CAUSES OF TOKYO OUTBREAK
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There are many who, touched as they have been by Western thought, say that it resides in the Japanese people as whole, to whose hereditary representative, the Emperor, they owe allegiance.
This school looks to Britain for guidance, and was profoundly im- pressed by the formation of a So- cialist Government in Britain in 1929. In the following year mal- hood suffrage was granted to Japan, and it seemed as though the country were in process of
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A very different view was taken by a good many members of the armed forces. To their minds it appeared that the army and navy were the natural and
Necessary custodians of the spirit of Japan as incarnate in the Emperor. The frst clear assertion of their stand- point was made in connection with the Kellogy Pact, whose signatories declared that they were acting "in
German and Italian soldiers effecting 'friendly relations at the International Equestrian Tournament held recently in Berlin.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS the Japanese envoy who signed this beyond Gen. Araki, said
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More Serious Breach
Man On The Spot
the name of their respective peo- therefore demanded the formation! Theoretically, since both Minis- ple"
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There were those who, going far he should hear them both and that finally decide, but without raising document had been guilty of some the whole Parliamentary system the delicate question of the source thing approaching insult towards should be swept away on the ground and strength of the Emperor's the Throne.
that every politician in Japan was power there is the further com- corrupt; and the series of financial |plication that the army itself does A more serious breach occurred scandals which has been brought not speak with one voice. 17,000 4th Apr. Marseilles, & London.
in connection with the London to light in recent years show that 5,000 7th Apr. Straits, Bombay & Karachi.
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The man on the spot always 16,000 18th Apr. Bombay, Marseilles & London
counts for a great deal in an over- 6,000 25th Apr. Marseilles, Havre, London, Ham- derstood that the General Staffs truth in their allegation.
burt, Rotterdam, Antwery & Hall of the Services were opposed to The solution eventually reached seas crisis, and in Japan to-day 14,500 2nd May Marseilles &
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burk Botte Antwerp & Hall it was within its Constitutional doubtless be assigned to the Elder governor owing his appointment 15,000 30th Mar. Bombay, Marseilles & London. rights in so doing.
Statesmen. Party politics continue to the Cabinet, but the
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each Minister in recent years has been that were once Manchuria. Havre, London, Ham-stand by a Cabinet when 20th Jane Marseilles, Havre,
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The Bugginses' Picnic
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EMMA. But Mother, we ain't
GRANDMA. Oh, stop groznin”, ferad no dinner! (Crying),
| goodness' saket: 'Ere's me rustedį CALATE (crving also)-Pm
up to the guillet, and never a sound tungry! outer me
MES BUGGINS, Diner I You FATHER. Well, you ain't never an-natural children! dre's you two Pad a "ingrowin' salmon con yer tied together, and Grau mke lungs.
foot!
rusted, and us a good mile froen the station
MES BUGGINS. Come along, Bar macome along. Alße ---- back to back, mind you--and Alde dizzt.
FATHER Yos, and me dyin' ingrene and got to 'op all the
But these wretched politiciana, Mas. Bucents. And an eager for graft, they argue, put children can think of is yar obstacles in the way of conduct aides l ́I wonder yer stomachs dozėči which will demand sacrifices from rise up and choke yerl
| every individual ettiren, and tise "ome, do!
men in the War Office mistake) (Tha" party their voice for that of topics.
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Looks slyly over KUT among their nucers it even one the recklessly enthusiastic patriota the_party, 'then
murders in Tokyo are explained.
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