the backing of the government. It is open to. question whether the Korean youth is much adaptable to soldiering in the first place, and secondly, whether His loyalty is such that in the aggregate he could be trusted even with the defence of Korea without such a Japanese stiffening as would frustrate any chance of rebellion. At the same ime the report is indicative of an Intention on the part of the Japanese authorities to develop imperial defence in such a manner as would relieve Japan itself, of some of the burden which may be thrust upon her, and, perhaps, some years hence, 4 similar proposal may' be heard with regard to Manchoukuo.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.