Tokyo, Nov. 7.
Seven "holy halberds" dedicated to a "permanent Japanese victory" were brought to Tokyo yesterday evening as the last of 15,000 picked runners completed the. final lap of a 310- mile Marathon which began at the Ise Grand Shrine last Friday.
Shizo. Kanakuri, veteran "runner who participated in the Marathon race at the Olympic games in Stockholm in 1912, brought the halberds to their destination, the Meiji Shrine.
The 15,000 runners kept the sacred weapons moving day and night as they covered the 310-mile course in 231 relays. Kanakuri was escorted by 31 athletes carrying torches as he presented the halberds to" the shrine wherein Emperor Meiji, founder of modern Japan, is en-
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