MANCHUKUO: Mighty Ancestor

In Hsinking, fast-booming capital of Japan's puppet Empire of Manchukuo, the official Manchukuo News Agency dispatched last week this hot wire concerning hollow-eyed Emperor Kang Te:

"The exalted spirit of Nurhachi, first of the Manchu Emperors, has appeared to His Majesty as he knelt in prayer. The image of the mighty Ancestor appeared vivid and distinct to the living Emperor. The spirit signified by gesture that the enthronemert of His Majesty is known to and approved by all his ancestors who sat on the Throne in Peking....

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