Newer and Improved Reformatories Promised Tokyo, Feb. 26.
At least 100,000 delinquent youths are roaming the country today, many of them products of the China Incident, the Diet was told here this week. "According to Ko Tanaka, member of the House of Representa tives, the number has increased al armingly since the outbreak of the Incident.
Mr, Tanaka attributed the increase in delinquency to the fact that families have moved from the country districts to the larger cities to take advantage of the higher pay in munitions and similar industries With both mother and father working during the day many an unguarded boy and girl has turned to petty crime, he said.
The Welfare Minister said the Government realized the seriousness oe the situation and hoped to increase appropriations for newer and improved reformatories—United Press, M. Koht added if Norway and Britain cannot reach an agreement, Norway is willing to place the whole matter before any neutral court of mediation, not necessarily the Hague court.—Reuter.
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