Show THOSE THOSE CIVILIZED JAPS A dispatch from Tokio by way of London tells teUs of a lively scene in the Japanese house of representatives a afew afew afew few days ago The house of peers had submitted amendments to the bill pro providing providing providing viding for the nationalization of the railways Many of the representatives like the amendments Other representatives were very much in favor of them The dispatch says the debate caused a free fight a consid considerable considerable considerable erable exchange of blows and the tearing of clothes among members Eventually the police were summoned restored order and closed the doors This in order to prevent the opposition opposition opposition tion from leaving the house Those Japs certainly are growing civilized at a very rapid rate They are adopting all the manners and cus cue customs customs toms of the leaders lead rs of civilization Still we suppose they fought each other in a thoroughly gentle way Our Idea would be something like this The gentleman from Kobe would say The gentleman from Tokio will par pardon pardon pardon don me but I am about to honorably slap his honorable face And the To Tokio Tokio kio kb representative would certainly re reply reply reply ply I honorably thank the gentle gentleman gentleman gentleman man from Kobe and all of his illus illustrious Illustrious ancestors I am about to en engage engage engage gage in some honorable slapping slipping my myself myself self upon his honorable countenance And so the affair must have gone on until the worshipful police worship worshipfully worshipfully worshipfully fully interfered and honorably arrested all the illustrious fighters |