out Beem not Hel renee hath higher toute of manhood "tne sign of Valour tr has tattle ener kre Tokyo, July 26.
That Japan should sell her battle~ ships, disband her vast Army Givisions and utilize the proceeds for strengthening her economic position and for buying territory Whither she can send her surplus population, is urged by Mr. Tsuneto Fane. a prominent Japanese busiis a typical Japanese Of short girth, but' sturdily built, resembles Japanese military man in ctvitian Glothes, He is firmly of the opinion that. the burden of expenditure caused by piling up armaments Mocking the gateway to progress and to prosperity, and fears that, Mas things are to-day only extremely drastic reduction of the tate expenditure can prevent our household from toppling over to dust and ruins."
'With the exception of just. those: units deemed requisite for the protection of Japan's vested interests in Manchuria, pending the estabishment of a firm, central govern ment in China, he' prefers that all courage all possible inclination on the. part of our neighbours to [challenge us. Some people say that we should remain in arms on account of America. But even here, thone is nothing to fear, for American pacifism is just, as powerful as American imperialism. There are enemies of Japan among the Amer-cans, but, at the same time, there Jare a largo number of good friends fof Japan there too. If we did not} have such disproportionate armaments, I really believe that the immigration bill, with the Japanese exclusion clause, would never have [been passed."
As regards other countries, Mr, Yano declares that the attitude of England, France a Russia, in the present. circumstance is such that they will hesitate before ever: dreaming of yunching an atta ok feel sure that if we had no armament:
the sympathy of the world would flow to us.
If anyone should dare to attack us when we thave stripped ourselves of useless armour, then would the rest of 1 world back us up.
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