Word: whangpoo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Around two sides of the terrain bends the Whangpoo River, thus putting much of the theatre of warfare at the mercy of Japanese fleet guns. Japan also possessed command of the air. Her land artillery was superior to the Chinese. Therefore, General Uyeda was not, from the Japanese standpoint, unduly optimistic when he planned to complete his entire drive within 18 hours. The drive was timed to begin on Japanese election day (see p. 22) and Premier Inukai of Japan assumed that in such circumstances his Seiyukai Party could not fail to win the Japanese Election...
Japan's attack was divided in two parts : The effort to drive Chinese defenders out of the Chapei native district behind the International Settlement; the bombardment of the Woosung forts 16 miles away where the Whangpoo River flows into the great Yangtze...
Meanwhile Japan's militarism was mak ing trouble for Japan's business. The very day that troops were marching on Harbin and naval guns were bombarding the Whangpoo forts, Japanese bonds dropped to new lows in New York, prices crashed on the Tokyo stock exchange. The Yoko hama silk exchange, centre of one of Japan's most important industries, was forced to close. The Osaka sugar mills shut down last week, strangled by the Chinese boycott. By advice of old Prince Saionji no figures on the cost of Japan's military operations were allowed to ap pear...