"Mobrh-Chixn Dalny News"
Dear LP.
It seems that Japanese dictionaries have different definitions from those of other countries. A school boy in Japan upon consulting his dictionary apparently sees the following:
Incident—an altercation with a neighbouring country which costs us £1,000,000 a day.
Sincerity—a trait which only we possess, and which therefore only we know the meaning of, Ca-operation—acts performed by another country after bombs, shells, and bayonets have made our meaning clear.
Defensive (war)—(war) which is fought entirely outside our own territory, War—(This word is omitted from the dictionary, because Japan having signed the Kellogg Pact "never under any circumstances to resort to the use of force" has no need for such a word).
Non-combatant—(This word is also omitted).
Army, Navy—those who have taken upon themselves the sole responsibility for- preserving peace, and who accept no help in the performance of their duty-Premier—one who is entirely subservient to the Army and Navy.
Treaties—something which China must observe.
Philanthropist—(This is the only word whose meaning corresponds to that given in dictionaries of other countries, and one definition is—those who through humanitarian motives give aid to the neutral and enemy needy)
"WOULD-BE LEXICOGRAPHER
Shanghai, Sept. 9.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.