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RICE AS NATIONAL AMERICAN FACING SERIOUS

FOOD.

CAUSE OF ASIA'S DECLINE?

JAPANESE PROFESSOR:S

THEORY.

"

Mr.

Japanes Matsu:mura, acientist and food expert attached tu the Tokyo Food Research Bureau, attributes the retrogression

CHARGE.

ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT OF OVER TLS,' 18,000.

CASES AT U.S. COURT. SHANGHAL

SHANGHAI, April 16th. David E. Duff, a citizen of the United States of America, was ar

of the Asiatic races largely to ther rested yesterday morning at the dict of rice.

Country Hospital, being accused

PHILIPPINES ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT.

AGRICULTURAL BANK NEEDED.

U.S.A. EXPERT EVOUR'S USE OF FOREIGN CAPITAL..

Jaremiah W. Jenks, president of the Alexander Hamilton Institute.. to-day regarded As one of America's oustanding economists, left Manila after a brief visit öf cne week, with two specific sugges tions,

The resogression of India, "the greatest in olden days and still by Mr. James B. Davies, Specini

1. Get the government out of famous for the wonderful phile Assistant United States District business, but go slow about it. If sophies and cultures she has Attorney for China, with embezzle the sugar centrals are making evolved," he sets down as being ment.

good, as I understand they are, I entirely due to the rice diet of her

The defendant was brought beso no reason why the government should hurry selling them at enar- people, lack of the proper amouit

mous losses and variety of vitamins in the food, fore Judge Milton D. Purdy, at the

An agricultural bank is what essential to the proper growth el U.S. Court for China yesterday brain and brawn, having caused the morning, and he was released. In you need. I think, however, that this should be accomplished the races of Hindustan to became charge of the Court Marshal, în through one of the established

gold $10,000..

devitalized.

China, once the fore-runner of order that he might furnish banks. The Philippine National civilization with India," he says, bond of security for the sum of bank can well be converted into one

such bank. is also rapidly dropping out. of

Dr. Mr. F. J. Schub appeared for the race, as a result of her rice diet. The people of the Orient the defendant, and Mr. Davies for and of the South Seas, feeding on the prosecution. rice as their staple diet, caanst keep step with the march of modern civilization. This has been notel by the Occidentals," says Mr. Matsumura, "and they, therefore, no longer fear the Orientals.??

Discussing the effect of food o the appearance of various races, Mr. Matsumura says that diet bas a great deal to do with the colour of human bodies. "

Jenks visited Governor General Stimson at Baguio, and while he did not feel free to speak The charge is that Duff, as agent on the subject of their conference, and attorney for Cyril MacNair, it is understood that their conver- carrying on business in Shanghai sations centred in these two aub- under the name of the Union Oil jects.

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Bays.

Dist And Colour,

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Co., between October 17th, 1927, Dr. Jenks had himself planned and February 24th, 1998, embezzled starting an agricultural bank here Tla. 18,491.48, the property of Mae in one of his previous visits, but due to the enormous amount of Nair.

Defendant pleaded not guilty." capital necessary to start such a Mr. Schuhl, for "defendant, said bank in those days, the plan was he would like to make an applica-given up tion for bail. Duff, he said, had

Now, however, the same difficulty "The colour of the human skabeen very ill for some time past; does not exist, as with the present has long been supposed to be the as a matter of fact, his blood pres capital of the Philippine National result of climatic conditions," be sure that morning was 200, nod bank, and agricultural financing "White people turn dark Dr. Gardiner had brought him to institution can be built, he stated. Mr On his return to the United under the African sus, but, when Court from the hospital. they return to Europe or America, Schuhl asked the Court to fix the States, Dr. Jenks plans to give the their ekin resumes its origial bail as low as possible. There agricultural idea some study for colour. When, however, American and Europeans stay in Japan or China and cat rice for a long time, their skins acquire a yellow tinge although the climatic conditions of Japan are not so different from those of Europe and of America. There is no doubt that diet has a great deal to do with the colour of human bodies..

the benefit of such capitalists as might be interested in the venture,

could be no question of tae defen. dant attempting to evade the juris diction of the Court; from what Mr. Jenks first visited the islands Dr. Gardiner had told him the de in 1801, He was here again in fendant could do nothing but re- 1004, and more lately in 1910, turn to the Country Hospital. This is his fourth visit. He said There were some friends of the that the progress of the islands has Our own ancestors," ho co-defendant, said Mr. Schubil, who been marvellous. tinues;

were of "it would seem, large physique and superior brain were quite prepared to stand bail, power at one time. But, as in and Mr. Schuhl suggcated the sum tells me that greater progress is to India and China, with the introdus of gold 8500. The Judge ruled come within a few years," he said. tion of Buddhism, they lost the that a further order should be Dr. Jenks is strong for the im- habit of eating meat, and from this made that, while the defendant portation of foreign capital here, lack of needed vitamins, they u

"My own personal experience

country.

other

The fear of certain Philipino

fered deterioration of body and was in hospital, he should report American, European, brain."

to the Court, Marshal cach day-capital, it is all the same, said This Japanese food expert adds either through someone else, or perhe, they all tend to develop the that animals also suffer deteriora tion through vitamin-lacking diets.. sonally. He cites an example of silver foxes Mr. Schuhl suggested that, the having been brought over to Japa latter part of next week should be leaders that outside capital is a from Prince Edward Island come alloted for the hearing of the case, menace

to Philippine" political time ago, and saya that their descendents

aspirations, was branded as foolish deteriorated Mr. Davies had no objection, and by Mr. Jenks have

He said that greatly. Sheep, cows, horses, pig, the Judge ruled accordingly, wherever he had gone in the world, imported into Japan, have all gone

he had seen how with the develop- backward, he declares, due to one

ment resulting from the advent of reason-poor food. What has en-

foreign capital, a country became more. able to maintain its political rights.

abled Japan to forge further abad MURDER OF RUSSIAN LADY. of India or China, according to him, is that, due to her geographic position, the Japanese have been

preat eaters of sea-foods in various forms, ise, he believes, they would also have taken to the low-think- ing, alow-action,-dolce far niente life that distinguishes those people whose staple food is rice:-NO. Daily News.

REBUILDING TOKYO.

A MIGHTY TRANSFORMA

TION.

CHINESE COOK SENTENCED TO DEATH.

ADMISSIONS IN SHANGHAI COURT."

Dr. Jenks is to-day America's outstanding authority on economic problems. He has been in several missions to Europe both officially and unofficially for the United States Government, and his opinions are greatly valued by President Coolidge Manila

Times.

·

IMPRISONED RUSSIANS

RELEASED.

SHANGHAI, April 16th. Yesterday in the French Mixed Court, the cook, formerly in the: employ of Mr. V. Arnoldoff, editor of the Shanghai Zarya, eventually admitted murdering ARRIVAL IN SHANGHAI ON Miss Nina K. Borissoff, Mr. Arnol- doff's cousin, Iately arrived from Japan, who was staying with the

THEIR WAY TO RUSSIA.

The city of Tokyo has entered upon a gigantic re-building pro

SHANGHAI, April 10th.. gramme which aims at a total re-

The five Russians who had been Construction of the heart of Japan's latter.

detained by the Nationalist authori capital, writes a N.-C. Daily News. It will be remembered that lasts for about aix on her on the correspondens. With the new Diet! building, an imposing structure of Tuesday afternoon the deceased charge of conspiring to upset the Government, were released yester- the skyscraper class, as the centre, young lady was found in the garday morning in Nanking and ar an area of about a mile square a den of Mr. Arnoldo's house, dendrived in Shanghai yesterday after teing transformed into a modern

from wounds in the throat, ap- noon. They are Messrs. Soca! European city.

(Zilbert), Kumanine (Zigon), Berg

A tremendous amount of expendi-parently inflicted by means of a and Veger and Mr. Veger. They ture, is entailed, and it is said that razor, which was found broken are expected to leave for Russin completion of the scheme will takej years. For the construction of the near at hand...

new Diet buildings, the Premier'e Mim Borissoff, whose parents are new official residence and the head-living at Saporo, Japan, had ar quarters of the Metropolitan Policerived in Shanghai only two months Board alone, a sum of Y.20,000,000 has been appropriated, most of this before, and it appears that, on money going towards the pureisee Tuesdag, "when the was left in the of property belonging to foreign houre by herself, Mrs. Arnoldoff Embassies and Legations.

The programme, when completed, having gone into the town, the ac will change entirely the diplomatic cured cook attacked her with a and legal centre of the city. The razor, wounding her on the arms main den underlying the scheme is and eventually cutting her throat, to bring about centralization, ader and ermmetry from the present inflicting a wound from which scattered condition of related gov death must have been practically ernment offices. The reconstruction, instantaneous.

do with the earthquake of 123.

1

some time this week.

This case has evoked considerable interest because of the processes of law involved in the ease. The five Russians were detained on suspicion and were moved from city to city without due trial or charge, until last month when they were given a trial a Nanking and ucquitted. They were nevertheless detained to give interested parties," an oppor unity to appeal from the acquittal, The lawyers representing the Rus sians were Messrs. Fleming and

Allman.

Zilbert was the only really im- portant personality among them. He has been the Military Adviser to plapsed in this area has nothing so, The accused, following his admiralist militariste, including Generals

some of the most important Nation- This region was more or less unsion of the erime in the course of Tan Yea Kai, Li Trang Jen and scathed, but there is no doubt that, three hour session of the Court Ho Ying Ching. He was one of the 1923 eatastrophe tended to

the few corps commanders sent to hasten aud to broaden plans that was sentenced to death-North China by Soviet Russia bad been made long before.

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