MAIL TRIBUNE
The Weather
Maximum yesterday 38
Minimum today 28
Predictions
Fair and warmer.
Cally Fifteenth Tear.
Weekly Fiftieth Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1921
NO. 259
JAPAN'S VIEW
GIVEN OUT BY
AMBASSADOR
Roland S. Morris, U. S, Am
bassador to Japan Carefully
Explains Japanese Official
Attitude No Objection io
Non-Citienship.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. Discussing
what lie termed "tho California is
sue," In an address today before the
University club, Roland S. Morris,
American ambassador to Japan, de
clared that the Japanese were fear
ful that California and other western
states might extend tho classification
of aliens on tho basis of eligibility to
citizenship, not only as to property
rights, but also to personal rights.
Ambassador Morris, who has been
conducting the negotiations with
Baron Shidehara, tho Japanese am
bassador, with a view to laying the
basis of a treaty between tho United
States and Japan, further declared
that the Japanese protest against the
California anti-alien land law. and
presonted to the American people the
definite question of whether In the
larger view of America's relations
with tho Orient It is wise to classify
aliens on tho basis of their eligibility
' to cltzenshp.
In present negotatlons, Mr. Morris
said, the Japanese were not com
plaining because Its nationals resident
in the United States are not eligible
to citizenship; not asking any greater
rights for its nationals than those con
ceded to other aliens; not questioning
the right of the United States govern
ment to pass, subject to treaty obli
gations, legislation covering admission
or residence of foreigners, nor scckhvg
removal of present restrictions on
Japanese Immigration. Tho Japan
ese government, he added, does "con
tend that It Is unjust and unfair to
pick out a particular group of aliens
who are under certain political dis
abilities and deprive them of rights,
which all other aliens are permitted
to, enjoy." .....
Can't Bo Naturalized.
"Japanese aliens resident In the
United States," said Ambassador Mor
ris, after asserting that he was not
rllHrMinclnfr ttin mnrlta nf thn Inane Imt
its definition, "are not eligible to citi
zenship, our naturalization laws hav
ing been interpreted as applying only
to white persons or persons of African
descent. This is in a sense a dis
crimination, or perhaps better, a se
lection of those whom for one reason
or another wo are willing to admit
to tho privilege of American citizen
ship. But it Is clearly not a discrimi
nation of a character, which could
properly be the subject of complaint
by a government, whose nationals
might bo excluded. No government
would consider It proper or expedient
to protest because its citizens were not
permitted to expatriate themselves.
A friendly state must regret and de
plore such a policy and even hope that
flomo day It would be changed, hut it
would undoubtedly concede to other
states the inherent rights of a sove
reign state to determine the condi
tions and limits of naturalization.
Discrimination Ik Complaint,
"May I ask you, therefore, to note
carefully this point: Tho Japanese
government is not complaining be
cause Japanese aliens resident in the
United States are ineligible to Ameri
can citizenship.
"Nor is the government of Japan
asking for Its citizens resident among
us any greater rights than those con
ceded to other aliens. It accepts and
in its own domestic legislation has
often acted upon the principlo that
any state has tho right to impose
reasonable restrictions upon the prop
erty rights of foreigners, who choose
to live or pursue their occupations
within Its borders.
"May I ask you, therefore, to note
in the second place that the govern
ment of Japan Is not In any way ques
tioning the right of our government
to pass, subject only to Its treaty obli
gations, any legislation It may see fit
covering the admission or residence of
foreigners among us. It is true that
by tho treaty of 1911 Japanese were
granted full rights of admission to and
residece in our country. But this right
was granted only upon the express
understanding that the Japanese gov
ernment would continuct voluntarily
(Continued on Pace Six)
EK-5,
LOST WITH AIL HANDS IN- ENGLISH
LONDON, Jan. 22. British subma
rine K-5, Commander John A, Gaines,
was lost with all hands Thursday it
the approaches to the English chan
nel, the admiralty announced today.
Tho complement of the lost subma
rine was not given, but vessels of this
class carry approximately six officers
and fifty men.
Available naval manuals do not dlR
close the tonnage or dimensions of
the K class of submarines, which were
vessels of war construction. Thty
are known as "fleet" submarine?,
with a length of probably 300 to 350
Root Opposes Any
Disarmament Move
Until Harding's In
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Tho
question of total or partial dis
armament should not be discussed
by the United States with other
nations pending a change of ad
ministration March 4, Elthu Root,
who helped to form tho Interna
tional court of arbitration under
the League of Nations, declared
today in a letter to Chairman But
ler of the house naval committee.
Tho precise method of proced
ure, Mr. Root said, ought to ho
determined after Mr. Harding and
his secretary of state have had an
opportunity to inform themselves
and to reach conclusions as to the
way which affords the best pros
pect of success.
SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICER KILLED,
SEATTLE, Jan. 22. Chief of Police
W. H. Searing today issued orders to
Seattle policemen to first draw their
guns before stopping and examining
suspicious persons as the result of two
pistol duels here last night in which
Police Detective James O'Brien was
killed and two other policemen and a
civilian soverely wounded. Smith,
said to have confessed to the shooting
was in the city hospital today in a
serious condition with three bullet
wounds in his body.
O'Brien was killed shortly before
ten o'clock when he and Dotectivo T.
G. Montgomery attempted to slop
Smith at a downtown corner, half an
hour after the shooting of Patrolmen
W. T. Anglo and Neil McMillan, fur
ther uptown. Dean Carman, a laborer
who was talking with O'llrien and
Montgomery when SriiltH approached,
was shot twico in the leg. Physicians
said today that all tho wounded mon
would probably recover.
According to the story of Anglo and
McMillan, they attempted to stop
Smith for an examination. He opened
fire without a word of warning,, tioy
said, ' wounded both of them, and
escaped.
A city-wide search for tho assailant
of the policemen was instituted. Mont
gomery and O'Brien were searching
Second avenue near Cherry street
when they encountered Smith and the
second shooting affray followed. Offi
cers said that Smith last night con
fessed to shooting the three officers
and Carman.
In his confession, officers said Smith
admitted having participated in rob
beries in Spokane, Yakima, Everett,
Tacoma and Seattle within the past
year. Ho gave his age as 25 years.
CAHLE; CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Jan. 22. Fat cattle to
day were quoted'at tho lowest prices
in nearly five years at tho Union
stockyards here. The range was $10
to ?10.75, oh compared to a spread of
$7.25 to $10.50 in April, 191C. The
average price of beef steers lor the
week was nbout ' $8.75. 'However,
prices have not attained the average
of pre-war period, it was said.
Recent heavy receipts and a big
reduction In beef consumption wore
said to be responsible for tho gene
ral depression in tho market. Retail
prices were said by an official at the
yards not to have followed the trend
of tho livestock market, and this was
a factor.
Liberty Bonds. '
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. Liberty
bonds closed: 3',4's $92.10; first 4's
$S7.S0 bid; second 4's $88; first 4'4's
$88; second 4Vi's $87.94; third 4Vi's
$91; fourth 4 V. 's $88.26; Victory 3's
$97.20; Victory 4'b $97.20.
feet. They were built especially for
cruising with the grand fleet.
Tho disaster occurred 100 miles off
Land's End. A full complement of
officers and men wus aboard.
The K class of submarines Is the
latest type of British submersible,
being 338 feet In length, with a sur
face speed of 24 knots and a speed
submerged of nine knots. They carry
eight torpedo tubes, one four-inch
gun and one three-Inch gun.
Tho disaster to K-5 occurred while
she was practicing with four other
submarines. She submerged and
never rose to the surface again.
SOVIEl ENVOY
SAILS
0
BY U.S. POLICY
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens With
Retinue of 42 Peopfe Bids
Farewell to Land of Free
No Hard Feelings Toward
America.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. Hundreds
sympathizing with soviet Russia today
crowded tho pier to bid farewell to
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, unrecognized
soviet ambassador to America and his
staff, deported under order of Secro-
hary of Labor Wilson.
Cnrrylng a bouquet of red carnations
symbol of his government, in one arm
and his three year old daughter Svet
lana in tho other. Martens was swamp
ed with kisses from both men and
women, handshakes and slaps upon
the back. Tho crowd jammed about
him so deeply that lie temporarily lost
his wife and was forced to hand his
daughter to a member of his stnff but
he never released his grip on the red
carnations. .
Martens' cabin de luxe was fragrant
with the odor of red roses the gift of
soviet sympathizers and ninny women
in his party carried flowers of a car
mine hue.
It took Martens nearly half an hour
to shove1 his way through tho tightly
packed pier to thegang plank. The
crush made little Svetiana cry but
Martens was smiling as he stood on
the weather deck with his wife, daugh
ter, ten year old son William, and
Gregory Weinstein, "chief of start,"
posing in a drizzling' rain for pho
tographers. It was a picturesque party of forty
five that accompanied the deported
Russian official. Many men wore high
Russian boots. Over their bobbed
hair the women wore tho fur cap pecu
liar to tho snow land of tholr homo
country. Ab each went toward the
gangplank there wero lusty cries of
farewell.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. Nearly two
years effort hy Ludwig C. A. K. Mar
tens to gain recognition by tho Unit
ed States government ns the ambas
sador of the Russian soviet govern
ment, ended today with his departure
from Gothenburg, Sweden. It was the
final execution of an order from the
department of labor for his deporta
tion ns an underlsable alien.
Hundreds of personal friends of
Martens and his "ambassadorial" reti
nue of forty-two crowded tho docks to
bid farewell.
Although tho department of labor
offered th ober accommodations the
ship affords, Martens declined, say
ing he wished to buy a ticket and
"travel like any other passenger."
Ho issued a statement expressing
"grateful appreciation for tho great
personal kindness and courtesy I have
received from many Americans In all
vocations throughout the country."
Ho said Itr was a sourco of personal
pleasure "to find everywhere men
and women who have not allowed
hysterical fears or prejudice to move
them from their sympathy with the
cause I have represented."
"My departure," tho statement con
tinued, "has come as tho logical and
inevitable consequence of the policy
of the American government toward
soviet Russia." Ho declared he haa
worked a long time be f org being abl;
to induce the expression of a definite
policy and that "my mission here
would havo terminated much earlier
if the department of state had been
willing to take the responsibility,
which was finally assumed by the de
partment of labor. This, however, Is
a curious matter of American offic
ial procedure, which I do not pretend
to understand."
He said he could not tell "what di
rection this policy of Ignoring the
existence of the established govern
ment of the largest country in Eu
rope will lead.
' "I can only say," ho concluded
"that when tho American people arc
prepared to approach this problem,
the government of the Russian work
ers and peasants will be ready to meet
them in a reasonable and friendly
spirit."
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 21. Andres
Fcrrcyra and Mariano Caballos, mem
bers of the chamber of deputies,
fought a bloodless duel in the out
skirts of this city today. The en
counter was the result of an alterca
tion in the chamber yeHterday when
Ferreyra gave the lie to Caballos, after
the latter had denounced the govern
ment, Insinuating that President
Irigoyen was surrounded by ministers
who were profiting personally at the
expense of public interests.
Each man fired one shot without
result, whereupon the duel was called
urr, '
34 Inckes Gauze Left
In Soldier's Abdomen
Results in Death
FREDHKICKTOX, N. 11., Jan.
22. Thirty-four inches of surgl-
cal gauze left in the abdomen of
Harry A. Larlee, of Perth, a world
war veteran, after ho had been
operated upon at Portland, Ore.,
a year ago for appendicitis, caus-
ed his death hore today at tho
soldiers civil re-establishment hos-
pital. Larloe failed to recover his
strength after tho operation, and
returning to New Hrunswick, he-
camp a patient at tho soldiers
institution. A few days nso sur-
goons decided upon another opcr
ntion and discovered tho gauze.
After it had been removed Larleo
failed to rally.
APPEARS 10 BE
FINALLY SETTLED
SALEM, Jan. 22. (Special to Mall
Tribune). So far as is indicated by
surface appearances, tho present ses
sion will miss the hoary, archaic
Kogue river fish-fight of previous
years. It looks as though the conten
tions of the upper river peopio havo
been conceded for the most part at
least, and that a measure quite radic
ally changing the law in relation to
Iloguo river fishing will go through
without a fight.
The fisheries committee of the house
has reported back, wilh a unanimously
favorablo report, Representative Shel
don's Ilogue river fishing bill with only
one amendment, which gives Grants
Pass five days longer fishing season
than Mr. Sheldon's original bill pro
vided. Tho important changes In tho new
law embodied in the Sheldon bill, (Sen
ator Thomas introduced an identical
bill in the senate) are as follows:
1. The season for commercial fish
ing at the mouth or tho river does not
open until May 15th. Tho date under
the existing law is April 1-itli ; thus
the upper river counties secure a run
for all fisli coining to tho river during
the season of high water for thirty
days longer than at present. This
should make a very material increase
in the escapmont of fish ts the upper
river.
2. Tho weekly closed season at the
mouth of tho river Is made thirty-six
hours Instead of twenty-four hours.
3. Fishing at the mouth of the river
Is limited to a stretch between Doyle's
Itock and a point twelve miles above
instead of a stretch of over thirty-two
miles as at present. This change
should permit the fisli coming into the
river during the weekly thirty-six
hour closed period to pass up beyond
the reach of the commercial fisher
men. Tho season at Grants Pass Is
made twenty-five days shorter and this
additional closed period Is at the tlino
when the largest run is In the river,
4. No fishing is permitted save by
a hook and line and with drift nets
having a mesh of not Iosb than eight
and one-half inches.
SILK U. S.
OUT OF RUSSIAN
IE, CHARGE!
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.Senator
France, republican, Maryland, charg
ed In the senate today that the Ameri
can government was being influenced
y the British government not to
trade with Russia, and that meantime
British merchants wero monopolizing
the Russian" market.
His statement was In reply to nn
argument by Senator King, democrat,
Utah, opposing trade wilh Russia. Jt
precipitated a general debate oi; bol-
shevism and communism.
"While wo deport Martens the
trade representative of Russia," Sen
ator France said, "tho British ngmts
confer with Russian emlssarlestnnd
have trade contracts already prepared
for their signatures."1
Ho asserted that "bolshovlsm and
communism do not exist In Russia,"
adding that they had given way to
tne more sound theories of govern
ment." Referring to what ho said Was the
necessity of developing friendly i op
tions with Russia, tho Maryland sena
tor declared tho time will come
when the United States and Jan.in
will be at war. Ho added that the
way to meet this danger was to cre
ate better relations with Russia.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. Tho actual
condition of clearing house banks and
trust companies for tho week shows
that they hold $12,427,640 reserve in
excess nf legal requirements. This
Is nn Increase of i4,50O,O3O from
lust week,
PiETZ DENIES
CHARGES GRAFT
IN SHIP BOARD
Former Director Gcnl. Makes
Sweeping Denial of Gillen's
Charges Ships Had to Be
Built and Waste in War
Could Not Be Avoided.
WASHINGTON', Jan. 22. Charles
I'lez, of Chicago, former director gen
eral of (lie emergency fleet corporation
appeared today before the house com
mittee investigating shipping board
operations to deny charges by Martin
J. Ciillen, formerly assistant to tho
chairman of the board in a special re
port submitted to the committee some
weeks ago.
Mr. Plez had prepared a fivo thou
sand word statement in which ho took
up the charges in detail, but it was not
read. m i iirwsy
Mr. Plez testified that to his know
ledge Charles M. Schwab had never re
ceived a cent from the government In
salary or for personal expenses while
director general of tho fleet corpora
tion. Mr. Plez recalled a trip mado to tho
Pacific coast to Inspect the fleot cor
poration work there.
"Mr. Schwab paid all of his ex
penses, ns woll as those of his private
parly," he said, "and I paid mine."
Mr. Plez said ho always paid "all
of my own expenses."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 Claims
that tho report of Martin J. Glllen to
tho committee was wrong in all vital
questions woro made today in a state
ment submitted to the select commit
tee on United States shipping board
operations by Charles Piez, former
director-general, United Status ship
ping board emergency fleet corpora
tion. Mr. Plez claims that statements In
Mr. Gillen's report do not sipinro wilh
tho facts ill a single vital case in which
he indulged in criticism concerning (lie
division of construction; that Mr. (ill
Ion's statement that there was inter
ference hy management and trustees
In placing of contracts is wholly uti
true; that Mr. Glllen is guilty of gross
mis-statement of facts regarding the
fleet corporation's $250,000,000 mort
gages and securities and that Mr. Gil
len's statement of lack of nn account
ing system Is wholly wrong.
Mr. Plea's slalemont further claims
that Mr. Gillen's report regarding tho
fleet corporation's check against auth
orizations and appropriations is abso
lutely wrong, that his statement on
control and Imprest fund has no foun
dnlion in fact and that tho destructive
effect of Mr. Glllon's testimony has
Impaired public interest in the estab
lishment of an American merchant
marine and practically destroyed tho
market for shipping securities.
Mr. Plez's slatemont says that Bhips
were built to meet tho necessities of
war, not to establish a merchant mar
ine; that tho emergency fleet corpora
tion delivered 470 ships before tho
armistice; that the task was to build
ships faster than submarines could
sink them and that tho building of
ships was conducted in a sympathetic
and .businesslike manner.
Mr. Plez contends they had to build
wooden ships knowing they would bo
scrapped when conditions returned to
normal; that because of the demand
of the wnr department for inoro ships
that K. N. Hurley, Palnbrldgo Colby
and himself requested Chnrles M.
Schwab to join tho organization and
that General Georgo W. Goothals In
augurated the accounting system.
Mr. Plez snys that he suggested in
December, 1917, that no further con
tracts for wooden ships be let, but tho
board of trustees was obliged to keep
on building when pressure for any
thing that would float became so in
tense in the early spring of 1018. The
claim says that there was not a voice
in or out of congress that was raised
In protest against a continuation of the
wooden shipbuilding program.
Wood Ships War Expense
Wooden ships represent a legitimate
war expense, according to tho state
ment, which adds:
"They should be junked and the cost
written off. This nation cannov expect
to realize a salvage of 100 per cent on
war construction. We must recognize
that ships became shopworn when held
too long."
The statement says there was somo
payroll padding, some petty dishonesty
but no metre than there would be in
yards under private control.
"This inference on the part of tho
public, Is, in large measure, the result
of tho wild statements made by Mr.
Glllen concerning the methods of the
fleet corporation, Mr. Plez says, and
to tho general statements of graft and
corruption contained In tho Fisher
Richardson report. The public docB
(Continued on Pago Fivo)
Fish Markets Glutted
As Result Hoover's
Advice on Eating
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. llor-
bert Hoover's war tlnio advice to
the people to eat fish, with tho
resultant effort of packers to sup-
lily tile demand, has glutted the
markets, representatives of tho
5 industry told the houso ways and
means committee today. They
- asked practically a restoration of
tho import duties carried by the
Payne Aldrich law as a measure
of alleviation.
Plants are closing In grent
v numbers In New England and
along tile Pacific coast, they said,
and others will close unless tho
$ market conditions improve and
protection Is given.
2 l J J J 5 $ 5 .$ jt J J J $
NAMED Of) STATE
ALP.ANY, Ore., Jan. 22. Wool grow
ers of eight western Oregon counties
organized tho Oregon Wool and Mo
hair Co-opornlivo association at a
mooting hero yesterday afternoon.
The plan is to enlist wool growors in
a pool and sell the wool crop on a co
operative basis.
An organization committee was nam
ed and a fund raised to carry on organ
ization work. Tills committee includes
Fred llorrou of Medford, .luck aim coun
ty. Georgo A. Mansfield of Medford,
president of tho State Farm Bureau
Federation, who is hero directing tho
membership drive of the Linn county
Farm Uurenu, was a leading speaker at
tho mooting and expressed gratifica
tion at tho organization as tho first
concrete result achieved by tho state
Farm llureau Federation.
KILLS FORMER VICTOR
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 22.
Dick Daviscourt, Texas wrestler de
feated hero last night by lOd (Strnng
ler Lewis, was confined to bin bod 10
dny with a dislocated vertebrae, It was
announced by attending physicians.
The match ended after one hour and
twenty minutes when Lewis clumped
on a series of hcadlocks. Daviscourt
was carried from the mat In a semi
conscious condition.
SAN JUAN DEL SUR, NIcnrngua,
Jan. 21. United States seaplane NC-6
which was damaged and forced to
land during last Saturday's hurricane,
while participating In the flight from
San Diego to the Canal Zone, is taxi
ing to 'n mi m a from (Hgnnte. north
of hero, where she was bencher. She
is accompanied by tho tug Unnnet.
Tho NC-0 entered port hero for a few
moments on her southward journey.
She reported nil well.
6-DAY RACE CQ. GOES
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. Tho New
York Velodrome company, which Is
conducting a six-day bioyclo race In
Chicago, hns been placed In tho hands
of a receelver, It was announced here
today. The receiver wus appointed
to adjust the company's finances In
connection with the construction of
a race track hero, designed to seat
30.000 spectators.
JAPANESE 0PP0SIT0N PARTY INSISIS ON
JAPAN'S RIGHTS
TOKIO, Jan. 20 Immediate evacu
ation of Siberia, universal suffrage
and Insistence upon Japan's rights in
tho California question wero demand
ed In resolutions passed today nt a
general meeting of tho Kcneslkal, the
opposition party In Japan.
Tho party met preparatory to tho
re-opening of tho Japanese diet, and.
In ndditlon urged that the mainte
nance of friendship with tho United
States bo made a basic policy of this
nation and also Indorsed the League
of Nations and a renewal of the
Anglo-Japanese alliance in the inter
cut of world peacot
FIND WiLD IN
WITH WIFE.BABE
NAKED, HEALTHY
Woman Caught in Deer Trap
23 Years Ago, Held Prisoner
Lost Eye in Fight With
Wild Cat Nature Couple
Forced to Open by Flood. ,
LAUREL, Miss., Jan. 22. Investi
gation of tho strange story today hy
a 72-year-old man with a long whlto
beard, who, with a woman who said
she was his wlfo.nnd a t.royonr-old
girl, was found wandering In tho
woods near Lux yesterday was begun
today. Tho man gavo his name as
Albert Parsons and said ho had
caught his wifo in a trap.
Tho story current for years of a
"wild man" living in tho remote sec
tion along Leaf river, where Parsons
said they had a cabin, is believed
to havo been solved.
Parsons said ho had homestead
rights in the river bottoms. They had
lived for years on herbs, roots, fish
and such other food as they could
produce, with the aid of a blind
horse ho had caught, ho said. Only
high water had driven thorn from
their river bank homo, he said. Ho
said ho is nbout 72 years old.
Tho woman, who looked to ba about
GO years old, said Parsons had caught
her in a deer trap 23 years ago and
mndo her his wife. She talked Inco
herently at times, but said she had
lost ono eyo in a fight with a wildcat.
Sho and tho man wero scarcely dress
ed, so tattered were their garments.
Tho child was unclothed.
Tho .Httlo girl was apparently in
splendid health and tho man, despite
his ago, also was in good physical
condition. Ho refused to discuss tho
girl and tho authorities are interested
to learn whether she is his daughtci,
or a lost or kidnaped child.
TO AID STARVING
CHICAGO, Jan. 22. The recent of
fer of tho farmers of the middle west
to contribute surplus production for
tho starving peopio of Europe and
China hns been accepted by tho Hoo
ver committee and similar organiza
tions according to a message today
from New York to tho American
Farm bureau through which tho
stocks vero offered.
Tho relief committee declares tho
belief that facilities for transporting
ho supplies could bo raised without
difficulty.
"Let us market our surplus in re
lief and take our pay In good will," Is
tho slogan adopted by tho fifhn fede
ration in its drive for the holding"
stocks of farmers.
R, D. Henklc, general secretary of
the American committee for the China
famine fund, hns written President
Howard that 6,000 tons can be trans
ported from Tacoma Jn February, and
expresses hope that tho stocks may be
available at that date.
!'S
Bo WW
JACKSONVILLE, Flu., Jan. 22.-
Tho glass in a window In President
elect Harding's compartment aboard
his private car, broken by a rock be
lieved to have been thrown by a
small boy, was replaced when tho
train stopped briefly here today, en
routo to St. Augustine. Mr. Harding
left his car only to shake hands with
friends on tho rear platform and there
was no demonstration, crowds being
excluded from tho depot yard.
IN CALIFORNIA QUESTION
The League of Nations was fa
vored by Viscount Knto, lender of
ho party, but he refretted that Ameri
ca was not a member. Ho approved
of the plan for restricting armaments,
but considered Japan's naval program
as tho minimum to be fixed for the
national defense.
Takeshi Inuknl, leader of the Ko- ;
kumlnto or national party, addressed
a meeting of that organization, con
demning Japan's policy toward Ameri
ca, China and Russia, declaring it
was "sowing the seed for future
trouble,"