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Also ready were the Grand Chamberlain, Admiral Suzuki; the Chief Ritualist, Prince Sanjo and the Minister of the Imperial Household, Viscount Yuasa...
...delicious bean-sugar cakes. Meanwhile-the Sword! A precious blade, short and strong, forged by the Imperial Swordsmith, Sadakatsu Gassan, it was presented to the newborn Crown Prince, not by his father direct-for the Emperor of Japan acts always through intermediaries-but by proud old Admiral Kantaro Suzuki as the Emperor's Messenger. During the sword ceremony the Imperial obstetricians could hardly wait. Directly afterward they pounced reverently on the babe, meticulously ascertained that he was 50 centimetres long (about 19 3/4 in.), weighed 7 lb., 3 oz. With bumble folk kneeling outside the Palace gate in freezing...
...Shanhaikwan, frontier city between Jehol and "China Proper" (Chinese of course consider Jehol and all Manchukuo part of China), the Japanese spoke their minds memorably. "We can assure the world we have no intention of advancing a foot beyond the Great Wall," said Japanese General Suzuki who was at that moment sitting well inside the Great Wall in Shanhaikwan at 40° below zero. "We have nothing to be ashamed of. The Chinese must come to us on bended knee...
...Manchuria, Japanese troops celebrated the coming of their new commander by invading Jehol Province (TIME, Aug. 1). Led by bombing planes, flanked by armored trains and tanks, a Japanese force under General Suzuki swept over the Jehol border from Chinchow and captured Nanling. General Tung Fu-ting, defending general, telegraphed wildly from Nanling to Nanking for reinforcements. Chiang Kai-shek did not answer. Japanese troops resting in Nanling sent a three-day ultimatum to the city of Chaoyang, 30 miles away, their objective as a base for the conquest of the whole province. As in the original invasion of Manchuria...
Small, weak but exceedingly loud bombs were hurled at the Bank of Japan, the Mitsubishi Bank, the residence of Emperor Hirohito's Grand Chamberlain Admiral Kantaro Suzuki, the Central Police Station opposite the Cherry Village Gate of the Imperial Palace. At the gate a Japanese reporter fell with a bullet in his foot. Other bombs were thrown at the residence of Count Nobuaki Makino, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and a con stant adviser to young Emperor Hirohito...