Word: yangtsepoo
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...presented them to Shanghai's Chinese Mayor, toothy O. K. (for nothing) Yui and Japanese Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa. For the protection of foreigners in the International Settlement, one demanded that all Japanese warships drop downstream below the China Merchants Lower Wharf, that Chinese soldiers retire simultaneously south of Yangtsepoo Creek. No hint of what action Britain and the U. S. might take was added. Polite Mayor Yui said that he would forward the note to Nanking. Admiral Hasegawa said nothing. Few days later the Tokyo Government sent to London a belated reply to their note demanding fullest apology...
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