Show BUD BUDGETS KIl IO KIMONOS OS AND I rimE adeptness of the Japanese juggler of THE I things is only exceeded b by the adroitness of bf the Japanese juggler of words Therefore it is very ery difficult to determine what a statesman statesman states- states man of Nippon means by listening to what what he pays rays Admiral Mineo Osumi in the house hous of representatives rep rep- r s at Tokyo revealed to the lawmakers lawmakers ers ers th that t the Japanese fleet will give outranking that of of the he the empire a navy United States by 1936 when the naval building treaty expires Kenkichi former f foreign minister suggested the possibility of a rupture re between the United States and Japan War Va Minister General Hayashi declared de de- de- de dared We Ye are out fo foe peace pence A fleet officer officer of of- fleer ashore at San Francisco decried talk of war between the Japanese and Americans The Thc day our formation of seaplanes completed air passage from San Fr Francisco to Honolulu the saber rattlers in Tokyo called upon the he people to note the event and Tokyo TOiYo editors saw blood in the skies sIdes and said so in impassioned screeds Well militarists can no more get along without war scares than politicians can appeal to the electorate without issues Travelers from J Japan pan say that the tho preponderance of citizens there arc are little inter interested sted in war wal What they want vant is a pleasant life e with ith opportunity to pay homage to their ancestors As As' long as thatis that thatis is all they are thinking g about the ministers have a tough time selling them the idea of big budgets Particularly since the tile American fleet was ordered withdrawn from the Pacific the the average Japanese has been disposed to keep his his kimono On n and do some of his own think think- ing Former Form r Ambassador on returning return return- ing home from front the United States told them that t the e United States was not even thinking remotely of war with Japan This did not help J. J the militaristic p. p P f In so far therefore a as the United States is concerned it may be pretty safely ly put down that the frantic oratory of the war lords of Japan apan is for budget boosting purposes If tl that th t b budget is needed say ay by next spring it will vill be for something besides war with us The Thebes best bes bet is that Russia knows what the tIie budget budget bug bug- et is IS for though General Hayashi tries to tomake tomako tomake make mako such talk seem absurd saying that there will be no Japanese Russo-Japanese war unless the war is carried to us by the oth That Thatis Is is s what the Japanese minister of war would s say y lie could not be expected Russia f four ur uror or five mont months months' s' s notice of Japans Japan's And a as for our own preparedness program am perhaps that Honolulu flight was timed to have some effect upon our own budget mak- mak ers era Our Oar navy is to get 1184 new planes The army asked ked for 20 2025 5 but it doesn't look as if it w will lI get gt them The fact that hat the army can o only ly fly ny its planes plans about out on the home lOme grounds may have something to do with this If it cm could d make ak a routine transfer of service equipment equip- equip ment flient r ent to Manila or some other remote westward west west- ward ii ward point its luck might change 0 |