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Tokyo, Feb 11.-The advent to
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
and consolidating the British-HEART-BEAT OF THE Empire and have resulted in
British Imperialism which thea- tens the whale world" is the rar: argument the Famiuri summons
in its attack on the Singapore
TREE.
ing Tests.
base scheme. The Singapore plan Sir J. C. Bose's Interest- calls for the extension of defen- sive systems and oil stations at: Malta, Ceylon, Aden and other Lecturing before the Royal strategic points. This will be Society of Medicina, with the power of a Labour Cabinet in viewed with suspicion, not only President, Sir William Hale Great Britain has brought to the fore once again the question of Japan, but also by European White in the Chair, Sir J. C. Bose. the establishment of a naval base nations, like Holland and France. F. R. S. gave further details of by the island empire of the North Holland is already experiencing his discoveries on circulation and
financial difficulties on account of assimilation in plants. Sea at Singapore, which it is
the additions she has made to her His experiments showed that declared refers keenly to the safety of Japan and which, if it as a result of the British definite active tissue extends provokes Japan to war with plan to fortify Singapore-in order throughout the langth of the tree that she can defend the neutrality the cellular paisations of which Great Britain, will also provoke of her East Indian possessions in regular saquence cause, by la racial war. The comments,
against either one or other of the their pumping action, the move- however, lack the sting and the combatants. Japan in the cstenment of sap. He drew attention bite that characterized the
sible, enemy that the Sings to the astonishing similarities of vigorous editorials that
pore scheme is providing the affect of various agents on written when the plan was first mooted, and generally take the against, and this menace to us the circulation in the plant and arrested form of sweet reasonableness" prevents the Japanese from effect-in the animal. The
ing disarmament on a bigger pulsations in both are asimi- that when Great Britain has scale and plays directly into the farly revived by stimulus, and been shown the folly of her ways. hands of our militarists and fire-certain stimulating drugs cause the scheme will be abandoned. eaters. Any menace to Japan will a very great increase' of throb-
The Huchi, a big Japanese be resented by the Chinese too.bing activity in both. daily whose circulation is confi-for it will ultimately be a threat The water pumped up by the
were
denily reported to be over 1,000,-to our neighbour also."
PROVOKING AMERICA
A
root of a tree exerts intra- vascular pressure, and profuse exudation takes place when hole is drilled in the tree. The palms, however, exert no root pressure: the sap is held very tenaciously in the trunk, and a hole drilled into it causes exudation of sap Yet after
no
000, in an editorial, appeals to common-sense of the British the "
The Singapore naval base plan, working man to prevail and to Five a fillip to world peace by is also a provocation against the crushing the plan to turn Sings-United States, according to a
Yomiuri pars into a vast modern fortress.' further contention of
Who can say," it asks," that "The attitude of the British Singapore may not be utilized Labour party towards the Indianas a base against the United certain special treatment the question and towards the Singa States in the event
tree yields very large quantities ore naval base." it states, "are to Anglo-American war? America of sap which contains sugar. No us the most interesting of all the has the Philippines, Guam, and explanation has hitherto been policies of the new British cabinet. Hawaii. Her trade relations with found for the copious exudation The Singapore base question, is China are important. Thus if in the absence of stimulating the more important because it re-Great Britain fortifies Singapore, internal pressure. fors keenly to the safety of Japan. the United States will be justified Sir J. C. Bose's investigations From the attitude hitherto adopt in the strengthening Pearl show that a dormant or iractivo
ed
a
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by the Labour party Harbour and Cavite and in incre-tissue is roused to intense activ-
in the event of an outbreak of between the English-speaking entire ignorance of the scientiāc
with the scheme.
is purpose
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This pot-
it seems as though the scheme asing the strength of her stand-ity under repeated irritation. In FOLD YOUR WHITE WINGS, DEAR ANGELS will be dropped. Mr. Hays, ing squadrons on the Asiatic certain palms the sugar-contain- Labour member. decla- station and the Pacific. Inter-ing sap is yielded by the inflore- red his opposition to the plan national unrest will result and scence, and the coercion employ-1 and warned the Government that all hopes for a closer unioned by Eastern cultivators in
war hetween Great Britain and nations of the world will be lost.
interesting. The Japan, other coloured men would
The apparent purpose of the Malays indict repeated blows for support the Yellow nation. Labour THE FLOWER.
the base of the members in the House of Com-plan is to defend Australia. The several days. with THE GOLDEN SONG.
mons also questioned Mr. Bald-suspicion that Japan will attack hammer, on win, when the Conservatives were Australia is due to Japanophobia. flower-stalk; after this oneincision in power, regarding the Singa-If there were no Japan in the made at the top of the spadix is pore base and declared that they Pacific Australia would be regard-followed by copious exudation. did not see any use for proceeding ed as free from all apprehension in Bengal the practice is differ- and menace. As a matter of fact, ent: the long spadix is held one reason why Australia is in an tightly between the fingers and "If the Singapore plan is cast everlasting nightmare of fear is kneaded downwards. overboard a great impetus to her own selfishngs. Japan is ential milking process is enn- world peace will be the result and ready to take up the gauntlet if finned for about a week, after! this will be much appreciated by provoked. But she does not want which the yield of the sap be
comes abundant. the Japanese people, not to men-to be the provoker or to be pro
To localize the active layer in tion the fact that the abandon-voked. Suppore Japan had toʻgo
an actual ment of the base will improve to war, it would be with the whole the tree and obtain Japanese feeling toward Great of the British Empire. It will be record of the internal pulsation. Britian. If the Labour party really a declaration of war on all it was necessary to get access to wishes to further world peace white peoples, which would be the smallest unit of life-ie. the
Although the: and a harmonious understanding foolish. As there are no Japan-individual cell. amongst the nations, then one ese who would go to war with the pulsation of a cell is ultra-micro- essential is that the Singapore United States on account of thescopic, Sir J. C Bose has detected; naval base should be abandoned, California immigration restrict-it by his electric probe in circait ions, so there are no Japanese with a recording galvanometer. EARTHQUAKE LOSSES. who would care to go to war with The records of this instrument go Declaring that the establish-Great Britain because of Austra-to show that any agent which ment of a vast naval base at lia's White Policy ideas. Why quickens or arrests the heart-beat) Singapore will embroil Japan, then should the Singapore base of the animal also quickens or inhibits the heart-beat of the tree. China Great Britain and the be built..
He exhibited his photosynthetic) United States sooner or later and
To be brief, the plin will recorder in action, by which the that the earthquake of last September with its calamitous ultimately burt Great Britain normal carbon assimilation of the fires, has considerably weakened more than anyone else. It will plant and any variation induced Japan's defence establishments, not only rouse the suspicions of in the rate become immediately the Yomiuri Slambung also a the Eastern nations but will also recorded. Tokyo daily with a large excite the jealousy of various following and one that is European Powers. "..
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Epidemic in Japan. and then bangs the big drum with Nicki Niel (Tokyo Daily News), more impudence than dignity,la paper with distinct Libera!
The extent of juvenile crime in pleads that the Singapore naval leanings. asks to know whether xbase scheme be rejected by thela warless world is feasible. Reply-Tokyo is alarming the authorities, Labour Cabinet. Its reasons are ling to its own question that it is states the Japan Chronicle. Two- many and varied and are inter-feasible. it says that such will be thousand two-hundred boys and esting in that some of them have only if pravocations for war are girls were arrested there during not been advanced before; sith eliminated and suppressed as last year, and even in the last they arise. "The Singapore four months, the period following' ough the papers have dealt with the subject of the proposed naval naval base is steering the world the earthquake, when the police to war, to a worse war than the were too busy to be very parti- station almost voluminously.
one that thade: a stambles of calar and when great numbers of The question," says the Yom- Europe. Missionaries argue sanc- people had left the city, the iuri, of establishing a naval, base timoniously about how to prevent average was almost maintained, at Singapore is a direct challenge the next war. make pious gener-with a total of 638 arrests. The to Japan. If war. comes, the alitations that another war must procurators sent many away with struggle will be between the yel-not be and while the Singagore a warning, but considered. it! low and the white races, and naval base, an incentive to strug-necessary to convict 605 of the most commen Japan will never attempt to strike gle, stares them in the face make offenders. The
SILVER RUSH TO KLONDYKE.
the tinder that will cause such no attempt to use their influence crime among children lately has a conflagration. The heavy losses to have an end made of it. And been the snatebing of goods from we sustained on account of the thus, by leaging what leads to shops and stalls. There have been earthquake and the resultant fires, war to remain, they want to end few cases of cther thefts or of personal injury, but large num- in respect of our national defence wars."
bers of the children bave been finance and economics are better
caught. Some have been arrest- known to American and British
ed for boarding trains without! statesmen than to us journalists.
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after the great disaster and some the object of the base is in order
The Klondyke is in the grip of mora mischievous imps for cutting to be prepared for the defence of Australia and for retaining India. another gold and silver rush. At the temporary telephone wires. This plan, if carried out, may the head of the Beaver river. The spreading of wild rumours is excite anger among the Indian fifty miles west of Keno Hill, a another offence mentioned in masses to the detriment of the silver and gold discovery of this regard the police will have British authorities there. Even if gigantic proportions has started their work cat out if they are to Great British gains certain a stampede from Keno and from stop every boy and girl from advantages in Australia she will Mayo, the major mining settle repeating and enlarging open the lose much more in India, China ment of the Yukon, to the new alarming things they bear, in a and Japan.
country where it is said official time of excitement. Finally we says reveal pay dirt running one have the crime of deserting azed * BRITAIN THEATENS WORLD," hundred ounces of silver to the parents. The morals of the The little stepping stones, like ton. There is gold in the district. Japanese are certainly deteriorat Malta, Aden, Ceylon, Singapore too, according to despatches ing if neglect of aged relatives is
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