Tokyo, Dec. 2.
Seventy-four Chinese and Japanese scholars gathered here yesterday for a conference of the East Asiatic Cultural Council were told by the Education Minister, Gen. Baron Sadao Araki, that the "rise of the Oriental peoples marks a turning point in history.'
Organized in Peiping last summer, the council opened its session at the Tokyo Imperial University under the chairmanship of Mr. Tang Erh-ho, Minister of Education of the "Provisional Government" at Peiping.
Restoration of the Eastern Cultural Works Committee and the establishent of an institute for natural dences at Peiping were planned at the meeting.—Domei.
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