Osaka, Oct. 9.
The "Asahi" in an, editorial urges that prompt action should be taken for the relief of the famine in North China, and recommends that 4,000, the Japanese Red Cross should take 100.00 action. It says that the Red Cross 09! i8 not solely intended for the relief 20-f0, of suffering arising out of war, and quotes Article 25 of the League $200,819.64 Tls. 4135 Nations Covenant, which, it says, was embodied in the Covenant largely owing to the initiative of the Japanese.
The "Asahi" urges the Japanese Red Cross to take the initiative in carrying out the spirit of this provision, and advocates the immediate appropriation of at least a. million yen from the Red Cross funds. Reuter.
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