The Archive · 1941

Leaving Japan

Tokyo, Dec. 27.

The Rev. George Dempsic and his wife, founders of the Japan Rescue Mission at Minamimozu, a village in Osaka Prefecture, who have been in Japan for the past 23 years, will donate the entire welfare institute to Japanese. social workers and Leave Japan early in January.

In appreciation of their distinguished service the Governor of Osaka Prefecture will ive them a lotter of thanks.

They have spent more than ¥1,500,000 since their arrival in Japan for the relief of orphans, reformatory work and various other social projects—Reuter, Japanese Reforms Declaring that reform necessarily mean "destroying old and building new," Baron Kiichiry Hira numa, newly-appointed Home Minister, warned the nation against form= ing a wrong idea ut the new steucture move mer The Home Minister, en roule to Tokyo yesterday after reporting his Jassumplion of the post at the Ise /Shrines, aboard the train declared to the press that "the reform Is making the present conditions in Japan, bel ter." and added that the last rear reform of Japan wis the Meiji: Restoration but even th he "old, wax not destroyed but yew was built out of the foundation set by Emperor dim mu."

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