H. M. the Emperor has been recently pleased to confer a posthumous honour on Hojo Tokimune, the Sixth Regent of the Hojo Family, promoting him to the first junior court rauk from the fifth senior rank. Tokimune is celebrated for his repulse of the Mongol fleet sent by Kublai Khan with the object of adding Japan to his already gigantic possessions. When the first Mongol ambassador arrived in Japan there were different opinions in the Imperial Court, but it was Tokimune's advice which decided that the proposals should be instantly rejected. The consequence was the invasion of a strong squadron on Kinshn in 1281, but the expeditionary force was annihilated by Tokimnne's force aided by a tempest.
Only three men of the invading army escaped. Sine then "day out" pan has never been attacked from without. sual obser Whether the admittance of women into The Bogatyr. politics has anything to do with it is hard Tt has lately transpired in Tokio that to say, but it is quite the proper thing at the Russian cruiser Bogatyr stranded afternoon tea parties now to discuss an just outside Viadivostock in a dense fog absentee tax, a graduated land tax, the and was so much damaged that she sank. nationalization of monopolies, and all the was noticed that the Bogatyr did not other topics which are so much in the air take part in the Russian raid on Gensan at present. Little coteries of cultured about " month ago and it is believed that and thoughtful men and women exist who the vessel was wrecked before the sinking meet and discuss and discourse on their of the Kiushu Maru on the 26th April. A "enthusiasm for humanity," the im-St. Petersburg telegram of the 28th ult. portance of being not a capitalist and stated that the Czar was highly indignant other themes. Mr. Donald Mackinnon, the with Rear-Admiral Yeszen, who had acted new leader of the Opposition in the State without orders, and had ordered that he be Assembly, is a wealthy and cultivated court-martialled. There are theories here Radical, a barrister by. profession, and he in regard to the supposed stranding of the is the latest exponent of the new creed. Bogatyr but 1 refrain from referring to him what may formed the "upper them more explicitly for the time being. ten" among the Socialists look for light The War Bonds. and leading. But, of course, the commer-'The second issue of the Exchequer cial classes are anti-Socialists to a man and woman.
Bonds was officially announced this afternoon. The maximum issue price is 92 The Scriptural Campaign League. yen as against 95 yen on the first acc: Nothing can be done nowadays without sion: the term is seven years against league. The religious education in State five, and the rate of interest remains at schools has been a vexed question in every five per cent. The denominations are of Australian State for 30 years past. The 25, 50, 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000, and 10,000 above-named league has sprang up for yen. An official communique issued in the purpose of introducing picked lessons this connection says tit the estimated from Scripture into the daily curriculum war expenditure till the end of the euro of the free scholars of our State schools. rent year (March-April 1905) from the It was a tangled topic 30 years ago when opening of hostilities is over 410,000,000 the present Education Act was framed yen, of which 200,000,000 yen was it is a still more exasperatingly contro-obtained by the issue of Excheqier Bonds versal stumbling-block to-day. For every loan. and the flotation of the recent foreign denomination has its say. The end of the matter for the present will be the decision of the referendum which is to be submitted to the electors at the on-
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