The Archive · 1933

'THE KITE'S STRINGS

Lord Lytton has brutally dis.

bed the pretty ceremony wherein mes" has sought to celebrate anniversary to the domestic recognition of Manchoukuo. Whether someone has been flying a kite in Printing House Square cannot be guessed but Lord Lytton is evidently moved to point out that the kite has curious strings attached to it The: statement that "the rights and

ago are no longer relevant to the strongs of Japan's actions two years resent and future of the Far Ea:

about it a ring familiar to who imbibe wiciom at the feet of amiable Japanese propagandists, Of course, the correspondent of "The Times" in Manchoukuo has had exceptional facilities for assessing the excellence of Manchoukvo's adminis tration. "He seems, however, to have been a. ifthe negligent of his cut as a guest, "Instead of following the prescribed role of dilating on the virtues of the spontaneously-formed, independent, autonomous " Govern ment of Manchoukuo, he must have taken a short cot and praised the: Japanese superman who s0 modestly conceal" their persons behind. the tapestry of Changeehun's marble

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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