Japanese who assassinate their Premier, always from the most patriotic motives, now enjoy such popular éclat that the Orient marveled last week at the excessive modesty with which No. 1 Assassin Konichi Nakaoka emigrated from Japan to the wilds of her vassal state Manchukuo.
Arriving at Harbin, the jumping off place for Manchukuo pioneer homesteaders, Mr. Nakaoka tut-tutted the idea that among the Japanese homesteaders he will enjoy any special prestige or influence because he was the very first person ever to assassinate a Japanese Premier, polishing off Premier Hara in 1921...
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