'The "professor" likens the relation between the Japanese Government and the people this year to that of two men whispering together, indicat Ing that they will negotiate closely on friendly terms, Or, he added, they may' be compared with two people eating at opposite ends of the same delicacy, The more they relish it, the better they understand the other's feelings, This means, according to his interpretation of the book of divination, that the Government and people have arrived at a thorough understanding fon the plan for increasing national prosperity, The Diet will not be dissolved nor will there be any serious debates dur-Ing the current session, The Diet and the Cabinet are similar to two cows, he pointed out, The implication is that although: their horns may be pointed at each other, the conflict is Tot nearly as ferocious as It appears Mr. Kodama makes some interesting predictions regarding the future of the great Powers, Great Britain is said to be like an ebbing tide, There is something forlorn and disheartening about its future, he feels, particularly as there sno competitive spirit to show its, future, however, he sees promise if France "moves to the southwest."
"A big man cruising in a storm in a big and powerful ship, undisturbed by the thought of any danger ahead." s.the way Tuy appears. The come, is iL and. will con! advance for a while yet, but the book Indicates that "a very important person" in Ttaly will dle three years from now, The nation will suffer a great cease.
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The Soviet Union enjoys good pros peels because the Government and copie will continue to work In har-many. Mr. Kodama predicts that success will crown Moscow's "southward movement," its activity in China, Dictators and near-dictators will continue to reign throughout the world for the coming decade and 2 half, During this period, the most Important nations "in international polities will be the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union, Italy and Japan, Japan Fire, China Water 'Sino-Japanese relations are likened a fire burning above a pan of water, Japan representing the fire and China' the water. Under this arrangement, the water will never boll, no matter how fierce the fire. If Japan tones down its policy and isles to get inder the pan," he contends, the water will boll and the delicacies in will goon become tender.'
"Professor" Kodama returned to Japan recently from China, where comes every year to fraternize with Chinese diviners and exchange views on the profession.
"The Chinese," he says, "have a profound faith in soothsayers, After the Sian revolt, for instance, Gen. Chiang' Kal-sheik could not "decide what to do, Finally he consulted Mr. Lung Hsien-shen, who is 101 years old and the most noted diviner in China.
"Mr. Lung was invited to come all the way from Tientsin to Nanking and offered a fee of $0,000 yuan. The aged man consulted his book and oven tually told the general that he should continue to lead the Nanking Government. The Generalissimo accepted the verdict as final."
According to Mr, Kodama, the art of divining was first developed in China by a man named Fu I nearly 7,000 years ago, As there was no written Language in, those days, the mechanics of the profession had to be passed from one generation to the next by word of mouth, It was not until about 4,000 years ago that it was written down for the first time.
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