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Show JAPAIs S DILEMMA The Japanese d et has been d ssolved by the emperor on account of the de feat of the measure providing foi mil tary development Ths upper chamber will reccs until new men bers of the house are elected when another attempt will be made to carry out the imperial p ogramme for a more fo m dablo arm It s sa d that the Japa se people are not n S3mpathy w th the n a-jonty of the ho se and will support tho go ern n ent on election dav an assert on wh.icli may or mav not be t e In common with tho est of the world Japan has had dull t mes for a yea or two In add t on she s burdened with an enormo s debt con tracted dur ng the war w th Euss a The island of ppon do s not enjoy, very many natural advantages and the peo pie are despe ately poor as a rule The present standing army s ery large so largo that the country s really under going i r vat ons in order to keep up the war establishment An add t on of thirty of forty millions to the budget means increased taxation and more mis ery for the lower classes The major ty of the members of tho house are well aware of the existing condit ons and do not bel eve the peo pie should be called upon to shoulder a heavier load than they now carry If it be true as the roin st y claims that tho people w 11 not support the advo cates of economy at the coming elec t on the appropr ation b 11 will be put through at tho next session of the par ament wh ch will be ompletely un J the dom nat on of the m nist Japa forged to the front ver rap dly when once it began to take on western civ 1 zation but wh the eo pla are apparently of one d so far as the desire to make prog ess s cou cerned they are by no n eans n ted as to the proper steps to be taken to se cure the best results. The co ntry is sa d to have become a t rs class power as the result of tho wa s w th Ch na and Euss a and doubtless there arc man who bel e t at Tapan w 11 r so to s ill pre cr g s t anothp s c eessful wa can be waged W th this puri o e n v ew t may be that tho mm stry and the emperor ha e some det u te plan ot a t on n m nd Onlj a few days ago an off cial de n al waB nade of the rumo that Japa had been asked to send oop t tho battlef elds of i rope s at w d e the only usel 1 p po e a j,or army wo Id serve at th s m t m b that the off c al s ateme t d was not exactly m line w th the t h Anyway an agitat on s go ng on at the present time to have the Japanese jo n for es with the allies for the p pose of vmd ng p the war at the ea 1 est poss ble moment Georges Clemenceau f 0 mer prem er of Trance and Deputy Lucien Mille voye forme ch ef of the Nationalist party m Trance ha e both publ shed long articles in the Par s papers advo eating the intervent on of Japan and j if Great Br ta n but saj s the word the c s no doubt that the Tol o ' go ernment will send the Japanese armj aga nst the Germans n Europe Tho add t onal corps prov ded n the measure defeated m the lower house of ths d et would then be needed and the opposit on would probably cease to f ght it Raising millions of dollars for add t onal troops is not go ng to be pop ular with the Japanese who pay the taxes unless there is a call to the col ors to defend the home country In other words large nun ber of the Japanese citizens do not bel eve in fol low ng in tho footsteps of Germany only to Teeonie involved n a war which would spell rum no matter which way it turned out Tho coming election therefore will settle tho matter tem porarily at least, and tho campaign will be watched with interest all over the I civilized world |