Word: puppetized
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Mournfully over a long drink Prince Svasti said: "The King agreed to the present temporary constitution, which makes him a puppet, solely to prevent bloodshed. We are a buffer state between French Indo-China and British Burma. Civil war in Siam would mean that both the French and English would intervene, ostensibly to protect their nationals. That would be the end of Siam...
Recognition. Before he had been speaking 60 seconds two facts were glaringly evident: 1) Japan is ready to give formal recognition to her puppet state of Manchoukuo immediately, and 2) she will take no back talk from the League of Nations. These prime points were made with all the suavity of which Count Uchida is capable and the introduction of a word new to newspaper headlines: fissiparous. Said Japan's Foreign Minister...
...Kingly Way." Defiant too was General Nobuyoshi Muto last week as he left Tokyo to take up his duties as Supreme-Military Commander in Manchuria and Ambassador on Special Mission to the puppet state of Manchoukuo. He baldly shouted his militarist creed...
...supersensitive skins of Japanese statesmen as a direct charge of aggression in Manchuria. Possibly organized by the Foreign Office, all Japanese newspapers commenced a great Yakamashii or "Big Noise." Above the Yakamashii a Foreign Office spokesman announced that Japan was just about to recognize formally the existence of her puppet state "Manchoukuo." As a practical step toward doing so General Nobuyoshi Muto replaced General Honjo as commander in Manchuria with the impressive titles of "Supreme Military and Commander," "Ambassador on Special Mission...
...Pretty were a new set of postage stamps, issued for Manchoukuo last week. some bearing the portrait of Japan's Puppet Henry Pu Yi, others illustrated with Manchurian scenes. During the week Manchoukuo paper money made its first appearance. Also Japan made a bow to U. S. public opinion by appointing as an "adviser" to the Manchoukuo Government enterprising U. S. Citizen George Bronson Rea. "He is the publisher of The Far Eastern Review of Shanghai," remarked the Associated Press, "and is a stanch defender of Japan's policy in Manchuria...