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Tokyo, May: 20-An Influential member of the House of Feers, son and heir of one of the makers of modern Japan, Count Michimees Soyejima, a prolific writer and diplomat, has just contributed an article under the heading of "Inconsistent America and Un- stable Britain."-
And
As a matter of fact, he wrote saries of articles "under this
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Manda, June 4Health condi Peking Erstwhile coffin ahopa and lumber factories which for tion throughout the Philippines some months have been converted was never as good as at present, i into Ta Hauch or Chinese the country being free from any universities may soon return to plague or epidemic, according to their original functions as a result Dr. Eusebio Aguilar, head of the of the dwindling financial for provincial division of the bureau For health. Dr. Agulhar bases hia tunes of. Peking
Some time ago, notably in the opinion on the reports of the hos summer of 1924, there was a pitals throughout the Philippines the phenomenal increase in the numrene jurisdiction of the
here. The bureau,EN AAN heading last year when he return. ed from a trip to the United States. number suddenly shot up from "The greatest problem of the These articles caused quite a stir ten to thirty, and all manner bureau-to educate the people on he received letters from of buildings underwent sud-the value of hospital service has various parts asking him to ex-den, change in status in order that boon overcome," Dr. Aguilar, de- emplify more clearly what he the schools might have roofs over cared. This fact has contri- buted a great deal to putting the meant by the alleged Inconsistency their heads.
on a healthy basis. country Registration in the provincial hospitale under the bureau last year broke all previous records:"
of the United States and the in- stability of Great Britain.
In reply to these letters, he written his latest treatise "Inconsistent America and stable Britain.".
One of the chief reasons for the sudden rise in number it is said, has was the prospect of cutting the on luscious melon of Boxer Indemnity Ua-returned to China by friendly for.. eign Powers, with the United States setting an example. It was Two. War Inconsistencies..
rumoured that every school with To show the inconalstency of the status of Ta Hsueh would America, ho maintains, le extreme-share in the money. ly easy. He goes back to the days
Nursing is becoming a profes sion which the women are inter- ested in, according to Dr. Aguilar.. Several applicants were refused admittance this year due to lack of accommodaton, Dr. "Aguilar) 0
Politicians who, wished to ob-also declared.
of the Spanish-American war and tain the support of influential
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manufacing profession we have increased
asks what justification the United students were willing to subsidiseants a chance to get into the nurs States had in waging war on Spain schools and thereby when it was known that Spain had... nothing whatsoever to do with the inking of the Maine, Then, he says, the United States, after this i war, became an oriental Power, ard..
so doing, practically in abrogated the. Monroe Doctrine.
"I puch conduct is not. inconsist-i ent," declares Count Soyejima, "then all I have to say, is that it is strangely unurévuntable for.""
Then, Count Soyejima, proceeds to the Great War and blames the United States severely for the de- "There 1 in joining the Allies. was no real necessity of Aghting. Spain when America did so," he says. "But she ought to have come in sooner against the inhuman Ger-! mans, but kept on looking indiffer- cotty while the other Powers were desperately struggling against a avstem that was a veritabia menace to civilisation."
Had America come into the war right after the sinking of the "Lusitania," he maintains.. at least two million good lives would have Leen saved. und Russia would per- haps never have gone Bolshevik. This Is Inconsistency with a ven- geance," is his comment.
then blames Count Soyejima America most for the deliberate violation of the stipulations made: at the Washington Conference in egard to poison gos. He admits Chal other nations have also violated this stipulation, but main tail that America was the greatest ainner in this respect.
The Poison Gas. Case.
The will of John Holden Ormeby, leaving his $100.009 estate to Mabel Johnson, nurse, is being contested-by relatives. Misa Johnson denied using improper influence on the dying mian."
the allowed number of proba tioners in the Zamboanga general hospital from sixteen to twenty Out of this number, only twelve are selected for the first year course." Dr. Aguilar explained.
It was Dr, Aguilar's opinion. that, barring unforeseen circums tances, epidemic or plague will be unknown in the Islands for several years if the people con tinue to report a contagious cases to the provincial hospitals, not only to those under the public health service, but also to private. institutiona
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But now the subsidies from all sources are spent, the politicians and students alike are nonplussed integration of all government, and by the practically complete dis as to the payment of student fees, one newspaper in reporting that almost no fees are being paid re- marks that "perhapa, the students like to practise a little of the com- munism which their teachers have so diligently preached to them."
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The lottery is the state's most important source of income.. In 1916 the net profit was 187 million million pesetas or almost $50,000,- pesetas. Last year it reached 397 000.
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Count Soyejima, then taxes America with being the first to flout the ideals of her own Pre- aident Wilson. America went in
Penang, May 27-Fatrick Green, "at the last, moment 'to participate
A civil servant who is bankrupt, in a war which was to end war: petitioned the Supreme Court to to-day, according to this Japanese allow him to leave the Colony. The statesman, the United States. Hon. Mr. James Sellar for the petl." expanding her armament. The re- tioner, stated that he had commuted cent grand naval manœuvres and
a portion of the gratuity and pen- He Thinks Nobody Ever Had A the fortification of Hawali, he alon dus him in order to pay his More Severe Case of Indigestion maintains, constitute a veritable creditors an amount of 40 per cent.
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Unfounded Suspicions, The alleged instability of Great Britain, according to Count Soyejima, consists of the suspicion directed at Japan in China and the misgivings entertained by the British Conservative Party with egard to the alleged desire of Japan to expand."
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tribute to the aid given to Japau by Great Britain during the Russü Japanese War, aid that was for more than mero moral support, he confesaca,
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