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Show SAYS DEMOCRACY IS OVERTURNING MILITARY ELEMENT SAX FRANCISCO, April 2. The bureaucratic bu-reaucratic or militaristic element in Japan, which now is In power, is gradually losing los-ing strength, and In ten years there will bo a new Japan under a democratic form of government, In the opinion of Count Y. Ozakl, member of the Japanese parliament, parlia-ment, who arrived here today. In the party were T. Moehizuki, also a member of parliament, and K. Adachi, one of the le-aders in the Kensalkel party. "Eventually, 1 hope we shall have universal uni-versal suffrage," said Count Ozaki. "Just prior to tiie close of the last parliament there were only a million and a half voters out of a population of 53,000,000. By action ac-tion of tho parliament just closed this number has been nearly doubled. Under universal i-uffrage there will be ten. million mil-lion voters." In speaking of China, he said: "It is essential for the future of China that all nations have the same policy toward to-ward th:it nation. With a divergence of policy, China will be divided against itself, it-self, as some will favor one policy and others another. "Education is the great factor in promoting pro-moting friendly relations between nations. na-tions. Wo must learn to know more about each other. There are trouble-makers in all countries and they must be put down. When understandings are brought about, then we will begin to do away with armaments. arma-ments. Japan is ready to join in the movement on the Pacific. "There is no need for armament in the Philippines. We believe that the United States should grant the Islands their independence in-dependence and Japan would undertake to be one of the guarantor nations of this independence." |