Show NEWS THIS WEEK ING by lem lemuel uel F parton EW YORK gen sadao araki nn NEW n gentle little man who recites poetry and war lord Is arranges lowers flowers part partial ial to beautifully and treasures delicate Clos sonne and jade thinks japan should polish off russia as well as china while ashes in the mood to branch out the for mer minister of war on the sidelines for the last year is again in the power lineup line up close to premier konoye and a member of his now new advisory council lie he Is an ascetic abstemious in all things living on a birdseed diet and since directing the manchurian Manc hurlan outreach in 1032 has counselled counseller coun selled do decorum and seemly behavior in the expropriation of china when ho he found it expedient to defy the league of nations in 1032 he did it in a nice way lie he seems to want capitalism without any capitalists A great many industrialists industrially ls ts were killed in his conquest of Man manchuria churin ills his peasant origin accounts tor for that the army Is largely recruited from the peasant classes including its officers oni cers and it has a romantic feudal hangover which makes it suspect and dislike industrialists pan asia Is the generals main idea and from many sources there has como evidence gen arakis A that it Is also the big idea principal objective ln in pa drive va la Is is pan fan asia shrewd g observers of the far east have told this writer that all J japans major policies are directed to this end and that certain chinese generals dealing under the table with japan also have this in mind hodo and bu shido are the generals two favorite conjure words signifying the way of the emper or and the way of the warrior arranging his flowers or ing at the ten tea ceremonial he deplores war and bloodshed and conquest they are all dreadful and the world would be so much better it if everyone would behave nicely but as long as they dont japan has to go all the way through the general Is angry when he Is called a fascist or militarist he follows rigid discipline in his life in his little cottage on the outskirts of tokyo and wears a plain khaki uniform with almost no medals or decorations graduating from the military cot col lege he wanted to go into the navy but was diverted to the army by the russo japanese war he likes to do everything in a nice way they say that once when he had to drown a batch of kittens he warmed the water so they expert ence a cold shock 4 0 S SIX IX years ago the british govern ment benched sir charles augustus after he had been dealing misery to terrorists in bel gan for 30 years expert r goes NOW they send to tame him in again tough arabs against the ramp pant and riotous arabs who are messing up not only palestine but certainly delicately balanced equations of foreign policy at a time when brittania is extremely touchy about such dis tur bances sir charles is a parsons son and he married a parsons daughter A quiet man soft spoken and deliberate never ferocious he carried through one of the toughest police c jobs in the world ile he joined the indian police force in 1901 he was as as ruthless as an install ment collector in running down his man those were years of plots and conspiracies and as he rose in office his function took on broader aspects of allaying or overcoming social disturbance and tie he disclosed sagacity and skill in this wider reach to police power all this brought him the kings police mod al in 1911 and he has received many other decorations and honors he was knighted in 1926 and since 1932 has been a member of the coun cil of india lie he knighthood v was educated nt at was reward the fortora royal school at Enni to 0 o len and trinity college dublin the latter awarded him arf an honorary in 1933 sending sir charles to palestine Is taken as an indication that britain Is warming up a more aggressive policy in the near east after quite a spell of stalling and shadowbox shadow box ing ile he Is especially skilled in rooting out conspiracies the word from palestine Is that the arabs are not altogether self starters in the present outbreak of terrorism and it Is indicated that a thu thorough rough job of sleuthing will precede the necessary renovating renova ting and the later political adjustments william G A ormsby gore secretary of stat state e tor for the colonies promises to take the most vigorous measures to combat terrorism 4 consolidated N ws reatar a service |