wang Ichi. In 1931 he was one of the very few Manchurian generals to offer brave resistance to the battling and bribing Japanese. Butchered too last week were Colonels Chiang Pin, Hsu Fang and Sung Hsueh-li while others of the Young Marshal's officers escaped or were held "in custody" at Sian...