Word: manchurian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that this duty should be fulfilled "by the use of our influence, short of becoming involved in the dispute itself." These words are innocuous enough in themselves, as were similar statements made early in the World War or at the time of the less-tragic but equally humiliating Manchurian crisis. They are merely vague, and lack of precision in foreign policy is always dangerous...
...correspondents with the Italian army in Eritrea. They were given special provisions, treated as officers without rank. They ate at the officers' mess, billeted with the troops, were furnished transportation by motor, horse, mules. Toughest assignment was handed UNIPressman Herbert R. Ekins. Newshawk Ekins, who covered the Manchurian War in a battered Ford, was last week riding muleback with the Ethiopian army in the East. By means of courier to the wire-less station at Harar, he reported that he was full of quinine, covered with flea bites, that Ethiopian soldiers all around him were catching malaria...
Japanese workers benefited by the occupation of Manchukuo?" "The only ones who have benefited," said Mr. Kato, "are those in the munitions factories. For others conditions have been very bad. Generally speaking, since the Manchurian invasion, the gulf between prices and wages in Japan has been considerably increased, and as a result the workers have suffered...
...loftier motives. The author's disillusionment with the League's handling of the chief disputes referred to it is amply justified. His description of the quarrel centering around the "Corfu" incident is eloquent testimony to the League's impotence where the Great Powers are concerned. His explanation of the Manchurian struggle is interesting and illuminating. All in all, his book can be heartily recommended to anyone: as a reference work for the student of international affairs, and as an admirable source of information for the layman...
...session of the Japanese Diet's Budget Committee, the War Minister was faced with this question: "Is it true that our Minister of Communications, His Excellency Takejiro Tokonami, took a bribe of 500,000 yuan in 1928 from the Manchurian War Lord Chang Hsueh-liang...