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...Henry Pu Yi, onetime "Boy Emperor of China" and now Japan's puppet head of the new state of "Manchukuo" (Manchuria), is stated to be not its Regent but its "President...
...Consul-General George C. Hanson loudly demanded that Japan's newly recognized Manchukuo Government, headed by Puppet Henry Pu Yi (see below) should increase protection for foreigners, especially in Harbin. His demands were the more insistent because he had just been held up by bandits on the Harbin golf course. Japanese officers promised strenuous efforts to provide protection. The trainwrecks and hold-ups were just the sort of incident they needed to show the necessity for Japanese troops in Manchukuo...
...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...
...game against the Shanghai Amateur Baseball Club: 12 to 4. The Amateur Baseball Club, oldest U. S. organization in Shanghai, started in 1872. Composed originally of derelict sailors and bartenders, it played frequently against the Presbyterian Mission at Sunkiangfu, an all-Chinese team captained by onetime Premier Tong Shao-yi...
...Copies of the Constitution of the State set up by Japan in Manchuria were released last week. In form the new Government is an autocracy or dictatorship, absolute power being vested in Japan's puppet, the former Chinese "Boy Emperor" Hsuan Tung ("Mr. Henry Pu Yi"). He acts, according to the Constitution, upon the advice of his chief councilors, all Japanese...