Discussion of the desirability of sending a Japaneee expeditionary force to Europe still occupies a prominent place in the Japanese journals. Opinion seems to fairly evenly divided, the objection most generally raised being that the country's financial resources would be strained to an _unnecessary degree if such participation in the war were indulged in. At first it was suggested that the Jo. Panese military authorities should provide an army of 200,000 men and maintain it in the field, Now it is proposed by the "Independent "considerations cal in question the advisability of despatching regulars abroad, Japan should raise, equip and transport a volunteer force with the object of more speedily putting an end te the hor-
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