The Archive · 1914

THE OPENING OF THE JAPANESE DIOL

Dee The most important. paragra)) in the Speech from the Throw delivered by the Japanese Enperor at the opening of the Di! on Monday was the one fort shadowing certain "'necesurt administrative and financial sljustments."" No great political acumen is required to. guess tht probable nature. The taking o Tsingtao has been a costly busness and the nation is about be presented with the bill. timately, no doubt, Germany will have to pay the whole or ptr! of it; but for the moment monty has to be found inside Japan It is extremely unlikely tht that will be found possible means of adjustments which no further than curtailing penditure by manipulating tare without adding to them, and a cordingly the nation will alm: certainly find itself called up" to shoulder increased _financit! burdens. How will the demo! be met? Unquestionably, tH declaration of war against Ger many was a popular mort, responding as it did to foehn of loyalty on the one band,

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