The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 22, 1919, Image 2
Good Roads Campaign
Mr. R. Goodwin Rhett Outlines
the Programme of Work.
larleston, Jan. 16.?The Charles
ton Automobile Club met in session
at- tiie Chamber of Commerce last
night to hear a report from Mr. P..
G: Rhett on his trip to Columbia,
where a committee met with the
State Highway Commission and to j
take steps to put on the campaign for i
petitioning the legislature to increase!
the automobile tax in order to build;
permanent hard-surface roads.
"Mr. Rhett prefaced his remarks by
saying that a plan had been devised
for building the finest kind of roads
without its costing any one a cent.
He figured that the saving on the av
erage automobile Will be from one to j
three hundred dollars in repairs and
. depreciation if hard surface roads are
put in. The number of automobiles
in the State" has' increased at a very
rapid rate in the past few years, and
by 1921 it is but reasonable to expect
the number of machines in this State
to reach 100,000. Already, the speak
er said, Iowa has one automobile for
every six persons living within tho
State and several States have one for
"eVery-seven or eight people.
The plan as worked out by the
committee is to; build a hard cover
system connecting all the county seats
in the State. This will take about 1,
5#0 miles of roads and will cost $25,
000,000. A tax of $20 an automobile
would retire the bond issue neces
| sary to build the roads. But to build
the roads the work must first .be put
into the hands of business men?men |
Who will take hold of the propo
sition in a business-like way and push
it through. It is not work for col
lege professors and scientists. Mr.
Rhett argued that the commission
should be increased so as to give ev
ery- congressional district representa
tion on It. In that way confidence
will be established and the matter
will come closer home to the people
-Mr. Rhett found when he went to;
the conference there was difference of j
opinion.- The present commission
/figured that it would take $44,000,000
instead of $25,000,000, as it had figur
ed on wide roads all the way and
more mileage. The present commis
sion in figuring figured on other roads j
-than those necessary to connect* the
-county seats.- These.roads Mr. Rhett
argued, should be left to the several
counties. He thinks that It will bei
-but a-short while after the main roads)
are built before the counties will con
nect up every part of their counties i
with their own county seat.
The proposition is to petition the j
legislature to increase the automobile-J
tax-from 2 cents to $1, but the leg
islature will want to know why th.ej
automobile owners should be taxed.
To show them that it is agreeable a
ftion signed by every automobile
*bwner in the State will be laid before
thes legislature asking for the tax.
Svery county is being organized for
the campaign to get the signatures.
:^Bo this end a list of the automobile
owners in each county has been put in
the hands of a local committee to get
-tie signature.
The. plan for Charleston, as outlined
by Mr. Rhett, is to make a ' personal
cE.nvsLSs of the owners and get them
to sign the petition. Cards will be
furnished- the workers and in case one
refuses outright to sign that will be
noted upon the card. Thus the atti
tude of every -"^dividual concerned
w:lil be gotten for the use of the leg
islature.
Mr. Rhett does not believe that this
State will ever have any roads until
the matter of building them is put
under one head and one system. To
do this the automobile owners mere
ly ask the State, to lend them her
credit. The State has a credit while
the owners have none. This tax will
retire the bonds when they mature
and it will cost the State not one cent,
while the owners will get a profit
from the saving on their machines.
A bill has been prepared and pre
sented to the legislature that pro
vides for a bond issue in 1921. This
bill carries some regulations as to
traffic, marking the roads, throwing;
broken glass and other things on the
road that will injure the tires and the j
like.
The legislature is asked to put the
tax on now, and that will raise at
least $1,500,000, and if a bill that is
before congress now providing for an
appropriation for roads passes anoth
er sum of equal amount will be avail
able. In 1920 the ten bridges neces
sary for making the connections can
be built and in 1921 the commission
can begin upon the roads, building
only that part that the/funds in hand
will justify. The counties can make
bond issues and begin building under
the supervision of the commission
with the understanding that they are
to be reimbursed from the State bond
tssue.
Mr. Rhett made a comprehensive j
explanation of the plans and the j
club voted to have a dinner one even- j
ing next week, the time to be set by
the governors of the club at which i
the campaign for signatures to the
petition will be launched. The en
thusiasm displayed by those present
indicated that Charleston will get;
behind this proposition that means
so much to the city. It is hard to
estimate how much it will be worth
to the city to have connections with
the rest of the State such as this sys
tem will give.
.Influenza Spreads at Timmonsvillc.
Timmonsville, Jan. 17.?The influ
enza outbreak here is increasing rap
idly. It is stated 42 new cases have
developed this week. A meeting of
the school board was held yesterday
afternoon with the result that both
white and negro schools were closed
indefinitely this morning. Most of the
teachers returned to their homes to
day. Miss Sadie Hewitt of Marion,
the fifth grade teacher, has developed
the disease.
Atlanta, Jan. 20.?Col. Glade with
twenty-seven soldiers who have
been hunting alleged deserters and
slackers in Georgia mountains for a
week, returned to Camp Gordon last
night, it was learned today. Four sol
diers remained with civil authorities
to search for members of the gang
still at liberty.
Ried Cross Fund
List of Pledges Remaining Un
paid.
j Sumter Daily Item:
j In compliance with resolutions of
j Sumter Chapter Red Cross, we today
I continue publication of the list of
I unpaid pledges showing names and
; amounts pledged for war fund last
i yiiy and payable October 1st, 1918.
I This list we shall arrange alphabeti
| cally. It may be that publication of
! the list will bring these unpaid pledges
to the attention of the persons mak
ing same. Payment should be made
to The Sumter Trust Co.
Please publish the list as furnish
ed from day to day.
?J Yours truly,
L. D. JENNINGS,
Chairman Sumter Chapter.
I. C. STRAUSS,
Chairman War Fund.
Nellie Chandler.$10.00
Bob Chandler... 4.00
J. M. Currie.100.00
Rev. R. B. Currie. ' 10.00
Elisha Carson. 25.00
Mr. and Mrs. D. China .. .. 25.00
Preston China .... . 10.00
Thomas Capell. 50.00
Ferdinand Cabbagestalk .... 5.00
Beatrice Curran. 4.09
Edgar Cuthbert, Jr.. .. - 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Cuthbert 5.00
!D. G. Cato. 5.00
F. Q. Cato. 5.00
Q. F. Chewning. 5.00
Hamp Crosky. 4.00
Rev. J. P. Crawford. 5.00
Mrs. J. E. Crawford. 5.00
Fllice Carrish. 5.00
}frs. T. M. Crosswell . 25.00
Commander Marble Works .. 25.00
Mrs. J. W. Cooper ..'. 10.00
Elizabeth Cooper. 4.00
C. D. Cooper.5.00
C. C. Cooper. .- 4l.oo
Marion Clarkson. 20.On I
Warren Clarkson. 25.00
Austen Clarkson. tO.oO
Ellen Clarkson. 4.00
Ella Clarkson. 5.00
G. C. Collens. 10.00
J. T>. Gritt-. 10.00
H. R. Camnitz, Jr. 15.00
Margaret Colclough. 15 00
Q.' S. Colclough. 10.00
Sam Colclough. 10 00
Collen Colclough. 5.00
Alice Colclough. 2.00
Charles Colclough .. -. 5.00
Butler Colclough. 5.00
Laurine Cummihgs. 10.00
M. W. CummingS. .. 4.00
R. F. Cleaner. 10.00
W. G. Cleap^r. 5.00
ECaty Campbell. 5.00
lake Campbell . 5.00
Eugene Conyers . 10.00
Rose Conyers. ? -75
J. W. Cos:. 5.00
Toe Coleman. 5.00
Willie Coleman. 10.00
Dennis Cook. 12.00
R. P. Cook... 5.00
D. R. Compton. 10.00
John Calvin. 10.00
Mrs. Sam Colerider. 2.00
Frank Chaplin . 5.00
A. C. Carrigan. 3.00
J. F. Carrall. 5.00
Geo. Call. 2.00
J[ A. Carraway. 2.00
John Chestnut. 5.00
NToah Cockerill . 5.00
Bennie Carpenter. 5.00
S. E. Davis. 50.00
A. M. Davis . 5.00
W. T. Davis. 20.00
Earnest Davis. 7 0.00
Warren Davis. 10.00
James Davis . 11.25
Ben Davis. 15.00
Sarah Davis. 5.00
Hardy pavis. 5.00
R. D. Davis . 5.00
Samuel Davis. 5.00
Geo. Davis. 5.00
J. W. Davis. 2.00
Isaac & Hattie Davis. 3.00
Mrs. J. E. Davis. 1.00
John W. Davis. 5.00
S. W. Davis. 5.00
Willie Dollard. 1.00
J. R. Dollard. 5.00
Sallie Mae Dollard . 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. Wr. R. DuBose .. 50.00
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. DuBose .. 10.00
A. D. DuBose. 20.00
Syrus DuBose. 5.00
C. H. DuRant. 50.06
Wr. E. DuRant. 10.00
Harvey DuRant .... .... 4.00
Alice DuRant. 5.00
Gus DuRant. 5.00
Ellie DuRant. 1.00
Joe Dinkins. 10.00
Hodge Dinkins. 5.00
Fannie Dinkins. 5.00
Millie Dinkins. 5.00
D. H. Dinkins. 5.C0
E. S. DesChamps. 20.00
Dave Dick. 5.00
Willie Deas. 3.00
Richard Dcas. 1.00
J. C. Dunbar. 50.00
Mrs. J. C. Dunbar. 2T..00
Rosa Dixon. 5.00
E. L. Dixcn. 50.00
Ii. C. Dixon. 15.00
W. M. Dixon . 4.50
Grace Dixon. 5.00
G. D. Dohrman. 5.00
R. A. Dennis. 25.00
I Russell Doar. 25.00
! Mrs. Rosa B. Duffie. 5.00
! Ophelia Douglass.? . . 2.00
Matt Douglass. 10.00
Daniel Miller . . .. ].).00
Clifton Dorn. 10.00
j Delgar Dorn. 5.00
j Mrs. J. R. Dero. 10.00
i .lohn R. Dero. 25.09
( Jefferson Dwyer. !>.50
j Lula Dwyer. ';.00
! R. A. Dixon. 5.0"
I Delia Dixon. 4.75
j C. H. Dixon. 5.00
A. R. Dray ton. 12-00
I Taylor Dunham. 6.00
A. R. Donnelly. 5.00
j A. D. Dorrity. 4.00
I J. D. Durham . 5.00
> Willie Dukes. 5.00
: G. P. Dobson. 5.00
Lula Dewit. 4 00
Chester, Jan. 17.?The three cotton
mills of Chester have enjoyed an era
of unprecedented prosperity during the
past year. Col. Leroy Springs' two
mills here declared dividends of 1<>
per cent, each on a capitalization of
$300,000 for the Springstein Mills and
$150.000 for the Eureka Mills. Thf
Baldwin Mills likewise declared a di
vidend of 8 per cent, on a capitaliza
tion of $400,000.
RELIEF FUND GROWING.
i Small Amounts Reported so Far by
I Tiie Canvasing Teams?The Need is
j Urgent lor Relief.
j -
! The Armenian Relief collection so
far is moving very slowly in Sumter;
j the total reached by noon today was
jnot yet $2,000.00, one-fourth of the
1 amount asked from this county. So
. far no report, has come in from the
? country districts, but is hoped that the
j teams there are at work and that the
' response will be liberal.
! The turn-ins from the Sumter
'teams so far are as follows:
j Mass Meeting. ..$1,073.00
j Mrs. Jenkins, Miss Haynsworth
j and Miss White. 1SG.40
|G. E. Haynsw?rth and D. M.
j Dick. S2.00:
j Mrs. L. D. Phillips and Miss
! Lizzie Muller. 10$.C) j
j C. D. Brunk and J. a. Mc
j Knight . 293.50'
! Mrs. H. a. Mood and Miss Isa
I dore Teicher. 2a..30
j Mrs. Percy Smith and Mrs. J.
i B. Du flic. 50.05 I
j The people of the near east are
(starving. War and oppression have!
j destroyed their means of livelihood |
j and it is up to the civilized world to ;
i extend the helping hand until a crop !
lean be harvested. This money that;
is being asked from the whole nation, ;
j of which Sumter county's part is only
$8,000, go ? not only to feed these!
starving i.Miions, but to buy them
j tools and farm implements and seed.!
j Not a cent of this money kocs to ox-j
pense, for all the office work, all thf?|
cablegrams and all the distribution
expense is taken care of by other pri- i
vate subscriptions from men and wo- j
men who understand the desperate
needs of these people.
i Out of the fullness of your heart j
and of from your means your re
sponse should be quick and liberal.
Letter From France.
Le Mans, France, Dee. IS.
Mr. Marion R. McLeod and Wife.
Dear Mr. McLeod: I guess by the;
time you receive this letter you will
have already heard through the mil ?
itary authorities of the sad death of j
your son.
I am therefore not writing this isj
an announcement but simply to ex-!
press my deep sympathy and to an- i
swer the questions I know would be j
asked by a father's or mother's heart, j
Your son was not killed. It was i
simply God's, will that he go, and, ly- |
ing down, he passed out without a i
word or a groan, just as a little child
falling- asleep. December the 8th was
a warm, quiet rainy day and just af- j
ter sundown Marion was in his bil
let with about a dozen of his mates i
when he received a letter from his i
sister. He read the letter and sat \
right down and answered it. After;
writing the letter, which I am en- j
closing herewith to you, he got up and
was laughing and talking with the
boys and seemed to be feeling all j
right when he suddenly grew pale j
and still with a smile on his face he)
sat down, then laid himself down and j
still smiling, took one deep breath
and was gone.
His death is sad, as are all deaths,
but you have these things to be thank- i
ful for and they should be the silver J
lining for your dark cloud of sorrow, j
First: You have the honor of be
ing* the parents of a son who stood
the test of fire and who always did
his full duty without regard to per-;
sonal safety and at no time did he1
hesitate even when under heavy shell
fire.
Second: Although thousands of
miles from his home and in a conn- j
try where temptations are many, he j
lived a clean life and God willed that j
de die without suffering and without
the horrors of a mangled body or;
without the horror of being taken
away in any other way than the most |
natural. j
He was buried at LeMans with full j
military honors and his body will soon
be taken home to America and placed I
'for final rest there. For this you I
! should be thankful for there are so'
i many sons who were blown off of the j
I face of the earth and whose bodies*
[ even will not be brought home as a j
comfort to their loved ones.
And Marion did not neglect to pro- j
tect you in your old age. He left you ?
$10,000 insurance and you need 1
not pay out a cent to any lawyer to j
collect this for you as it will be paid j
to you by the government.
Marion was well liked by all of the |
boys who knew him and they too
share your grief and send their ex
pression of sympathy.
With every good wish to you, I am, !
Sincerely yours,
Robert T. Brown, !
Captain, USth Infantry, TL S. A.!
BUILDING SHIPS.
Texas Yards Have Not Been Affected
by the Armistice. ,
Beaumont, Tex., Jan. is.?Ship-1
building on the Gulf coast is booming j
just as it was before the armistice was'
signed. The number of workers has:
not been reduced. 1
Government contracts held by the j
four yards in Beaumont and two inj
Orange, Texas, for vessels which the>
keel had not been laid, were abandon- !
ed, but there were about forty ships;
in the two ports in various stages of
completion and work on them is;
continuing. The endinpr of the war'
had no effect whatever on one yard
at Orange which is building ships for
the Italian government.
Contracts f r sixteen ships by the
Southern Shipbuikling and Dry Dock j
company at Orange were cancelled, i
but they were quickly renewed and j
the ships are now to be completed, j
i Shipbuilders say if not another ves
| sei were started at Beaumont and
j Orange, the yards would be kept busy !
j for a year on present contracts,
j Nothing official has been heard
I here concerning the announcement;
j that work on vessels on which los:;
; than $200,000 has been expended
! would not be completed. Work on
jail hulls is proceeding. Nearly 4.5001
men are engaged in shipbuilding here
and an equal number in Orange.
Pos!. j nice Not ice.
On account of the change in sched
ule of th^ trains, the Northern mail j
will dose hereafter at 5.15 p. m.
I
THE SPLIT-LOG DRAG.
Dragging to Improve Heads Must be
i Persistent.
The main trouble about dragging
.roads is that we 'do not drag them
enough. What's everybody's business
; is nobody's business. A ruin comes
and the road is cut up. We drag it
'and improve it wonderfully, and the
community is enthusiastic over good
roads. Another rain comes and we
drag again, but this time we are not
so eager. Another rain comes, and
? somebody says. "What's the use?'' so
the road is left to remain in chuck
holes and ditches: Probably we have
no more rain for several weeks, and
we bounce over roads that a day's
work would have smoothed.
. Persistent dragging will keep any
ordinary road in good shape, provided
the road has been put in good condi
tion with grader to begin with. Drag
ging must be done after every rain, if
good results are expected. The ground
should be dry. tut net so dry that it
will tear up in clods. Continually
dragging gradually elevates the cen
ter of the road, and keeps the surface
smooth, so that the water tuns off.
Usually, two rounds with a drag is all
that is necessary.
A home-made drag that does just as
good work as the steel drag, can be
made very easily. This drag is made
box fashion out of 2>:12 plank. These
plank are belted together securely
with long bolts, about IS inches apart.
The bottom is left open, !>ut the top
is boxed e-v ?;? with blank stout enough
to bear the weight of two <>r three
men- The front runner is faced with
a piece of steel to protect the plank
and to cut the. dirt smoothly. The
driver rides on the drag, and can
change its position as desired, by
shifting his weight from one end to
the othe r.?The Progressive Farmer.
C ounty Health Survey.
Previously published sub
scriptions from colored cit
izens.$290.70
Congruity Presbyterian Ch?
Concord. Rev. W. L. Harry.
Collected by Ft. W. West
berry:
Rev. H. L. Harry. 1.00
H. T. Francis. 1.00
B. J. McKoy. 1.00
P. H. Hay wood. 1.00
Anthony McFadden. 1.0t?
Elijah Pringle. 1.00
Felix Gordon. 1.00
Tom Pringle. 1.00
George Peter Gordon. l.oO
Wm. Perry. 1.00
Hannible James . 1.00
E. Sessions. 1.00
J. D. McFadden. 1.00
Oscar Montgomery. 1.00
L. H. McFadden . 1.00
H. T. Gregg. 1.00
Martha Frierson. 1.00
Minnie Roberts. 1.00
J. H. Gregg. 1.00
J. C. McKay . 1.00
Delia Merrimon. i.00
W. H. Gregg. 1.00
J. L. McFadden. 1.00
Hubert Sanders. 1.00
Henry Wilson. 1.00
Easter Frierson. 1.00
James Muldrow . 1.00
L*e Pringle. 1.00
Ned McKoy .. 1.00
Joe Merrimon. 1.00
A. A. Merrimon .f,. 1.00
A Friend . . . .. 4.00
J. A. Friersoi. 5.00
Clinton Chapel. Sumter, Rev.
W. L. Forshee. Collected by
R. W. West born':
Richard Tindal. 1.00
Perry Neal. 1.00
Rev. W. E. Forshee . 5.00
Sallie Tindal. 1.00
J. D. Porter. 1.00
Mrs. M. L. W?lls. 1.00
J. B. Spann. 1.00
Phoebe Ilaynswcrth. 1.00
Cash . rom Concord township .50 j
Collected by Dr. L. B. An
thony:
Rev. J. Manoney. 5.00
Grandison Colcolugh. 3.f?0
E. C. Frierson. 1.00
Allen Wheeler. 1.00
M. W. Williams. 1.00
Titus Hampton. 1 00
Mrs. Gracy James . 1.00
Sam Green. .50
Total cash (colored) .. . . S3G2.70
Previously published cash from
white citizens.$7."^ ^5
NT. K Murray. Dalzell. S.03
Mrs. A. J. Goodman, Shiloh.. 5.00
S. C. C?rraway, Shiloh .. .. ".00
C. H. Eflson, Sumter. 5.00
W. Gamble Moore, Shiloh .. 5.00
J. Singleton Moore, Middleton
Total colored cash.2C2.70
Total white cash.?$:!;.-'-"
Grand total to date .$1,171.55
The Sumter Chamber of Co 2 n orr
is receiving contributions to this fund.
Send in your checks or take, y?ur eash
to the secretary, it looks as though
ijjo one else will do anything towards
collecting money. Most of the ;:ioh
fv paid in was secured by Chamber of
Commerce soliciting of cash and co
operation.
PEANUT CHOP SHORT.
The Texas Crop is Only 25 Per Cent,
of Normal.
Dallas. Texas. .Ton 1!' ??A shortage
of peanuts has resulted from unfavor
able weather conditions in Texas last
summer, according to )u?r dealers
here. R. W. Higginbotham, one of
the leading buyers, said the Texas
crop this year would be only 25 per
cent of normal.
Tin- severe drought lust summer
prevented farmers from raising more
than a small share of their usual
crop. The drought was followed by
excessive rains thai caused damage
before the peanuts had reached ma
turity.
Tin- government estimate showed
thai I5.000.ooo bushels of peanuts
were raised in Texas in 1 1 7. < >n< sec
tion which in 11)17 produced 2.000
carloads, this year produced only 300
carloads.
Conditions in east and south Texas
were better than in northwest Texas
which heretofore has been the prin
cipal district of production.
1-2 Price Coat Suit Sale
Begins Wednesday. All suits at 1-2
price for sale. McCollum Bros.?Advt
I I COULD NOT WORK OR SLEEP;
NOW I FEEL LIKE A NEW MAN!
f _
! Greenville Granite Cutter Comes Forward With Remarkable
Testimony of How He Found Quick Relief After Years of
I Suffering.
Wants the World to Know About It g
Makes Statement For Publication. Was Victim of Rheumatism
and Stomach Trouble. "I am Now Free of All Pains," He
Exclaims Joyously.
Rheumatism is in itself a terrible I Dreco and the swellings in my joints'
disease. Tim pains are excruciating!are going down. I haven't a bit ofl
land the discomfort is distressing |Theumatisni or pain of any sort, I can
, ,.r?? ft,- - -u ? " ! eat heartily and not suffer for it af
:magme then a person havipsr to un-i* i , , , a
tc naving lu un j terwards. My bowels are regulated
jdergo the pains of rheumatism and land my sleep.is untroubled. Believe
i in addition to this; being afflicted with me I am making up for lost time! 1
I the terrible torture of stomach disor- j am now free from all pains. Now I
der. Suc h has indeed been the ex- \ feel like a new man, and I thanW
I perience of Mr. G. i\ Puckett of 1014 [nothing but Dreco for my delivery
[ Buncombe street, Greenville, and now jance."
after having found relief from both ; It would seem that the greatest vic>
these terrible ailments, he gives per- ; tories won by Dreco are in cases
I mission to publish his experience and; where other medicines have been
I the story of how he found relief soj tried and failed to bring the desir
&hat other sufferers might road and i ed relief. Dreco shows up best when
! profit accordingly. Here is his story: j compared with other medicines with
"I was sr. full of pain I could not j high-sounding names but little vir
wcrk or sleep. Rheumatism of the tue to recommend them,
joints and stomach trouble made life j Dreco is purely and simply^, cdnf**
:i constant misery for me until I wasibination of nature's own humble roots
almost ready to give up in despair, j and herbs. It cointains no new-faugl
When T went to bed at night I j ed drugs cr dangerous mineral chemi
c?uldn't sleep. I tried several so-call-j cals. It doe? its work quickly and ef
ed remedies Cor rheumatism and stom- ; ficiently by going right straight- to thO
ach trouble but it was not until I tried : cause of the trouble and building
Dreco that I experienced any relief. from the bottom,
whatever. ! Dreco is sold and recommended ill
"J am still on the first bottle or 'Suinter by Siberfs Drug Store.?Adyfc
Japan For Peace
checked, why not peaceful subjujg?r*
Associated Press Correspondence.
i tions
! Professor Abe, of Keio Universitjfj
! expresses a similar view in the Kok>
Tokio, Dec. 3').?The Japanese press jumin> The proft.SSOr states his ^
appears generally disposed to wel-1 bility to connect the talk of th?
come the project for a League of < Americans about peace, humanity and
Nations. An occasional writer assails j justice with, the pushing on of their \
the idea. j naval construction program.
Thus, Rear Admiral K. Kato, j Roar Admiral Kato expresses the ,
writing in the New Public Opinion,; opinion that there is a grave dan
declares that the formation of a ! ger of China being transformed intd
League of Nations would be a blow an international economic battlefield*
to the expansion of Japan. But, tak- | The victors in the war may not resort .
en as a whole., the Japanese share the fas openly as Germany did'in' pre-war
faith of the allied people in the po- j days to force in the exploitation oU
litical unification of the world. Intel- ! China, but, he asks, who can guaran
lectual sections of the Japanese are j tee that England, America and
giving the questions careful attention.
Dr. K. Toda. of Kvoto University, is
France, when faced with adverse con
ditions, will not rattle the sabre? With
not contented with the political re-j China thus circumstanced, for'Japan
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gests that such a rearrangement may j What then, should Japan do to guard
prove unworkable unless accompanied j against this? To him, no other way
by an economic one. He asks, in ef-1 is discoverable than that Japan should
feet, if territorial ambitions are to be ! be well armed.
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