Evening star., 1932-03-14
AMERICA REFUSES
. PU-Y| RECOGNITION
ConsuIs to Remain In Man.
churia Under Pretense That
4 Empire Is Non-Existent.

The announced American policy of
non-recognition of the new empire in
Manchuria was reiterated by Secretary
OF State Stimson last week as the royal
heir Of the Manchu dynasty In China,
regarded by the Western World as a
puppet OF Japan, formally assembled to
the throne. To the State Department
the new domain represents a Japanese
attempt to separate Manchuria from
the rest OF China, to nullify the nine
power treaty and throw overheard the
American doctrine of the open door.
Whether or not the attempt succeeds
Will depend to large extent upon the
attitude OF other powers, especially
Great Britain, and their attitude Is not
yet fully disclosed.
The new emperor Is tall, thin young
man of 26, wearing thick glasses, who
has spent all Of his adult life IN the
sheltered confines of the Japanese lega-
tion at TientSin. He Is Henry Pu-H.
This Is the third time he has been pro-
claimed an emperor, once at the age
of and again at the age Of IL. In his
two previous adventures as an en-
peror his domain included not only
Manchuria but the 18 provinces of
China, Tibet, Mongolia and Turkestan,
an empire 40 centuries cid and con-
tanning 400,00o,000 people.
Long Planned Strategem.
The attempts of Japan to recreate
the Manchu dynasty in Manchuria Is
generally regarded as the evolvement
OF long planned strategem Henry
Pu-V IN the opinion of most observers
OF Far Eastern affairs has been sedu-
lously nurtured and guarded by Japan
Tor the past dozen years for the role
which he is now being called upon to
play. The young ruler suffers from two
serious handicaps-the hate of the
Chinese people for the Manchu dynasty
and his shyness, inexperience and ef- !
feminacy.
Pu-y fell heir to all the trials and
tribulations Of the Manchus when he |
was only three years old Born In
1905, he Is the son of Prince Chun and
OF daughter Of the Dowager Empress
TZu HSi, concubine risen to ruler, |
who provoked the Chinese proverb that
when women NEEDLE In politics the |
state will decay
Surrounded by pomp and ritual |
watched constantly lest he be assas- |
sinated or poisoned, fed the sweetened |
rice cruel by Chinese attendants, his |
pulse felt BY the court physician only |
through silk gauze, Hsuan- -tung as he |
then was called, spent four years In |
the unrealistic atmosphere of the I'm
perial Palace as Emperor Of China.
Peiping was at that time more un-
real than st. Petersburg in the most |
glorious days OF the Romanoffs. Around |
tne summer palace were the lakes and
ISLANDS OF the most magnificent gar
oens IN the world. In the Winter |
palace were the jades and porcelains |
brought as offering by the provincial |
governors OF China, from Mongolia to |
Forced to Abdjcate.
Pu-yi was suddenly forced to abdt-
cate on February IL, 1911. Sun Yat- |
sen had been in the United States |
raising money to create a republic In |
emma, and while he succeeded, Yuan |
Shihkai, his enemy, became President. |
However, the boy Emperor, then only |
seven, was allowed to remain In the
ancestral temples and was to receive
q stipend OF $4,000,00o (silver) an
Yuan died in 1915. The leadership
OF emma fell to the hands Of a group
OF military cllieftains and finally az
compromise Pu-yi, then II wears old.
once again assembled the throne
His rule lasted only eight days. Altar
ms abdication he was still allowed to
remain IN the crumbling imperial city |
until Feng Yu-hsiang, Christian gem
eral, invaded Peiping In 1924, drove |
out the last remaining vestige of the |
Manchus and pillaged their temples |
and palaces.
with Feng's arrival, Pu-Y fed one |
MAhCry night to the japanese legation,
uVeu tnere three months and then went |
70 the japanese concession in Tien-
tSln. From that day until today the
young Manchu's fate has been con-
stantly in the hands of Japanese
Recently Divorced.
In 1922 Pu-U had his hair cut and
was married to Kuo Shiasi, a young
Manchu girl Later he took a second |
VIE, who recently divorced him.
IN Peip1ng his tutor became r. r.
Jonnston, an Englishman, who opened |
tne young Manchus eyes to the forces |
ano achleVements of the modern |
word. There was a time when Pu-yi. |
inspired by Mr.. Johnston, wanted to |
traVei abroad, but the Chinese, fearing |
q conspiracy to put him back on the |
throne, would not permit 1t.
Inough the new Emperor Of Man. |
cnurla Is not to be recognized by the |
united States, the American consuls |
throughout Manchurfa will Of neces- |
sity be called upon to contact con-
stantly with him in the conduct of |
diplomatic and consular business. They |
VIII present to him no letters of Gre |
dence, but as representatives of the |
United States they will be often at |
the royal palace. The situation is ut |
terly unlike that In Russia, where the
United States has no official ENJOYS
whatever, Our DIPLOMATIC renresents
tives are not to be withdrawn from
Manchuria. Simply they must main
tain the legal fiction that the Emperor
and his court are non-existent.
To all Chinese Pu-y is a menace. i
They despise all Manchus as foreign
ers, and have been bitterly opposed to |
any restoration of the monarchy. How
long, therefore. the new ruler can re-
main on his throne in Manchuria be-
fore the third abdication is forced upon
him Is considered most problematical.
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