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BATHIE VAUGHAN'A EXPERIENCES. The Tokyo correngondent of the Time to float bonds at home for productive works, had ·In a sermon on The Devil, the World, and, ← Lord Tweedmouth has been giving away the writes: The events of such soontoere is to devote to this purpose surpluses already car, the Flesh, Father Vaughan all that to wat
case for the Admiralty, of which he is the head Japan tend to confirm the impression that her
marked on sooount of the "programme," easy enough for those who had a mind to call and for which he is responsible, remarks a polity is destined to differ, perhaps permanently and further found the the original interup arts from the world beyond our ken to do London contemporary. To begin with, be an- certainly for a long period, from the portion of tion of finansing by means of Treasury so, but it was not so easy to get rid of them and any modern Occidental State. What constientes bill noto *inaren was impossible in to send them back again. Not unfrequently a new theory of bis duties as Firat the distinguishing feature is the power wielded view of
the demoralized state of the they came to stay, at least until they had ruined Elder Statesmen (Genre), who, market. Nothing offered except to cat down their victims, not only morally and mentally, * Lo The political part in which he declared by the
¿but he has abandoned party to servo the Navy whether in office or out of office, have always to
theprogramme." But where to apply the but physically no less. He himself had per knife ? Naturally the column of unproductive sonal acquaintance with many who had yielded need not be discussed. Everyone will be glad be reckoned with These Geera are the man who planned, directed, and presided over the to take note of it. Having made this grant birth of New Japan. Their record is anequalled outlays invited the ebiet elisions. Thers, how themselves up, fascinated, mesmerised, or what ever, a strong power in the State, the Military not, by spiritualem; in no single instance had renunciation, especially meriterions in a Micis if not auparalleled, and the nation whist for whose asreer as a Party Whip has brought fuced them should be proud of their achieve party, stepped in and imposed ita reto. A any of them in sny sense improved under the deadlock ensued, and a Cabinet crisis appeared guidanes of the spirit world. Those most asuta and thankful for their guidance, There imminent, when Marquis Katsura, accepting especially whe professed themselves to have be to his present post of chief defender of
are hat six of these Elders surviving-Pringes the rule of mediator, elaborated, a pregomme some more spiritual were so only in so far as Great Britain and the Empire, Lord Tweed Ito, Yamuguta. and Oyama, Marquisee Inonye of mutual concessions, the Military party con- spiritual pride and its attendant vices were month takes a peculier view of the new dation and Matsukafa, and Count Okama The hid upon lim during thu a two years. The last, however, deliberately separated himself seating to certain postponements on its side of concerned. Religion built on perobical qulok the programme," provided that the Civil party tand ended in disaster. The dupe of spiritism First Lord, he said a double Utty Inthefrom the group in order to become made a corrisponding sacrifice, and both parties was not unlike the devil himself, self-opinionat
party leader, and for many years his agreeing to an increase of indirect taxation. ed. self-willed, and self-glorious. He might first place it must be his business to consider counsels have ceased to be sought by the Throne. Here, then, sú exit from the dilemma was found call out "Pease, peace, but for him there was bow for the burden of zuval expenge may fairly One other should be added to the list of Elders, and the horizon grew dear again. But little pesos, either by night or by day. It be borne by the people of this country. That Baron Shibusawa, Japan's leading merchant and
the prestige of the Cabinet so fared. In was not a little significent that the spirits, banker. With his name are associated many
the first place, it was obliged to violale who entertained is a false doctrine, a dangerous theory, e
bits pledge of not increasing the faxes, and in gross their worshippers, proached doctrines complete misconception of the First Lord's his country's greatest financial measures, and,
had he not abandoned the efloiul arena 30- years the next, it stood confessed as unable to dig that were contradictory and told lies which duty. His first and only business is to consider age, in obedience to a conviction that masterlal charge its fonctions without reference to the were unblushing. One thing was absolutely whether the Navy is ready for any emergency, development was the country's most urgent nec, Elder Statesmen. Moreover, on the very evs of certain, that no spirit could be really identified. He must secure that readiness, no matter at he would now certainly stand on the same polition
ion the introduction of the Budget in the Lower He was much too clover for poor humanity to what cort. There are other people who will pinnacle with Ito, Yamagata, Inouye, and Matsa-
Chamber, another serious complication accurred; diagnose and identify in his assumed obarsotor. take care that he does not spend too much kata. Bat, being devoted solely to business, ka the Ministers of Finance and Communications He would warn his congregation to keep away inoney. There are, first, bis cullengua in the is not reckoned among the fearo, and had no agreed to compile a supplementary Budget mak- from pychica phenomena and spiritistin
yof sonnexion with politics. The direct influence and who must haggle with him for a share of the Genro is exorcised in thee ways: the ing provision for railway works which involved a ránce, which, to buman nature consutated as it was, were practices too fascinating to hold to what is available. Next, thers in the Chancellox Emperor habitually consults them in the pressive total expenditure of 134 million yen spread over a period of 12 years. It still remins to be.
lightly. The creature entrapped by spirituali of the Exchicqner, who usually keeps a tight of any important national problem; they are on explained how the conception of this large was like a mouse that bad been caught by a cat. hand on the First Lord, and will find hile integral element of every Connell of State; and additional outlay could be reconciled with the Often the unfortunate victim gave up not only difaulty with Lord I read month. Then there they away a liga majority in the Upper forts of the Katsura compromite, but certainly his religious practices, but, his social and domestic is the House of Commone, which is there to con: Chamber of the Diet. Indireally their infinenes the two Ministers believed it to be reconcilable.
duties also. He was as one paralysed morally. trol expenditure and the taxpayers who have their is due to prestige which brings their advice The Elder Statesmen, however, declined to Many a spiritualist livada-sort of Cain-like remely when it grows too high. The other half into wide reques, and to the fact that the take any such view and once again a crisis kaanted life, which ended sometimes in an of the First Loyd's double” duty, which Lord racks of offeinig include many who base at
occurred, with the result that the Cabinet asylam or even in self-slaughter, Was the Tweedmouth puts second, though it comprises at their fest and learned sta scoraft from them. resigned en bloc, Doubtless this resignation terrible increase of madness and of self-destru all his duty, to so that the Navy is in The Gero are of united in their political would have been accepted had say competent tien in some measure due to the prevalenos in perfect order and ready for any conflict. On this opinions. Prince Yamagata is frankly. con-
Blatesman been willing to take over the their midst of what had been called the bastard part of his work the First Lord is not clear. It servative and he's nothing in common with party reine of administration. But no one
recrudescence of Pagan paychical research is not his business, he says, to define the two politicians. He represents the military section willing: for three reasons; first, that the His experience vent to prove that dabblers In Powerslauderd. He leaves that to his collegues of the State. Prince Cyama is a soldier before Katsara compromise represented the only finan piritualirm were of all preys to evil the most But he has his own private individual opinion, verything, and politier Lave no attraction for stal programme immediately feasible; secondly, dihealt to help. It was easier far to be of which is that the two-lower standard does him. Prince Ito is a man of many sides. that with the Seigaki in opposition the Lower service to the victim of sensuality, of alcohol, or not mean a Navy able to face the two rort Equally great as a financier, a constructive House would have been anmanageable; and of opium than to the victims of spiritualism, strongest Naval Fowers. His predecessora have statesmen, and a politician, he believes in party
The spiritualist suffered from a complication of taken it to meng & Navy na strong as the two next
cabinete, but he stands too dess to the Throne thirdly, that a change of Ministry while the Diet was actually in session would bave entailed
evils-from physical exhaustion, from mental strongest Powers pins 10 per cent. Lord
to be a party leader, Marquis Inouy Tweedmouth throws all his predecessors over-eminently Busacier and an international
prostration, from moral lassitude. His was a case that did not readily yield to treatmont, board. He would take "any probable combina- tion of foreign Powers." That is (o say, if there were Powers &. B. and C. with 40, 30, and 20 ships each respectively, and if Lord Tweedmouth thought that Power was friendly to England he would be content with a Navy of 30 pins 201 plus 10 per cent, or b5 ships. If, after he bad been three years in office, A suddenly okanged its policy. made an alliance with E. and brought About a war, Lord Tweedmonth would bare to begin the war with 55 ships against 70. Every one can see how safe Lord Tweedmouth's theory is for the possible enemies of England, but it is less manifest why a man who expounds such a doctrine should have authority over the British Navy that he means well is certain. But if he cannot see that a battleship takes two years to build while a foreign Power's policy may change in a fortnight he is not a safe director of British defence in peace or war,
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au incouveniences. Therefore the Emperor, acting on the advice of Prince Ito, order.d the statesman. He admits that party government Cabinet to remain in office, but scoopted the is the inevitable outcome of a constitutional resignations of the Ministers of Finance and system, but he would do nothing to hasten its Communication. These were precisely the Min- advent, believing that the period of preparationisters who represented the Genre in the Cabinet, can scarcely be too long. Marquis Maisakata and thus the enricus anomaly arose that, in has always devoted himself to finance, sad, consequence of the Elder Statesmen's-objectiou while not unwilling to utiliza political parties, to a certain modification, their own nominees, he seems to have only a mederste messure of
who were directly end solely responsible for the respool for them, and no desire to promote modification, had to resign. their growth.
Prince
It should be recalled that the Salonji Cabinet is the closest approximation to a party Cabinet hitherto organized in Japan, the Premier him. zelf being the leader of the Seiyukat and the Cabinet owing its position in the House of Representatives mainly to the support of that arty. Yet at every crucial stag of the Cabinet's career it has had to accept the couse is of the
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had the Cabinet resigned, the only Ministry possible in the aircumstances would have been ciamorous advocates of party Government would one organised by the Genre, and thus the most. have demonstrated by their own contrivance the nation's immaturity for such a systert. The only figures that stand eminent above the turmoil, a they have always stood, are the Elder Stutemmen.
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Such are the men whose voice is ultimately cousinsive in every national crisis. Again and again it has been proved that Cabinets cannot gorern without them. But, en the other hand, it has been equally clearly, shown that they themselves cannot administer affairs without the cooperation of political parties. In the natural order of events time might be trusted to solve this problem by removing the Genro
The issue of the situation was perhaps its from the scene. But. on the contrary, time That Lord Tweedmonth bas been carrying seems dispo rd to complicate matters by stinngast feature. Weakened and disoredited, the Cabinet offered a tempting target for attack. out his theory and waiting to compete with recruiting the ranks of the Genre from those of
But under what banner was the revolt to be led? Germany until Germany is so nearly level with the younter statesmen. Marquis Katsura is a
In the Lower House three parties were st him that it may be didoult for England to keep prominent illustration. Renowned solely for heart hostile to the Seiyu-kas-namely tha the lead was well brought out yesterday by Earl strategical ability until the conclusion of the Progressists (89) votes); the Daido Cab (60), Cawdor. Where will Lord Tweedmouth be if war with Chinn, ho then showed, almost and the Yuko-kaz (32) when he adds ten or twenty millions for ship madden y, that his political talents were not less combined, they would constitute a formidable building next year, Gorcany should do the same? signal than bis military. He became a kind of
opposition to the Seiyu-kai'e 182 members. Buch a combination seemed impossible, however. For, But the oriticism on the rash lowering of the link between the old system and the new,
while walking hand in hand with if the Progressists joined hands with the Dardo Estimates has been well made in Parliament, and for, more service to the nation may here be rendered the Gendo, he also formed a political party Club, they would be discarding the fands- by pointing out that Lord Tweedmont yester strong enough to hold the balance of power in mental principal of their existence by helping day unconsciously admitted the charges that the Lower Chamber. Thus his career closely to overthrow a party Cabinet and to set up in have been made in these solumne against the resembles that of Prines Ito, with one excepits place an Imperial Ministry. If the Duido Admiralty that it is not organized on the basis tion-sely, that, whoress the latter openly Club joined hands with the Tuke-kai, they of knowledge of war or of thinking of war or organized a party and, for some time, acted a would be condemning the financial policy which of preparing for the next war. Of course, its leader, the former, though practically direct their own leader had suggested. And if the observors outside the Admiralty onunet ses into ing the moveniente of a party, has ever combination of the three succeeded in over. the actual minds there at work. But from the publicly appeared as a party leder. results the state of the minds cia be deduced. It is still morally the captain of the Seiju-kai throwing the Cabinet, they could not by any ponsibility co-operate to support its successor One of the charges against the Admiralty is and Marquis Kaleurs pulls the strings of the Nevertheless they did not anite for the sessult. neglect to build ortisers as eyes or tentacles for Daido Club, but both statesmen show theirhe Progressists showed themselves ready to 20sts. The great armoured cruisers will not allegiance to the principle of Imperial Cabinets onter ang camy strayed against the Ministry: serve, for an Admiral cannot afford to detach by eschewing visible association with parties. the Daido Club, while voting for a resolution from bie fleet so much fighting power as Marquis Katsura may therefore be regarded as
diruoted soloy against increased taxation, they carry. The Admiralty got rid of small new Gearo: Count Kodams would certainly reserved to themselves the right of afterwards oruisers and refused to build suy more. have been another bad le ved to continue his
kai, atone relate and consistent, declined to The strategiats said that the Admiralty was brilliant career, and there are offers on whose supporting that very principle; and the Yuko. forgetting the needs of war. The Admiralty shoulders the mantle is oriently waiting to base its impeachment on suything bat incressed through its many anoffael mouthpieces railed dessend, at the strata ists Bat now Lord Tweed mouth-This-complicated state of affair is reflected faxation. It would be difficult to conceive a sunounces that cruisers for scoating are to be strongly in the story of reesat political events, congeries of more heterogeneous element. The Totes in a House of 345. Had it succeeded and built. The Admiralty therefore was wrong and. When the Katsura Cabinet went out of officesitook was repnised by a narrow margin of nine the strategiate who criticised it were right. Next af er the restoration of peace with Russie, comes Horyth. The need for a base in the North public opinion plainly indicated Marquis Saionji Sea and for docks for ships like the Dreadnought as the new Promier, for he combined the has long been arged. The Admiralty was not qualifications of party support and Genre going to be hurried. Now at last it is thinking acquiesonce; the former in his capacity of plane, and finds that the stuff saanut leader of the beigu-ka-incomparably the make plans between March and September, strongest party in the country-the latter in- and that when the work begins it will take lia ass ciation with Prince Ito, who had placed f tlie the Se-ga-ka under his direction. Bat, although from seven t ten years to execute, Admiralty had been thinking of war sad been the Se yu-kui commended: 182 votes in the guided by a thinker on that subject, the docks Lower Chamber, it had not a working majurity, and the bars would be ben thought out and and was liable to defeat at any moment if the planned when the Dreadnought wes plannel and three remaining actions joined forces in the docks began long before the readnought opposition." herefore Marquis Katera's aid was laid down.
became essential, since it signified the allegiance It is not supposed to be the business of
of the of the Daido Club, a political assosiation created First Lord of the Admiralty to understand the by him to hold, with its 60 votes, the balance of That aid conduct of war. He is not selected for strategy power in the Lower Chamber, but for party services. When, after a life was given. A Saionji Cabinet came into given to party services, he has given up the office. It may be said to have represented party point of law and taken charge of the the faculties, for the Premier him wation's urat wor, it is little late for hità to sell and five of his colleagues were members of begin to study the art of carrying on naval war the eiyu-kai, two partiellos (Foreign Affair fare. No one expects him to do that. But sad Educat.on) were held by independent states. what is his pain duty? To take care, Lord men, the remaining two (Finance and Com Tweenmouth says, that the navy does not post munications) were entrusted to nominees of the taxpayer too much! That doctrine of his the Genre, and the support of the Daido Club duty cannot be acceptes. His duty is to find was promised by Marquis Katsura. In these out which naval officers are trusted by the fleets roamstances the Cabinet might be said to be for their knowledge of the art of war-to make invincible vis-à-vis the Diet. And so, indeed, sure that the Admiralty is guided by unch it proved for the Budget not only passed, but knowledge and by nothing else. The First also passed practieally without dissent. This is Lord of the Admiralty during years of peace an interesting fact, for by the Badget thus The defendant now axid that since the is 7ying the foundations either of victory or unanimously approyed the country, was pledged adjournment one authority had sent him to the Between the two his of defeat. He is deciding England's into in to a large programme of productive and un- other, and vice versa. advance. For during the lust hundred years productive expenditure, spread over a term of child had been kept away from sohool six every way by sea or land has been in reality years and calling for heavy annual appro- months, and she was made a matter of, There were thirty vacancies at St. John's School, but decided, before the first shot was fired, by the priations in excess of the normal revenue, peace organisation and training of the officers Moreover, no resources to faraish each appro.though his neighbours' children went there they would not take his. He demanded the right to and men of the Armies sind Navies that fought priations were in sight for
sand the child to a school where she would be in it. Lord Tweedmouth takes his responsi two years. Nevertheless, the Dist
assurance from brought up in the faith of the Church of bility lightly, He tells the House of Lords how tented itself
England. nany Dreadnoughts he has and experts cotates the Minister of Eure that souscous The Beuch made an order for the child to years to come. But it war breaks cut to would eventually he found without re attend the nearst Churos school in Beckenhami morrow he has no deeks to repair them in. He to either loans or incrassed taxation has great floats, but they may be crippled for probable that this confident though scarcely (nearly two miles away), and thought if the On the Day Proceding the Departure of the laok of the right sort of craisers. The other prevident programme was in part inspired by authorities of Beckenham and Penge properly English Mails from the Year of the Olusing day he talked airily about plans of campsign in the economic atmosphere of the moment, for the considered it the difficulty could be removed. It of the Indian Mints to the Free Coinage of, abaddance. But has he sat down with a few nation was just then in a mood of commercial only needed the application of little common Silver colleagues of the Cabinet and settled how he and industrial buoyancy. At all events the sense. will, in case of need, carry out any single war, important point is that every one of the four ahonkl it be forced upon him during the Easter political sections forming the Lower Chamber holidays? If the citizens of this country would follow his example in one point and abandon the party point of view when they think of the Navy, the responsiblity of a First Lord of the Admiralty for the nation's safety would become something more than a form of words,
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