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JAPANESE DIET DISSOLVED.
VOTE OF NON-CONFIDENCE PRECEDES THE STEP.
JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY.
GENERAL ELECTION NEXT,
MONTH...
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)
Tokyo, January 21st, The Diet has been dissolved. This followed a vote of non-cun- fidence moved by the Opposition Inllowing the New Year recÈNS,
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DR. INGE AND CRIME FORETOLD IN
RACIAL DECAY.
"THROWING AWAY THE
CREAM"
STOCK RENEWED FROM SLUMS.
OXFORD. There is not the smallest doubt that if the state of society favours a rapid increase in the children of slam dwellers and a decrease in the sons of professional men, it is
and environmentd
DREAMS.
NEW BOOK AMPLIFIES FREUD'S WORK.
HISTORIC CASES.
VIENNA, December 19th. "Professor Ignaz Jesowers, follow- ing on the classic work of Dr. Siegmund Freud on denim inter pretation, Tenumdeutung." "Sys the Nenes Wiener Journal, is about to publish a book called "The Book of Dreams which, by its careful records of histoție examples
a very serious thing for this coun-of remarkable dreams, amplides the
work of Freud. “ try," said the Dean of St. Paul's,
The chapter on dreams in connec Speaking on Breed and National tion with criminology is of parti OSAKA, January 21st.
Dr. Peter Nieuw- Life at the Oxford Lunchion cular interest. The dissolution of the Diet is
land, the great Dutch mathe- Club
What Smportance, asked welcomed as the proper procedure.
matician, contributes an authentic Dean Tage, ought to be attached to account of a man whose continued The csiyakni ' (Giovernmisar) with 150 votes against the Minseite (Opbreed as compared with tradition warnings in dreams that a horrible fate awaited him did not wave him position) with votes has no
from being murdered exactly as he majority in the Diet and therefore Karup Tanaka is unable to carry out his policies.
The Seiyukai's success or failure prejudiced at the forthecoming elections de pend on their ability to secure the vote of the masses who have newly acquired the franchise and show unrest at rising living costs and a tendency to use IL HOW brocal
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Special Session. The law requires à special session to be held within Ave months. This is expected in April or May,
As the dissolution came before the Budget was passed the current fiscal year's budget is automation!- ly reinforced. Consequently the special session may probably be very brief, muvely passing the Coronation estimates.
Though the Government's main platform is the transfer of the land tax no real issue exists between the two parties.
Universal Suffrage. Particular interest attaches to the coming election as it is the first under the universal manhood suf-
frage by which 10,000,000 new
voters ballot. Also the Farmer- Labour Party enters the national election for the first time, although it is expected to gain only a few
Eats.
The expenses of the candidates are variously estimated at from 20,000,000 to 50,000,000 yen.
Critics of eugenies who say that we waist to establish the n-thods of the stud farm are aim
Eugenesis
1
dieult science, only yet in a tentative stage. Those who study the subject are the last to advocate gislation. That is not true of America, where they are very fond of legislative experiments. They have already in some States inoro duerd ሲነ exceedingly drastic Cuizendes measure of sterilising persons believed to be undesirable as parents Over 6,000 operations have been performed chiefly in California."
Children Of Professional Classes
Better Endowed By Nature. The present preponderance in the birth-rate among the poorest classes over that among the profes sional classey was, however, a new and very grave danger. Until the last two generations there was no reason to think the birth-rate in the more highly endowed classes was lower than that in the sluma.
by
Many people were up in arms al ones if one assumed any natura superiority in the educated classes over the uneducated. But if there was anything at all in heredity one must believe that those who their own energy and ability bad won some kind of success were more likely to have distinguished chilken than those who had failed in life. That was not only a mate ter of theory. Careful tests had been made upon school children to try to find out whether the children of fairly successful professional
The dissolution and election, while not especially pleasing business interests owing to inter- fergue with economie rad ust ments, is not exported sirionly to men were better endowed affect the money market er trade. natore than 1hese of and workers. Though it has been generally ex-The results in all caser showed that pected that the Diet would be dis- solved shortly after the reassembly it was by no means certain till this morning, when the Opposition an- nounced ita intention to introduce a vote of non-confidence.
The Government, forestalled the actual vot by dissolutioning as soon as the Finance Minister had finished his speech
China Policy.
The Opposition's denunciation of the Government is due to dissatio faction over the China policy and the measures adopted for the re- adjustment of the financial and economic situation. It is particu- Early held that the Government was responsible for the outbreak of the anti-Japanese movement in China and the Opposition denounced the Shantung expedition as an unfor Hiveable blunder.
It has been decided to hold the General Election on February 20th
the former were undoubtedly superior. The difference was not very great, but it certainly existed. Morehven, it must be reinertrije rod that these differences were cumade tive, and if the differential birth- rare continued in favour the in crease of the inferior type the change for the worse in the endow ment of our people. would be very great.
the
Wad
Prolific Slums Dwellers. Indeed, at present, added Dean, the highest birth rate that of feeble-minded women, Next came the dwellers in the worst slums of our large towns; and next to then the miners. At the other end of the scale, where the birth-rate was so small that it did not, nearly keep up the num hers, the lowest was among the doc toms, then the ministers of religion, and then the teaching profession
Without exalting my own class, 1 think you would all agree," he said, "that there is no section of the community which is better n dowed, physically, intellectually, and morally, than the members of the learned profesions. What we Deploring the wutinued disturare doing is to take off the creara bances, he pointed out the wrious of each generation and throw it effect from an economic viewpoint and warned that Japan, was unable to tolerate any endangerment of the lives or property of foreign esidents and sonomic interests of the Japanese.
Trext.
Föreign Policy.
Speaking in the Upper House Baro Tanaka outlined the foreign policy, devoting three-fiths of his speech to China.
He reiterated that. Japan does not intend to interfere in domestic affairs in China but emphasised
will that the Government
nol hesitate to take proper mauures to insure her rights and interests and safeguard the lives and property of her nationals.
away" One reason, he admitted, was that young men in the learned professions were so ladly puïd that they could not afford to marry early, while the older men were overpaid. like hanself. (Laugh- ter.)
bad dronniel,
The man, a watchmaker," of Loele, was found in the canal at Amster dain, bound hand and foot. He was removed alive frour the water, but died a few hours later, after Titter ing the words,The butes, the brutes!" Among his effects were found two pieces of paper, on one of which was written
This night I have had a terrible dreang I dreamed that two men seized me, robbed aw, tied my hauls and feet, and threw me into the water. This is the fourth time in five weeks that I have had this terrible dream. May God protect me!"
"Something Terrible."
On another pièce of paper was written. Should something terrible happen to me, and should I lose my life in consequence, I pray these who find this paper to give news of" my fate to my father, who is a town uncillor in Locke. The murder. ers were neger discovered.
A somewhat similar case is that of a young apprentice in Hamburg. who dreamed that he was robbel and murdered on the way to Berge Corf, and told his master of the dream.
That is a strange coincidence,”. remarked the master," because it so happens that to-day I want you to take same money for me to Bergedorf."
the way to the village, returned to The apprentice became alarmed on the last village, and asked the local policeman to send some one, with
him until he had passed a certain lonely, corner of the woods. The policeman sent a farm had with him, but as soon as they had passed the dangerous spot, and the youth had gone back, the apprentice felt no 50 scared that he returned to the village and neked the gendarme to send some one with him as far as Bergedorf itself.
The farm lad was detailed for the duty again, and on the way the apprentice. now, reassured, told his companien what he had drenmeil He had hardly finished the recital when the youth bent down, picked up a stone, and murdered the ap prentice with it.
Death Sentence. Another curious case was that of the Dasseldorf workmah named Schramm, who was condemned to death in consequence of a dream, The body of an unknown man hal some time before been taken from the Rhine and buried without identi. fication. There were two bullet- wounds in his hend, and a stone was tied by a cord to his neck.
Six months later Schramm was
sleeping in a common cell with other prisoners-be had been arrested on some minor charge when he cried aloud in his sleep, "Throw him intu the Rhine. Tie a rope round his neck first and attach a stone.
The other prisoners awoke him and asked what he had dreamed. He replied that he had dreamed of & murder committed on a workman named Maxson, in which he h actually taken part.
One of the prisoners told the story to the governor, the body of the Marry Old Or Young?
unidentified man was exhumed, and It was still a disputed question was found to be that of Mansen. whether people ought to marry Schramm afterwards denied that The Dean added that he had had anything to do with the young, many distinguished men were the murder itself, saying that it was. sors of middle-aged people, but, on all the phantasy of a dream, but the other hand, Napier, the dis-sufficient evidence was forthcoming coverer of Logarithins, was the son to convince a Düsseldorf jury of his of a boy of 18. The politicians guilt, and he was condemned to would not help in solving the pro death blem. They only realise that the unborn have no vates," said the Dean. "We have to realise that Referring to Manchuria, he stat ed:Maybe it is necessary to take they have rights, and that the con- these provinces into special consi-ditions, of our people 100 years deration owing to the vital neces- hence are just as important as vity of maintaining pesce and order those of to-day."
Continuing Baron Tanaka refer red to the marked tendency in diferent parts of the country re peatedly to violine treaties," which, he said, Japan was unable to over- look,
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Turning to Japan's relations principle of the open door and with Ameries Baron Tanaka regret equal opportunity, and stated they ted that the "question of dis- would gladly co-operate with the
legislation against Chinese authorities and people for criminatory.
the economic development of those Jammigration still remains regions.
though be was pleased with the mutual understanding bo- Armaments Question.
tween the two peoples, which is Touching upon the question of essential to the solution of such disarmament Baron Tanaka regret questions and which was graduat ted the failure of the three-powerly increasing. conference at Geneva and ch In the course of his speech he phasised that Japan's basic-pria-referred to the growing amity iple is to contribute to the and gradual development of trade security of world peace and lighten with the Soviet and the satisfactory ing the burdene on the peoples conclusion of a treaty of commerce without losing sight of the safety with Germany, also the agreement olour national defence.
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