Kang Teh

On a cold and bitter plain one day last week 28-year-old Henry Pu Yi, last of the Manchus, stood in dragon-embroidered robes, worshipped at the Altar of Heaven, and returning to his small unprepossessing palace became the Emperor Kang Teh (Tranquility-Virtue) of Manchukuo.

Tokyo, which put him on his throne, celebrated the occasion with gusto. There were receptions and banquets. Young men's marching clubs and army reservists tramped through the streets of Tokyo with lanterns. Cried Foreign Minister Koki Hirota: ''Today's happy event was brought about by the will of Heaven and is in perfect accord with the wish of the people."

Paris applauded Andre B. d'Olivier, agent for the French National Association for Economic Expansion, who signed last week a long projected agreement with the South Manchuria Railway to grant it credit for purchasing French rolling stock and material for use in Manchukuo.

Warsaw ordered Michael Moscicki, its minister to Japan, to explore trade possibilities and make a special report on the subject of Polish recognition of Manchukuo.

Berlin sent Commercial Attache Knoll to Manchukuo for six months; to do the same.

London, hating to see rich contracts slip between its fingers, debated whether it had been wise to cheer so loudly for the Lytton Report, blaming Japan directly for the invasion of Manchuria. Wrote the Times: ''Whatever may be thought of the origins of the new state, it is impossible not to admire Japanese grit and organizing capacity. . . . Countries which have trading interests in the Far East . . . must not delay too long in making up their minds how to reconcile their trading activities in Manchuria with the principle of non-recognition."

Shanghai & Nanking raged, ranted. "The crowning of this doll," cried Shanghai's Sin Wan Pao, "grossly insults the whole Chinese people. We must continue the revolutionary spirit which resulted in the Manchu dynasty's overthrow to clean away this gross humiliation." Added the China Times: "It is preliminary to Japanese expansion in Mongolia whose people are devoted to the Manchu household."

Hsinking (Changchun), new capital of Manchukuo, settled down and sobered up after an exhausting fortnight. With great relief Emperor Kang Teh put aside his dragon robes, wandered about his garden in a U. S. sack suit with a green fountain pen protruding from a vest pocket. After playing with his mastiff and smoking a great many cigarets, he sent for and read all the foreign comments he could find, and ate. with little relish, a dinner of sharks' fins, "Buddha's ears" mushrooms, dove's eggs, octopus tentacles and lily roots.

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