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Show JAPAN DOES NOT DESIRE A WAR Seattle, Wash, Sopt 3. Bluhop J John MeKIni, head of the Episcopal church In Japan, who has Just ar-r.ved ar-r.ved hero from Yokohama, says that the error of mistaking Japanese patriotism patri-otism for a warlike disposition I largely responsible for the belief in the possibility of war between that country and tht? United States. The bishop said: "Japan may have trouble ahead with diplomatic or state affairs, but such dcrns not include any possible friction w.th the United States. A war with Japan is as improbable ns a quarrel between the United States and the Hottentots. "With a population struggling t continue an exigence under tho difficulty dif-ficulty of a war tax that exacts a toll , for every necessity, from street car fares to leaving the country, Japan Is today more generally considering how-to how-to avoid war than to start trouble." |