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now being experienced in Tokyo at the tenor of most of the comments now being made in the world's press. It ac~ counts too for the apparent divergence between the views of that press and certain highly-vocal, if ill-informed, comments which have freely gained local currency and are, perhaps, largely explained by natural and, not in all respects illogical, obsession with the background "of recent events, The point is deserving of serious attention for nothing id could be more ill-advised than to discount the ultimate power of world-opinion? to which "The Times"—also 'a sincere friend of JJapan—makes so weighty a reference.
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