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Japanese bugles in China are not so loud as Japan's bugle diplomat, Yosuke Matsuoka. After he stalked out of the League of Nations' conference on Manchuria last February, he sounded off for Japan through France, Britain and the U. S. Back home, the Japanese glowed proudly at Matsuoka's Japanism. Even Occidental diplomats were impressed by the single-mindedness of this little U. S.-educated yellow man. He had yielded not an inch on Japan's claims. Last week Matsuoka arrived in Tokyo...
Referring to your issue of April 3, p. 18, in your article regarding the visit of Japan's Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, you described him as being "whisked from the waterfront to the echoing calm of Fifth Avenue's swank (but bankrupt) Hotel Pierre...
Disregarding a confused reporter who kept calling him "Mr. Manchukuo," Yosuke Matsuoka continued...
Officially Yosuke Matsuoka was on his way back to Japan to report to his government and resume his seat in the Diet. Unofficially he was in the U. S. to explain Japan's position on Manchukuo and the League. For that he is well equipped. Taken to Oregon at the age of 12 he lived there until after his graduation from the State University. He speaks English with only the faintest accent, thoroughly understands U. S. psychology, as he showed at the very outset of his interview...
...word that little Mr. Matsuoka was waiting soon came. The Privy Council forwarded a 700-word document to Geneva announcing formal resignation from the League. It was compressed into one brief official message to the Press...