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Japan's Place in the Sun;
What It Means to Americc
People. Exploited by Aristocracy, Are Too Poor to Bee
the Burden of Increasing Armament, and China
Emerges as a Stalking Horse.
Us article, the nerond of t ' it's Attitude
.lmerica," George Brandon Reo\ F or and eeensn
' Who ?hall pay for J ap?rese militarinm.'"
Japan w building a huge arrnavent, and (be people?util l und' r U
Inl yoke -rre UmnbU to mt I th* M
Th* writer nunhnt it oto?e that there it in nilrn-mprUirri ,
?tie foree which
I ? King."
By GEORGE BRONSON REA.
Japan's financial burden is ?-.te.v?.y ;:.<?:< .-?:-.?.,*, ar.'l It mighl ba tvtt
j used that BOOM ?-uld he taksjl to relieve the taxpayer?
t'n the contrary, th? army hua just been increased by two divisions, an?
the announcement has Keen made? that a still further incrcar-e will bo mod
later. Two hundred million yon have re? set asid? to carry on
the naval program:- ? ima are requir?3?! for the etiloi
i als and dock*?:..
No uplidt ' ?" advanced why it is nao
J.ipnn to m i n divisions recant
.y created are supp?"-. >T the protection of (orea, hut that countrj
?. as far as ?M teta fr?.m a*.y quarter, and ai.y
danger of an internal upr. ? to have passed. In the ? ?
<*ial condition of the country further onpTO-doctive expenditure for aug?
menting the army and nnvy can only bo taken as proof that the policy of
Japan is entirely controlled .' y the militarists.
Grave results are to he apprehended from the continual addition to
the financial burden of the ptople, in order to maintain huge military and
naval forces. The tin..* b bound to come when the taxpayers will begin to
_ak questions, ?a are getting value for the expenditure on their
lighting forces, and In such circum?-'.. is method of quieting
public clamor is to appeal to chauvinism.
* LSTI AFPIA1J TO RACK FIUDE.
The proximity of < i.?na to Japan, coupled with her military ur.pre
jaredneas and wondorfi.i resources and natural riehes, renders China
'iable to be used as the stalking horse when the military party in Japan
wishes to reconcile the taxpayer to his existing burden or to prepare
' ir additions. The appeal to racial pride and honor involved in ?
xvith America, and the campaign for firing their patriotism and ?
them to look on this country as the m r, all tend to jurti*'-.
heavy burd'-ns which are i>eing heaped ou the people by the dominant
military ?aurt?.
That the revenu? of Japan la begin?
ning to prove unequal to the ?train put
upon It by the erer-lncrcasing demand* :
of the army and navy Is shown by th?*
deeperate financial expedients that are ?
b?ing adopted. Some year? afro the j
for*lf*n bondholder? began to show dls
i?ati?fa?tlon with the financial admin- '
lstratlon in Japan, and as a conse- j
quenc? there wti a serious fall in the j
price of the bon?1s. An official an- j
nouncement was mnde by the Katsura ;
ministry that the annual transfer to
the sinking fund of yen 50,000,000, '
whfch wa? decided upon in 1909, would |
b? maintained. Km a result, the bonds
recovered in price.
Now the government has acknowl?
edged that It it unable to carry out this
undertaking, and only yen 80.000,000
per annum is to be set aside for the
redemption of the national debt. In
view of the fact that the -rovernment
lias announced that the army is to b?
still further increased, and that the ln
??reaee by ?wo ?JiTieions ha? n?cessit?t
cd the ca?tAUjp.eQt of the poji?y of debt
re<_nr*ii>-? that h*? M*herto*thatntafwed
the price of Japanese bonds abroad, it
?..? safe to assume that Instead of the
national debt being reduced H will bei
?n-reased. In fact, as a table prepared
h] -i leading Japanese economist clearly
prove?, the debt ha? been steadily in?
creasing instead ef diaiiaU.lag for
many years past.
A careful consideration of Japan's
?nmrocic
Chnstmas Gifts
which are a tribute both
to giver and recipient
Kxox Hats
Canes, Umbrella?, Swagger
Sticks, Riding Crops, Hat
Boxes, Steamer Rugs, Muf?
flers,?all with the Stamp of
Knox Exclusiveness.
Knox Hat Company
iQCorporated
452 Fifth Avenue, at 40th Street
161 Broadway, Singer Building
T.PNYOUR PlANO-roe
PLATER-PIANO
~ / -tT'?"""??
?'?""? *i?i?-i -.
warerSA^S*^
JUST A WORD
Why Bet a ?i'itabl?- beet for a
gift? V-.V bar?
etery.
Drop in 'iii'i tat I
HENRY MAIKAN
New V'.rla'a, tmrfr,! tsaotuSeOI*
MMH/i :? c. | a. ?
-
*
financial position ?hows that unless f
abandons her militarist and expansii
1st policy she will sooner or later
brought face to face with nnttoi
bankruptcy. The burden at pre??
most heavily on the Inartiouli
Keverenco for authority
stilled by centuries of fendallam h
hitherto prevented any open opposite
hut ** educ;?:
certain that th<? ma?M? will give <
pression to their discontent with a p.
icy that makes :or their in.poverii
merit.
Tendal System Still Exists.
Although the feudal system has be
abolished In theory It exists In pn
tice, and the lower dusses are as Ml
tofore exploited bj the military ar:
tocrats who hold the reins of powi
The rise of Jaran to the position of
world power nas brought no bett?
ment of th" condition of the people
ruling and offic:
classes. Thero has been in Jap?
since the inauguration of wliBt
euphemistically termed repr?sent?t:
government, a marked : eglect of legi
lation destined to improve1 the lot
?h..- no-Y-r. When such legislation h
been passed It has not been acted tipo
If the experienco of other countrj
ean be taken a? a criterien, the h?rW
tary rule of the successors of tie fe
dal chiefs, the naval and militai
caste-,, will not continue much long'
unquestioned The danger Is that b
fore the people of Japan nave summon?
up resolution to insi-t on being g>v<
:i\e voice in deciding I
of the country the militarist partv v. i
her involved It in finai.ci;?l di
. from which extrication will 1
hie or will have plunged it in
further martial adventures that will t
disastrous for the countr
be attended by ?BCee?? <
'allure.
Ruling Classes Disdain Monev.
The hereditary military aristocrat
! the present day BamurBl 6nd follov
I ers of I.li--hi who ml
' Japan, have no id?? of the ?rala? <
The though', of mo..?'. 1"
th them. The tainl of trade wi
degrading to "hem. Viacount K< ntai
. former Minister of ta1
?ptly described the rultng class when I
'Even hunger could not break dow
this aloofness. Such men as the*
j have been holding the reins of tli
land for thirty years, and do not fe<
the need for ?conomie?. They feel n
. for earning money and thov wi
continue to serve our country only i
i their capacity of rulers."
or s< Dr. W. E. Griffa sav?
Jnpener-e Nation in Evolution'
"Japan'? peateel dstiger i?> ? ?
!.:s twentieth century, ton
i-ry m?Bi who under the nlea ?
'; 0CO**\ij,' 'danser" or "the glory <
?n beyond seas' may exalt tV
sword a? the sacred emblem of t'r
iB."
The peace of the Far Fa<". the ha:
-atlon of the civilization, tl
kilty of th? races, the Integrity <
i? end the application of an As
' atir Honro? Doctrina ?re th?
leths now most frequently employed I
fy the hag? expenditures on arm:
? . Japan is nearing th?? end i
Inless some ne
I ? reave ere discovered (mi
?? are none , milita
must ei;d in bankruptcy or b
",cd by conquest. Who will pay
' jap.-.- w 11 Chine be fere?
: to foot the bill?
I>r. Bidomi Takahashl. the distir
| guished Japanese economis*. has ju;
?ihed a book on "Th* Wealth I
-.," tn which he estimates th
th of tl ? repahlie ?*??- IH 000,000
000, with her natural resources jet ur
ad. II? averts that ""shoul
a come to have a r?-.b!e |
? develop !.. r wealth i
(?I she would ho ab!" te bava h
annual revenue of $760,00?
i come s!"ong a; | - ?all ! Ma:
Yamagata once : .
? Granted a strong Emperor, It woul'
-
was to Cheng? Japa::. 'I he Chinesi
could be tra.-.e ) to become exceller
?.s, and ??..?.h t nine's almost In
?< resources of men and treasure
h ?tror.g Emperor could have at bit
< ommar.a a moel powerful am?, ai
- I ? ?ei ..us menace to ?
the i
' -.mrbody Mu-t Pay."
I? the recent interference aril
arc h y under
, Yuan Sh h-kai an Ind ' Of th? d<
'termination of Japan that Chine shall
i.t ,l.-r a
?trong Em* v.?-alth of
'hina to pay the bills of Japan
-?'? ' againat
, *?g?-re?s,i,., ; Semi
' i preteaeieea of -Japan in ?hina,
? i in the I ? deter?
o s?sn?i between l
'? < hina an i inter
a
of the
??kuinaV
' Japan la th? world," th?
?ditera end tateaman,
- motions .,?
tblaat?ea witl. her bated ai.J un*l
DR. JONES'S LE'
rTERHEAD AS STO( K BREEDER
S'\\tn.'\} STOCK KAR.M
11, i.. !.-.-?? ? i.u J??vi -?
m,i. . :. .. ?t iiii. , i'? ?-.- :i..??-.?-.-.
i. ? .., - r, ?,,,? J -?.-?.-, I
t ?.-.(,-?.>? Ml- ??.????IM? ?-?'??'*
KAQE 1412
Horses, cattle and swine the specialty of Wilson appointee.
ST. MARK'S OPENS
BRILLIANT BAZAAR
Hospital Furnishes Picturesque
Spectacle at Grand Cen?
tral Palace.
- Mttehei open-'
Mark's Hospital Beimr ?t the G
IM introduce,.
'to a crowd rude '.'.': ?'*' ?ome of ;ho
most prominent men ?:d xvom?n of New
York not only a ?rreat charity l.ut Bl
brilUoat a spectacle as h?s beee
? for a Ion? time.
Benevolence seldom takes a gu
'??millo military and naval pro?Tamm
?"are of impending bankrupt?::
? poose for thought.
: ;m has no enemy thre -
pendence. There is no natio
. des.re?, to do her ?n injustid
Her strat?gie position is imprerrr.abl
ttoek. The JastifleatioB for he
her espionaste and cenaoi
I, must, therefor?, like the par_.ll?
of f.ermany, curry a sinister mea
to the We*teni world, as -.
' . defenceless China. ,Ir?pr?n is ! vin
ml her means, and the pursuit c
policy, who)
nation, spells ultimate and ine'
I le ruin, unless she -
I from some ?real
and unprepared nati..n.
VASS?FHASL?ST
"OVER-THE-FENCE"
Purchase of Farm by Collegi
Robs It of Charms
for Girls.
Vassar has bought a lnt-acre farm
'Jo the outsider this Implies merely i
r- al est-ata transaction. To alumna
? ? enlarg
in?,' boundaries have swept away fron
I? trar?. of land the charms 0)
"over-the-fence," which have given i'
a place of its own in tho affections oi
college fr-niern'lrins.
The farm lies be'ween the neatly
wnlled campus and the open coun
Time after timo little grc .
early risers have left 'heir skirt? at
? -. -, ? sd sate thst separat?
farm from the campus to co OB over a
te? "erin-;, frost-oorer? : ? t?
little brook and up "Snnri s Hill" in
i h?? grs m of bloom '
The ?
. 'me?.. Th'
roe may not -
ea*e eompn ? ?
supervision o? o
? ay h? obtained on applica'
th?* janitor's oflce." The pi
an elderly chaperon from tl
would put a damper un ai
nie pari
Bat Bcroei *h
?
at the tara "f ?lie brook there
? fireplace which had been
from |
let*?? generations. One year so? ?
penally enterprising owners
dam across the brook to make a pool
under the tree, and henceforth their
meetings were spokon of with m
pr- t'anity as "dam parties."
When picnics were continued till af?
ter dark there WOS BOB especially ex?
citing route home which led through
a little cemetery, with gleamtngly
white headstones. On Halloween and
All Saints' Day the Walk
eemotory -.vas especially dear |
few who knew tliat there wo .
hundreds of candles banting -
long grass to light the way of th?
spirit? back to their graves.
Such was the farm in the old
T'.vn years ago the owner if?tied an
fj ct closing his Und ?? Vass.s
and precipitating a state of. h?raer
warfare. Popular tradition has it that
he met two girls wading in
one day when he was walking with a
friend, and decided that he must pro?
tect future visitors from such a shock.
II picturesque but more credible
Dn savs that he was Bl |
? ? college to aliOB
wagons a right of way over college
?and.
Vx hatover the
announced to divers persons on
corners that he would go Bftei I
r girl he irra with his
dog ard h -s ihotg in. Th' I
ted out
on the roads and wore skirts over their
bloomers,
Now all hope of retraining the free?
dom of the inn Is pool -
never again be the sine spice h
ted vhei
i
lie raised upon it, bal
Vassal knows the tas) i of a i
pumpkin too well to feel like a ban lit
he .-teals one. Dam parties sad
?tone fireplace and the Joy of stealing
across forbidden territory lit Bight or
dawn have van I
transfer of real m tato.
VETERINARY CREDENTIALS FOR GEODETIC SURVEY POST.
Ci?po3?t? flba
em &e.
?j*/.
if
l'rescrip-.ion tilled out by Dr. Jones whilo he was a "horse doctor."
HORSE DOCTOR NOW
COAST SURVEY HEAD
C<MJl!nt)i*-r) from page I
?h?? Burean of Weights and Measures,
: resenting America in scien
gresses ?t homo ?nd abroad,
and serving as a member of the perma
al Goodetic ?ommis
ii hud worked with th? L'ana
and Aiaskan Boundary commi?
pions a'ni had boon ? montear of and
?iftice In the following societies:
? ?? Advaoce
snce, Waahlngton Academy
; : ica! Society of
ington, American Meteoro] .
. Unei u E riet) e Civil En?
- .-, American Philosophical Bc-eiety
and the Astro-Physical Bociety i?f
Amer
The work of th? Coast ?nd Geodetic
Survey is difficult and delicate. Under
the law the bureau is charged with th?
following duties: "Survey of the
coasts of the United States and coast?
under the jurisdiction thereof, and pub
en of charts covering said coasts,
.ncludes base measure, triangulu
.pography a'.d hydrography along
.-a..: coasts; the survey of rivers to thn
of tide ?rotor or ship Bovigation;
deep sea soundings; tr-mperature and
.-?; i real ob ? s said
arid throughout the Gulf and Jt\pan
? ?; magnetic observations and re?
search?; arid the publication of maps
showing ' ? variations In terrestrial
gravit} research; detenu.
nation of heigh'.-, the determination
of geographic positions by astronomic
observations for latitude, longitude and
aximnth and by triangulation, to fur
icference points for at&t? sur
? tys."
ACTORSl^^F'^iOV?lS' ?' AID
Appeal in Be Sent to .0,000 Theatres
for ( ontributions to fund
Every o-ie of the 20.rum motion pict?
ure tiie.itr.? in the United States 1?
? to be asked to gix-e a small percentage'
- to the Actors' Fund on
rtoin day in February. Daniel
Frohi pointed oal yeeterday that
care o' ?creen B4*tO(
1? xvhen necessary, ?s well
pi a; rs of the "legitimate," sod
to raise 1600,00 1
v. a;',
rs. producing compani??, dis
1 exchanges and other fector?
ndustry have been asked to
?end delegates to a meeting to be held
? month, at which details of the
plan xv-il be worked out and the ex
ru* da?,- deoded unon.
?B?"_5_S?
Can you tell? You
certainly ought to know
Can you tell in a few minutes what your i
?ales are in a certain territory ? ft
1 Do you know whether they have fallen off ? ?
Do yon know where you ought to send sales- 3
men for new orders or repeats ? Do you know |
whether customers are called on regularly? ?
These four questions and a hundred others ?
equally vital to your success, Mr. Sale6 Man- ?
ager, are answered any time by a Library
Bureau sales record.
Isn't this a mighty good reason why ycu
ought to have an L. B. sales record? It is as
simple as it is comprehensive. In fact, the
L. B. sales record, like all L. B. ideas, is ex?
ceedingly flexible, and can be adapted to youx
exact needs.
Send for catalog and sample cards.
Library Bureau
Msnufictunnf distributors of
Card and filing systems, t'nit cabinets in wood and ?teal.
O. H RICK. M_n?ger
? 316 Broadway, New York
???MBWM?!.? ??ll_-_-N___a____B_MMnaHHHMHMHaJ
$25,000 IN HOSPITAL FUND
Many Pledge? Made In $200,000 Cam?
paign for Women'* Institution.
Mrs. John frtl
of th? ' ?
York Medical Collage and Hospital for
Women, announced y Btordof at a
meeting of the Women's Gail
$25,000 had been pledged in the cam?
paign to rni-e >. J ? lildiog fund
for tho institution.
The !arg-?t donation is a $10.0in- ;,.
quest hv w. w. Cole, i'r. Coraolla C.
Bran*, dean of th-* eollege, hn? given
12400, three of the trustees, Dr. Will?
iam II. Dieffenbach, Dr. Walter Oray
Cramp and Miss Anna M Spring, hax-e
subscribed 11,000 boco, Roderick Ste?
phana. Frederick H. Humphreys, Hiss
Elisa C. Tappan and Dr. Helen Cooloy
l'almer, $600 each, and Hoxvard B. Van
note, Dr. Elizabeth Jarrett, Dr. Sophia
?i. Si!.eel, Mrs. Angelo Sore?', Dr. Jonn
H. Storer and Dr. Belle BroWB, $.50
each.
Some of those xvho have sub?. -
ta ranging from $."i t *
are Mis. Ogden Keld, Isaac \.
Mrs, Charles r. Bliss, Mrs '
Field Morgan, Dr. Edward
. ?th Kipp. M - I .r?. e Hm
P?*r. It. i hurles H. Hornby, Prank
Dr. Mary F. Burt-erworth, Dr.
Osb? ne W gl :, Dr. Catherine
Regan, John Wananiak??r, Dr. Bert
? lark, Mr*?,. Fenrhyn StanlawS, W. A.
I'owen, ?)r. Addisone S. Boyce and Mr..
? lary Kt.ix Robinson.
picturesque, Visiten tvere w1
from a Chinatown, all Sedan chairs and
pietty society pirls la re.il Chinese cos
. te a ?'.rey Island of a thousand
Prom <'?ii oldtime county fair
-.y they could ro In a dozen ateps
to the booth where Mrs. Ciouverneur
MorrU area Belling Original painting?
loa? by .lames Monl
I ??are, R. M. Crosby,
.?I. Leone Braeker or any of a dozen
i other artists or illu-trators.
They could purcha-e anything from
lien .?ip'ur.'i ! ? Lady McKenzie
to a 10 teat rattle, They could buy a
lohfl Ken ?I rick
. a ro?? fi M Ethel Harri
lit with Mra. Vincent Astor
on the di nittee, tell
' tin- fancy
[osephPMcHuah & Son
I Ojpr j Aiost Uniuiral Collection of^
Holiday Gi? Thins-s:
Unique 'Liberty" PotUri?
D.-ccranw Object j of rYcod. Q Metal
A tai The Alwatfi Ac.-ept.iirU
A\cHugliwillow Furniture,,
M Sola Satalg Ar'Die _>u/"i of '
Tlic Popular ?hop", T-^uvh iug)
Q W'cjt ?*2jaA ?trur - Opposite Library
_-rr-~ L... vT??"'- ? -"^-?- ? ?--? "T(lij'Tj
' ?rtie'es booth to keep the chsngc ?nd
atUmpt a real swat at a painted cat
,,r?rited ff'iCC. all m a breath.
v : "^""in. if th? $100.000 de-.re.i
by the committed SSOat have been made
Mayor Mitehel, arriving a little after
|:M with DOOB Bnrb.r. was received
?m-Bittee. **4?sistiaf?rf Mr. and
n,,Ur Morris. Pr.indMr;.
?, Mr. aud Mra. Will*
an?! Mrs. Ores Root.
tothegath-l
.- theatre, and Mayor Mitch?!
expressed hi? plessur* in ope-,1-??
bazaar for th? purpose of coli*-?ti *
und. for a hospital In one 6f th* -.J*
? sted parts of New York.
Mayor left after hi? spe?ch. ai ht ? '
entertaining Mrs. Borden Harriij.*'
and Miss Ethel Harrm?n at ? thu'tV
;*sr*y in honor of the latter'? klrtE,
but returned in time to b? prcMitt a
supper.
The pageant will continu? ?-,..
?ft? rnoOB and evening of the ?-.J
with *h<? gran.l pageant on Fr J?y eVfB_
?ng as Its chief ever.'.
Published Today the book con?
taining the latest authentic ac?
count from the Front in France
bv an eve witness. Its author is the
author * of FIGHTING IN FLANDERS:
E. Alexander Powell
It is entitled:
VIVE LA FRANCE!
From the bombardment of Dunkirk
through the great drive of the Allies
in October, this book gives even- aspect
of the War on the Western Front.
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