Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (247 page)

11.
Eguchi,
J
gonen sens
sh
shi, shinpan
, p. 41.

12.
“Nara Takeji jij
bukanch
nikki (sh
),” p. 342.

13.
Gary B. Ostrower,
Collective Insecurity: The United States and the League of Nations During the Early Thirties
(London: Associated University Presses, 1993), pp. 94–96.

14.
“Nara Takeji jij
bukanch
nikki (sho),” p. 344.

15.
Hatano, “Mansh
jihen to ‘ky
ch
' seiryoku,” p. 122.

16.
Ibid., citing Nara, Oct. 8, 1931.

17.
“Nara Takeji jij
bukanch
nikki (sho),” p. 345.

18.
Hatano, “Mansh
jihen to ‘ky
ch
' seiryoku,” p. 129, citing
MNN
, Nov. 8, 1931. Hsi Hsia (Ko-min) graduated from a Japanese army cadet school in 1911 and later served with Chang Tso-lin. After Sept. 18, he declared the independence of Kirin Province and soon joined the Manchukuo puppet regime.