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Show Great Crowd Of Japanese Present At Commercial Club To Hear ! Address Of Professor Nagai When Big Drive For Liberty ; -Loan Was Launched Much Enthusiasm Was Manifested J And Good Results Accomplished. 1' 1 4 I ' t : 1 K -J - 1 ! . I i I 1 f 1 ! 'i- i 1 i 1 :!. . -. t-t The Commercial Club was taxed to ; Us capacity Thursday night of last . t week to accommodate the great crowd 'of Japanese who were present to hear -ajddness of Professor R. Nagai, of ,Toki5, Japan, when the campaign for the ; sale of Liberty Bonds among their countrymen ' was officially launched. They manifested a lively , interest in the work and when the .. -iigures are totaled it is safe to say that it will be made known that the ; Japanese will have taken a large ,' block of the bonds. - J . . i Prof. Nagai was brought here through the efforts of the committee ,of the council of defense and the Orientals Ori-entals were royally entertained by tfie Commercial Club and the meeting was a success in every sense of the ."word. , . Prof. Nagai spoke from the subject, What Japan Is Doing In This War," and his address was highly pleasing to his audience. He urged j1us countrymen in the camp here to ZQ to the limit in the purchase of Liberty Bonds as that is the most effective ef-fective manner in which the people at home can assist the soldiers at the . front in beating back the Huns. A I synopsis of his address Is as follows: , "Thfn let me explain the reasons f why Jtbvtn is at war with Germany, before telling you what Japan is doing do-ing in this war. At first we are fig'at-Jhg fig'at-Jhg Germany because we could not permit German raiders to nttvk the commercial ships and sespo-t? in the Orient and to lay mines in the world highways on the Pacific Ocean. It , Was the win of Germany to ce'ed-r all allied nations out of the Orifnt. ! hus JNservIng itu sea and land for her suies of munitions and war ma- terlals. So we came into this war not Sly. for ourselves but -for the freedom free-dom of Internatidnal trade. K "Secondly we are fighting Germany because Germany violated the 1 international inter-national law. Japan's theory is that international law is an expression of international Justice. lWthout which , , -i R. NAGAI ertation. And the training of 30,000 typists is a"5tep in that direction, Unless Un-less such a plan is forestalled Germany Ger-many will gain its ambition of complete com-plete control of Russia's business. And for intercepting any such wedge attempts to get a foothold int-j Russia Rus-sia and for safeguarding the allies' legitimate interests in Siberia, our warships and troops are cooperating with the American, British and Chi-ree Chi-ree in the Far 'East According to 'fce , latest news, Vladivostok, which is the u ost important Siberian port, and ' large quantities of allies supplies are stored therg at , preser.t, has secured by the allied, forces and they are ow marching m BUmr-Rie nvers " Amur end Usurl. Thus Japan has been anxious an-xious to cooperate with the allies in a heart to heart service for universal Justice and peace. So each one of you must do your best and bravest to meet the allies heed. n is impossible 10 esiaonun international interna-tional neace. And, therefore, every treatjj" sacred and to be respected. But Germany's theory is that the international in-ternational law is the will of the i stronger, and therefore a treaty is ' . mere scrap of paper, which the stronger can tear up at any time he thinks it convenient. So since this war began, Germany, invading 'Belgium, killing civilians, attacking defenseless ibwns and sinking neutral ships has thrown away almost all rules of nations na-tions under which conditions no nation na-tion that has the sense of Justice Could remain inactive. Japan stood loyal to her ally to defend the international inter-national 1'ist!ce and to teach Germany the validity of the international law. , Indeed if liberty is a lasting heritage of American democracy, then loyalty' Is the eternal legacy of Ihe Japanese , nation. "Lastly, but not the l"srt we are , fighting Germany, because in ' this war feudalism is making its last stand against the coming democracy. Let Germany be feudal, if she will but she must not spread her system over a world that has outgrown it. As Secretary Franklin ILane puts it, "This is a war against feudalism, the right of the castle on the hill to rule the village below; this is a war for -")ct!ryracy. the right of all to be their own masters," The Ideal of Japan Is a universal emancipation, when all races and nations shall be free under " s.world democracy nd such an ideal of universal emancipation Is essen-'tlnily essen-'tlnily contrary to Germany's reasons why we are at war with Germany. ..Thus ss early as 1914 our army captured Tslng Tao. Germany's stronghold in China, depriving the enemy of his best naval basis for ihe Faclfic Ocean. Our navy. In cooperation coopera-tion with the British drove the Ger-raiders Ger-raiders from the Indian Ocean, " Ty??rcaptured the enemy's strong and strategic stations on the Pacific waters. Our navy has also escorted the transports of Australian and of Russian troops from the Far Eastern seas to the Mcdfterarnean; and on th i Mediterranean our warships are policing polic-ing In cooperallon with French, British, Brit-ish, American and Italian warships, about ten per cent of the total ton- Mge of all alllf d warships on that water wa-ter being Japanese. Our munition plants have beon also running day and night for the allied cause. And t i nte are In cooperation with the ' American. British and Chinese army and navy for the fight in the Far East. "When I was In Japan, I heard from my friend from Moscow that Germany -Ann training "0.000 men and oinen to r- nl "ri.H for Russian business firms. Not only Germany has not enough foldicrs to comjucr RukMb and make it part and parcel of the Teutonic Empire, but also it Is far cheaper and moro effective to invade in-vade the country by commercial pen- I . ' i |