Word: rea
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that the grey-bearded diplomats have momentarily ceased picking on Japan, Mr. Rea, Counsellor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Manchukuo, has come forward with a virulently partisan volume defending not only the establishment of the independent state, but also the entire policy of Japan in the Far East...
According to the analysis presented by Mr. Rea, Manchuria was never a part of China. Under the Manchus and in the Abdication Agreements, there was a complete recognition of the independent status of Manchuria. Furthermore, even if this analysis is not acceptable, Mr. Rea contends that the military despotism of the War Lords at Nanking furnished a satisfactory justification for a revolutionary separation from the fatherland. In short, Manchuria was exercising the rights of any downtrodden nation in seeking the aid of Japan to defeat the forces of Chiang-Kai-shek...
...defense of Japanese imperialism in the Far East, Mr. Rea summons the twin bogies of Communism and starvation. With the spread of Communism in China and with the constant penetration of Mongolia by Russian propaganda and cheap goods, Japan is faced with the grim possibility of a Sovietized Asia, whose markets will forever be closed to Japanese goods and whose revolutionary foreign policy will constitute a perpetual threat to the security of the Island Empire. Unless Japan can stop the onward rush of the Russian Bear, she is faced with the grim probability of starvation and defeat. While...
...Rea is on firmer ground when he launches an attack at traditional American foreign policy in the Far East. He points out with compelling clearness the fact that we are spending more money yearly in maintaining the Open Door policy than the value of our entire trade with China. Backed by a formidable array of figures, Mr. Rea points out that Japan is our best customer in the Far East, that Japanese merchants are responsible for a large part of our trade with China, and that increasing domination of China by Japan will lead to greater trade opportunities for United...
...Rea Irvin, mellow, good-natured, immune to the deliberate insanity of the regular staff, drew the first New Yorker cover ("Mr. Eustace Tilley" in a high hat, high stock, with a monocle up to a butterfly), passes on every drawing the magazine uses, scanning some 1,000 pictures every Tuesday afternoon. Scale of prices to artists: $10 for a one-column spot without caption, $200 and up for a full page or cover...