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BARON TANAKA ON JAPANESE "POLICY TOWARDS, CHINA.
JAPAN ONLY ANXIOUS TO BE FRIENDLY BUT WANTS CO-OPERATION.
WHAT IS DUE FROM CHINA,
JAPANESE PEOPLE BEHIND THE GOVERNMENT.
We reprint from the North China Daily News the following interview recently accorded to Mr. George Sokolsky by Barun.. Tanaka, in which important pronouncements on Japan's policy towards China 'were made.
The Foreign Minister insisted that the Japanese Nation supported his policy. He denied aggressive intentions and com- pared the Chinese Reevolution to that which Japan experienced 70 years ago.
Mr. Sokolsky writes:
I
Baron Tanaka, tall, erect; of; expect that as a result of this most military bearing, whose parchment optimistic development, China will like face creased and wrinkled as enter upon a constructive era, he smiled, greeted me most cordial eagerly await the announcement of ly in the Ministry of Foreign the new Government. Affairs in Tokyo. It was one day before the end of my visit to the Japanese capital and it was the culmination of a week of hospitality and interviews, during which I was given an opportunity to see the principal men of Japan, politicians, bankers, industrialists and labour leaders, with whom I discussed
China.
9th, 1928.
MODERN AMERICAN JAPANESE ARTIFI-
SLANG.
AN EXAMPLE OF "SICK SPIEL,"
Those who believe, they have mastered the intricacies of Ameri- can slang may like to demonstrate their virtuosity by translating the specimen given below. This is book review from an issue of a theatrical weekly called Fariety, It is written in the patois Broadway, but this is close enough to the slang of the colleges and the language of the movies, so that' anyone who thinks he can read,
of
CIAL SILK.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE
INDUSTRY.
The artiAcial silk industry in growing so rapidly in Japan (1451 the Japan Chronicle) that import has been cut down three quarters sevenfold and export increased during the first seven months of the current year, as compared with the same period of last year,
write, or
American speak the tongue should be able to translate 80 per cent. of it at sight:-
This bird McEvoy who wrote "Show Girl," has been kibbitizing on life without missing a trick. He's got it all in his opus of night life and show business and tells it
it would Happen a series of drama to another, wires, radio- letters from one principal in the grams, and cross-fire.
fall
The aggregate import for the frst seven months was 119,931 lbs., valued at Y61,129, showing of more than three quarters against corresponding figure of last year. The grades imported are all cheap, for cords and kindred goods, mainly drawn from Italy and Swit zerland. Details are given below:- Up to Inc. or Dec. Sources. July 31st. on Year.
1. Italy
33,115
58,334 Switzerland... 25,032 21,937 France
21,223
14,039
Holland... 19,623 Germany teen United States Eagland Belgiam
6.400 2,063
334 128,929 9,335
1.453
91,560
..$32
Canada!
Total
37,770 *58
12,931 -380.841
The report anticipates that the exceed 200,000 lbs., or one-third of to totai import for this year will not last year's receipts, falling 100,000 lbs. in 1929 and none in 1930.
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On the other hand, the overseas trade is growing as rapidly as im- July there were 40.277 bs, repre-
31 value of Y.101,584, or senting a port is reduced. Up to the end of seven times as large as the volume of business completed in the same
has been the boycott raging in period of last year. In this regard it should be remembered that there China, which is one of the most important markets for, Japanese artificial silk.
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The guy who wouldn't go for would probably crochet beautifully Dixie Dugan, his fian heroine, and aling a mean lamp shade, and I deeply sympathize with the what he don't know about the guz-
heard of. Chinese in their efforts with regardle grottos, Texas Guinan's never Dixie crashes into show business to reconstruction and am fully will ing to co-operate with them in this rid night club and a spick hoofer sticks a hive into a big ticker and effort. After all the Chinese who craves her. The tamale eater people are our neighbours and we tape worm who has a yen for Dix. They throw the spick in the can. have and intimate relations and Then things happen. friendship for the Chinese, people.but the rapper pulls off to avoid However, we cannot disregard some the nasty publicity. However, the actions of the Chinese Government Evening fab," a rag used mostly Baron Tanaka was left for the which are altogether in disregard for wiping windshields, has signed last, and our conversation was frank of international fidelity: I men-Dixie for the story of her life. The throughout. I opened the political tion as two examples, the unilateral ghost writer is a young scribbler abrogation of treaties and the put- with a musical comedy mixed in with his white and red corpuscles. part of the interview as follows:
The Chinese people, Baronting into effect of provisional re- Tanaks, think that Japan's policy gulations without the consent of He's using the tab for a bull pen with regard to China is solely that the Powers concerned. Such actions until he can find himself a weak The spick is sprung from the of the Seiyukai and does not repre- tend to make it impossible for the minded producer. sent the true opinion of the Japanese to deal with the Chinese Japanese people. Upon my arrival amicably and to re-operate with the ancay while Dixie is playing a a dah act. He cors Dixie into in your country, even I believed Chinese in the reconstruction of couple of small time cut weeks in getting into his car and starts to that that was a correct view. It is their country."
Iam with her. The ghost writer because of this opinion so generally Co-operation Depends On China. held in China and because so much
Baron Tanaka then reverted to a happens along and when the spick's of China's attitude towards Japan
He said, "A few minutes ago you is based upon this idea that I came question which I previously asked.heap gooses another puddle jumper, here to learn and I should be very made the remark that the recent
He hides her in a big league happy if you could express your developments in China did not
apartment and lets the public thinkexport. table: ideas for publication.
endanger the national existence of Japan. Bu you must note the she's kidnapped. Meanwhile her and life story never misses a deadline. Chinese attitude toward us Baron Tanaka replied:
Most emphatically, the whole of until this attitude on the part of The big tick and take 'eth guy sicks Japanese public opinion supports the Chinese changes, the Japanese & flock of private bulls on her trail,
the position but they finish ace douce
Dixie gets tired of the hideaway my policy. There is no difference find themselves in in essentials between the Saiyukai where they are unable to give ful and goes homme. Nobody finds her the Minseite (Opposition cooperation. It, as I expect, the but a motto card salesman who Party). I know that not only is new Nationalist Government, which used to know her when. He's been Australia this policy supported by the poliis Being established in Nanking frigidaired since she put grease tical and diplomatic leaders of with a fixed responsibility and a
Wall Street decides to angel "the
bridge and Clyde Mill Field Japan, but also by the business men, definite administrative organ, makes paint on her map,
its position stronger in the country reporter's opera, the spick goes And you would be surprised to
and changes from its former at back home to help his old man The total export for the year know that there has not been as much criticism of this policy from titude toward Japan to one that is start a revolution, and the reporter will be twice as much as last year operations on the Central Scotland is sent into a couple of producers After August the consumption is scheme-the first of the "grid" the Foreign Powers aa has been more friendly, it will be possible to
create conditions under which co-who make shows out of cigaret brisker at home, reducing the figure schemes prepared by the Electricity generally believed."
operation da,a reciprocal basis cao
papera un coupons..
on the other side of the account. Commissioners-began in March in benchieved and nothing will give They rewrite his script until he hut the report gives 100,000 The as me more happiness and pleasure has two commas and a semi-colou still coming for the rest of the than this. If the changes which I left. After all the originality and have indicated are realized, then we pep have been altered to fit some shall be prepared to deal with the old sets they have the two bushel Nationalists in solving amicably the men open it in Atlantic City. pending questions between China and Japan.
"
and
All Japan Behind Us.
·
What Japan Has Suffered. Baron Tanaka then said that he had had a very long experience in China as a military man and knew the Chinese situation very well.
our hero grabs off the broad and
serams.
The repot, however, utters a warning against satisfaction with the results to far achieved, for overseas, the foreign trade being there is much to be developed
limited to a small area in the Far still at an experimental stage and East, as shown in the following
Up to Inc. or Dec. Destination. July 31st. on Year.
lbs. China
+ 37,183
....... 40,380 Hong Kong . 4,279 Kwangtung North America Hawaii
+
4,079
.536
$26
52
45
3,265
76
760
39.994
Dutch Indies
Total
46,277,
year.
61
CINEMA NEWS.
CHILDREN OF DIVORCE."
CHEAP ELECTRICITY.
FIRST STAGE IN SCOTTISH POWER SCHEME.
The end of the first stage of the Government's project for the pro- vision of cheap electrical power throughout Great Britain reached last month, with the com pletion of the first pass on the 18-mile section between Bonny-
was
two sections, and work has been proceeding simultaneously in the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas.
This scheme will lick up and unify the main generating stations in the valleys. of the Clyde, the Forth, and the Tay, and covers the principal shipbuilding, engineering,
It does a pratt fall and is due for the cleaners when the daughter of the owner of the rag steps in
"Children of Divorce" the new and puts up fresh dough. The pro- ducers are told to blow and the Paramount picture at the Queen's author puts back on his original. Theatre to-day and to-morrow pre
Dixie don't know who put up the sents Clare Bow in another execi- colliery, and manufacturing Areas sugar for the new deal and is lént, rôle. The story tells the ex- of Scotland. The population of the jealous of the pub's pup. She has periences of a young girl, the daugh area is approximately three-quar- fallen in love with the author heter of divorced parents, who atters of the whole population of cause he played the chill for her. an early age, was forced to fend for The Wall Street guy is still try herself. ing but is about ready to give his clubs to his caddy when the show opens in New York and whams them. Dix grabs off the author and everything in copecelty,
At no time in the past has the public opinion of Japan been so united. Although I know that there has been criticism of our Barnn Tanaka," I said, "I China policy and that it has been think that many of the important described as aggressive and as in Chinese people believe that your volving an infringement of China's Government is quite unstable; its Sovereignty, I can tell you that the downfall has been expected to take Japanese have no such designs. place at any moment and I assume Japan's policy is definitely based that the Chinese attitude, to which upon the principle of vital national you call attention, is based upon self-defence of the Japanese Em-such a beliel. You have, of course, pire. We have no aggressive denoted that there have been Chinese who have favoured the Oppositional signs."
Baron Tanaka." I said, "au-Party in Japan." cording to Chinese opinion there Baron Tanaka replied, "You have have been no recent developments spoken frankly and I will reply to in the relations between China and you with equal franknees. I have
It's a whole of a yarn and Japan. which in any way imperil known all the time that the Chinese the national defence of the Japanese have believed that, my Government sure cure for insomnia. McEvoy Empire.'
would fail and I gave special atten, knows the lingg and the people and Baron Tanaka for the moment tion to the question of the political how he tells it. His picture of avoided that question, only to re-situation in Japan. We know that dress rehearsal takes them all in from "Strange Interlude " to turn to it later. Instead he said, Japancer internal politics are
Diamond Lil" There is no need to discuss how quickly mirrored in China and The motto card peddler who much the Japanese bave suffered exercise direct and indirect in from the successive revolutions and fluence over Chinese policy. I have finally cops himself a chorus girl from the chaotic conditions in
now, heen completely successful in pal of Dixie is another pip of a China, We hope that China may accomplishing the unification of character, also the spick. You can be free from all chaos and that Jamanete, public opinion, particu-almost smell the Krisko in his China may emerge from her larly with regard to the Sino- Dixie herself is a hot number and troubles to a place at which it Japanese Commercial Treaty which as, modern as television. Some of will be possible for her leaders to the Nationalist Government has the peasants may not concede that enter upon a constructive pro unilaterally abrogated." gramme for the stabilization and reconstruction of the country. We Japanese turnestly with for that.
"We Japanese went through a | similar experience 70 years ago and as we understand all the difficulties the Chinese face, we have a deep sympathy for them, at the present time-
"I have confidence that the new Nationalist Government; which. Marshal Chiang Kai Shek and bia colleagues are seeking to establish,
responsible Government."
Manchuria And Tslaan
I then asked Baron Tanaka about Japanese public opinion concerning Manchuria. "I repeat as regards the Manchurian question, there is no difference of opinion among the political parties in Japan,"
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Scotland. This Scottish scheme "Girl Shy."
alone will ultimately absorb 42 and companies Harold Lloyd's Girl Shy" will existing power be screened for the last time to-day at the World. The famous comedian municipal installations, giving to appears as a bashful young man who the smallest areas the full benefit lives in great fear of the fair sex of mass production and bulk die- How his timidity is finally overcome
is told in an amusing series of tribution, and reducing the cost of events leading to a thrilling climax power for all purposes to less than a penny per unit. The total capi- when Lloyd boards a runaway tram- ear to rescue the girl from danger tai expenditure on the scheme to The heroine is Jobyna Ralston who Lloyd's big successes. has appeared in most of Harold the end of March, 1934, is esti
"A Kise In The Dark."
mated at £3,975,284," the greater part of which will be spent in giving employment to British work.
Star, Theatre to-day in a French ers.
Adolphe Menjou arrives at the
The principal contractors for the faree catitled "A Kiss in the
scheme Are British Insulated Dark. The story deals with n pretty girl who has for years tried Cables, Limited, of Prescot. The the Kid could protect herself in the to reform a beau frequently involved whole of the material for the lines clinches the way she did, and still in affairs of the heart. Lillian Rich, will be of British or Colonial manu- keep those mugs interested, but it's Aileen Pringle and many other well facture. The use of foreign copper is entirely avoided throughout the is grid" system of electrical power being done all the time. You can't known players also appear.
The jury is in on sue them on promissory notes.
supply by the use of aluminium pro- and if it don't wind up with the
duced in England. season's best sellers, Babe Ruth is a chorus-boy."
"Show Girl"
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"Sticks a shive into a big ticker and tape worm who has a yen for
There are ten central generating Dix: stabs a Wall Street broker who is in love with Miss Dugan. stations, from which the current is "What about the question of the
"The spick is sprung from the distributed by a system of over- interim rate tariff revision, Baron- Tanaka " I asked...
Perhaps it might be well to in-ancay: the Latin is released from head cables. These extend-over-250-
he's been frigidaired," miles, and are carried across the With regard to this question. Idicate a few clues. "Kibbitzing" prison:
told that. the Nationalist (usually spelled "kibitzing") is from frigidaire,, a popular type of country on a series of galvanized Government had presented the from the noun "kibitzer," one who electric refrigerator; disdainfully steel towers, ranging from 60, to will give China, a more stable and problem to the Japanese, but that looks on at a game of cards, and, rejected (by analogy from such ex-250 or even 200ft in height; and "given the placed about 300 to 360 yards apart, Crossfire.
retinct expressions se thus far there had been no action. particularly, poker. The Five Council Government. -
then asked Haron Tanaka about is criap, rapid dialogue-To-go cold shoulder, given the frozen The length of these spans is unpre Baron Tanaka then commented the Japanese attitude toward the for a lady is a variant of fall mitt"). The rest is equally sim cedented, the usual-span-being-no.................
more than 100 yards: The towers for fall in love with A ple). on the character of the new Five Tainan Incident
One of the things about slang in have been made to the design of Council Government as being a step
He replied, "I do not consider man who would sling a mean forward in political organization in this a very difficult question to lamp shade" is one who would de- the United States which trip the Bir Reginald Blomfield, R.A. The China. He thought that the new solve. If China can give us sign and execute these useful ar- unwary is the fact that it changes long spans of cable running from administration would lead to a security for the future, that questicles strikingly well, and is there so rapidly and completely. It may tower to bower end at outdoor greater assumption of fixed respon- tion would be easily solved. As to fore by presumption highly effemin- be accepted as certain that any transformer stations without any are of phrase found in Mark Twain or intervening section of underground Guzzle groffol sibility
my personal attitude, I do not ate. desire that s aingie Japanese soldier course aight clubs and speakeasies. Bret Harte is no longer current, cable, and the current is trans- spick is a mupronunciation and would be meaningless to most mitted at the exceptional pressure" should remain in that region."
Of the English electrical "grid" In connection with the above in of spig spiggoty originally of to-day's young people. An ex of 138,000 volta s terview, it must be remembered that an Italian (cf. apaghetti 1) and pert, shown anything written with- Baron-Tanaka was speaking na the now anyone of Latin "origin, and in the past quarter-century in schemes, the first to be put in Japanese Minister of Foreign especially from Latin America lang, should be able to tell within hand is that for South-east Eng-
in September-in-Bedfordshire evidence when it was produced. Affairs and, not only as the Pre hoofer is & professional-dancer, three or four years from internal lend, on which work was started
(Continued on next Column). sident of the Seiyukai Party...
"I am glad," he said, that this step is being taken, not only from the standpoint. of Chinese and Japanese interests, but also from the standpoint of Jamanity and Sino-Japanese economic relations My reports with regard to the new reorganization lead me to hope and
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