Japanese troops are often primed for battle by stirring their souls with the fervent poem which concludes ". . . immeasurable as the depths of the sea is the debt we owe our Emperor. The time has come to pay our debts!"
To Chinese the Emperor of Japan is no more impressive or sacrosanct than any other crowned head. Last May the Shanghai weekly New Life printed a piece entitled "Gossip About Emperors." Most of it was about bygone Emperors of China all of whom were disparaged. In passing New Life noted that the...
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