Manchuria The Japanese Ruhr C

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Man Churia, the Japanese roar. It was the night in November 1931. I was walking along the riverfront in Tianxin thinking.

Two months before that, the Japanese had invaded Man Churia. I had been in Mukton the night of the so-called incident, and then on a hunch I'd come down to Tianxin. Out of the dark I saw a small group of men hurrying toward a powerful lawn.

A Chinese came running far behind them shouting. What are you doing? I started almost automatic. Call me something. Can't you stop? Don't you stop. We have to stop them. They're pulling away in that powerful big launch.

Oh, they have kidnapped Pu'i. The Manchu Boy Emperor? Yes, Henry Pu'i. They came to the mansion. Well, who was they? Doi-hara, Colonel Doi-hara. Hmm, Japanese. They knocked me down. I am a retainer in the household.

Colonel Kenzo Doyahara. Do you have any idea where they took Pu'il? No, they came right into the mansion and they went directly to Pu'il's quarters. And when I tried to stop them, I had come to Tiansemen in a hunch and I'd seen General Hanzo take over the government offices in Mukton, the Chinese railways, the telegraphs,