A NAVAL TREATY TRAGEDY.
JAPANESE OFFICER
A SUICIDE.
experts was a feature of the Foreign Relations Committee's hearing of opinions of the Naval Treaty.
Admiral Hilary “Jones' opposed the provisions regarding both eight-inch gun and six-inch, gun
cruisers. Tokyo, May 20 Tension over the London Naval Treaty has been heightened by the suicide of Lieutenant Commander Kusakari, a member of the naval
General Staff, who died to-day in hospital at Numazu, after having
slashed his abdomen with a sword
on a train between Kobe and Tokyo.
Lieutenant Commander Kuan- kari, did not explain his harakiri, but his naval comrades declare that recently he had been bitter and despondent over the future of the navy as a result of the Lon- don Pact.
Admiral Jones expressed contrary Senator Reed · contended that views in a letter last year, and Admiral Jones' repied. "That letter was written to find a yard- stick."
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Examining Rear-Admiral Bris- Secretaries Will Get tol, Mr. Reed cited the Anglo- Japanese cruiser strength before the conference and asked.—“Do you suppose they would have censed building to allow us to catch up with them without this treaty?"
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During the last five years I have Admiral Bristol was of opinion engaged six secretaries. Really that in view of their financial good private secretaries are hard Admiral Takarabe continues to condition they could not continue to find. In those five years I Bath the Foreign Relations Com-wasted many futile hours in inter be closely guarded, and police. men mounted on motor cycles acmittee and the Naval Committee viewing unsuitable applicants. And are confident of having a sufficient having engaged a secretary I wait- company his motor car every- where.-Reuter.
majority to ratify the Treaty.ed patiently for two or throe They passed a resolution in favour months until she acquired a know- of an early conclusion of the public hearings of the enquiry Reuter's American Service.
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Her Victorian Husband.
My first secretary lasted exactly six months. She was not beauti- ful, nor even pretty, but she had the clear skin that denotes perfect health, and serene, candid eyes. Une day she told me that she was leaving to get married. I pointed out that there was no marriage. bar in my office, but it appeared that her husband-to-be objected to office work for his wife.
I asked his name, and was staggered to learn that my head clerk was the Victorian. fiance. To him, privately, I spoke. I ac- cused him of robbery, but he merely smiled sheepishly, I pleaded with him-he smiled still more sheepishly. The rogue thought he had a perfect right to take away from me a valuable private secretary,
After my second secretary hai been taken from me by a member of my staff I began to believe, with come justification, that my em- ployees were great admirera of my judgment. I called in my two remaining bachelor clerks, ex- plained my fears, and offered to Belect suitable wives for them. To my surprise they demurred. Neither, it seemed, had any pre sent Intention of getting married.
Blue and beige spotted silk foulard is a useful medium in which to express
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Yet within three years I had lost two admirable secretaries.
of
"Sing of omission bother us sometimes as much as those commission," she insisted. "Per haps it's something you haven't done."
With every male employee married, I engaged my
fifth secretary with a light heart, and in view of the prospect of per must be something." manence.. І Ta's particularly careful in my choice of # can- didate. I shall always remember 1929 A.S vintage year for secretaries, for my fifth was the queen of them all.
"I'll think," he replied. "It
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· Finds Source of Worry..
OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS.
Across
4 Imitated.
1 Short.
7 Languish.
11 Debate.
12 Kind of willow.
13 Ball game.
14 Raised platform.
15 Grassland.
17 Kind of poem.
13 Stacks.
20
Arid
22 Paragraph.
24 Conquered
25 Entity.
26 Poems.
23 Organ of sight,
30 Mixed vegetables.
32 Periodical payment.
34 Epic poem.
35 Infect.
36.Chill
33 Take away.
40 Asserts.
41 Before,
43 Irritate (Collaq.). 44 Neckwear.
45 Cigarette (Slang). 46 Stalk.
Wager.
50 Small bar,
53 Hurry
56 Intended. 66 Knots, 57 Roll.
1 God of love. 2 Reunite.
Down
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3 Gold and silver weight.
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5 Repose,
6 Portion.
7 Get rid of.
That night he came into her room when she was in bed. He sat down on the edge of the bed 58 Country residence. and said, "Mother, I believe I'm 69 Pay. Enter the Serpent.
worrying because Grandfather 60 People present, wants me to help Father in the 161 Lust blood." For a long time I was content, shoe business when I'm out of 62 Dull sound. as one in Paradise, and then, one school, and I want to be an aero- day, the serpent entered. It as nautical engineer. He's going to sumed the shape of a client who pay for part of my education, and asked her to luncheon with him.
I want to please him. If I go on At once I became aware of a with school, I'm afraid I'd be tak- new and very wide field of danger.ing money under false pretences. Bad enough to have my secretaries What do you think?"
'I think it would be a good idea stolen by my staff; intolerable to have them stolen by outsiders. Ifor you to talk it over with Grand- would not, could not, lose this father himself, dear. I'm sure he secretary. And yet in the end I will realize that you have a right did lose her. I
35 to what was forced to to a majority vote lose her in order to keep her.
shall be done with your own life. I married her.
If he is willing to help you out with that understanding, then it's all right for you to take his money. But if he wants to withdraw his offer under the circumstances, I think you'll have to work it out yourself with what little help we can give you."
Your Children.
[By Olive Roberts Barton.]
:
THE BEST
DISINFECTANT
IN THE WORLD
a
Fear Put to Roút. We talk so much of fear in con-
"Gee, Mother, I feel about nexion with this matter. of ton lighter. I know that's why child training that there is sure to I've been so uneasy. I don't seem be danger of overlooking the fact to be afraid of anything now.". that certain fears are right and "Well, being afraid helped you necessary. Constructive fears, we to settle it, didn't it?" she said as might call them, or positive feara he kissed her good-night.
"Some- rather than negative ones-the times fear is a very good thing. It kind that builds up character in makes us face things and fight a stead of tearing it down, that battle." builds a defence rather than a
menace.
"I'm not afraid of that," replied
the boy firmly. "All I was afraid
do-now I know."..
For instance, who can dispute of was not knowing just what to the value of fear when it comes to self analysis?
The difference is not always One day a boy I knew went to easy to see, but it is there. Our his mother and said, "Mother, I'm fined ones. The thing to do is to greatest fears are often the unde- afraid of something. I can't tell and out what they are and then set what it is, but there is something about removing them as soon as I'm afraid of, I know."
possible.
His mother laughed. "Well, well," she replied beamingly. "A never being afraid of anything in Often the people who boast of guilty conscience needs no accuser. their lives are not people of char- What have you been doing?" acter at all but quite the oppo-
"Not a thing, Mother. That's site. The good kind of fear won't! just it. I can't think of anything." hurt children..
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
SEE THAT TALL SPIRE-
LIKE. THING IN THE DISTANCE, OSCAR? THAT'S
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Oh, Uncle!
WELL-WELL- OSCAR-IT SEEMS LIKE WERE OLD. FRIENDS ALREADY
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CHAPERON
FRECKLES IS ONE OF
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