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The Commoner.
VOLUME 13t NUMBER lf
News of the Week
A Tokio cablegram, carried by the
'Associated Press says: Tho situa
tion brought about by the California
alion land law is becoming serious.
A mass meetiiig, composed for Alio
most part, of irresponsible people,
domandcd tho most extreme meas
ures of retaliation by Japan. During
tho gathering tho singing of war
eongs aroused (ho feelings of many
of tho lower classes who wore
prosont. Anonymous writers in the
nowspapers givo an outline of the
plans for tho seizure of tho Philip
pines and Hawaii, and at tho same
time denounce tho Japanese govern
ment's submission to tho United
States. It is said tho changed con
ditions in Japan make it impossible
for tho movement to restrain the
newspapers and tho lowor classes.
On tho other hand, government
circles aro showing a friendly spirit.
Hamilton Wright Malbo of Now
York and John Mott, secretary of
tho International committee of the
Y. M. C. A., -wore tho guests at a
luncheon given by Baron Noboaki
Makino, tho foreign minister, at
which sonio of the most prominent
Japanoso and Americans wore
present. A very cordial feeling prevailed.
Shortly after tho luncheon Messrs.
Maibo, Poabody and Mott and a
number of representative Japanese
christians and Americans met at the
residence of Count Shigenobu
Okuma, former premier and minis
ter of foroign affairs. Count Okuma
delivered a speech, during which he
Bald that diplomats, the courts and
commercial men were helpless and
that only tho influence of Christian
ity remainod. On tho other hand,
lie doclnred war was impending. Mr.
Mott agreed in replying that the in-
A FANCY FARM
absoluo Knfoty of invostmoni: rortnln groat ami
njDUl Incrwwo in vnluo; npiomllil s rroundlKS
to n oxCm u?Wi T01'1 cosUy lUHTOvomK:
iw proximity to tho ltst central city of 4nnnnn
people; its wilrond facilities; its rock rond. lti lS
rn" iil.I.ittM!kwVl cou!,ty- HMourl whoro rock roada
aro built and maintained nt no wnonw in ?im
fanner. Thia farm conslhtso M1M i ncres m acres of
which will Rrow alfuifa and corn a d tho S hi
KUni'S? m'm'oti t improve inonts. MO acres
Ripply. Main rosldonco modornand artistic tonant
Jiousos and spiondld taw ban's Xly 40 mlimti s
roclc road dotted on olther sldo with mac ilnco it
homes. I n my judgment this property will bocSmo
Hi R?nl"C ,ncrcfl "i1" wUh two tenant ttJnd
Bood Jaruo barn for $120 an acre. Farmers ami'n
Mv5 Sh?uld "VMtliailo this. I eioat ho otan ent
ortafoly In an Investment in thlslsabsolutonmi
fluences of Christianity was now
superlative.
Dispatches were sent by tho meet
ing to President Wilson and others
imploring them to use all their in
fluence on Christians and thought
ful nconlo to avoid a calamity.
At tho great mass meeting held
hore there was an hysterical anti
American outburst. Deputy Matsu
mura urged tho dispatch of a
Japanese fleet to California as a first
step toward establishing Japan on
an absolutely equal footing in the
United States.
Twenty thousand people listened
to tho remarks of tho firebrands,
who apparently aro engineering a
campaign to mould public opinion in
Japan.
Tho foroign land ownership bill
passed by tho Japanese diet in
March, 1910, prohibits foreigners,
except under certain restrictions,
from owning land in Japan and they
may not own land at all in Sagha
lien, Formosa, Hokkaido or the for
tified zones. Tho law has never yet
been officially promulgated.
An AsSOCiatnd Prnnn rilanntnTi
from Washington relating to the
same subject says: President Wil
son kept in touch with tho situation
in Japan and California. Ho read
with interest the dispatches from
Tokio expressing tho popular feel
ing against the bill, and studied the
text c ponding measures as well as
a synopsis of similar laws in New
York and Texas. Tho nroalrlmif tniri
his callers that tho federal govern
ment of necessity must refrain from
interference with California while in
the process of legislating, and could
not make its attitude known to in
quiring nations until tho bills were
passed. He added, however, that
if any impression had been circu
lated in Japan that tho administra
tion here had become indifferent to
tho developments in California, such
a view was unjustified and that the
judgment as to the measuies should
be withheld until they wore finally
framed and passed.
In the meantime, the president
declared that every effort was being
made to keep in communication in
formally with the California legisla
ture. It is unlikely that the presi
dent will communicate his views
directly or take any step that will in
terfere with the legislative process,
but ho hopes through members of
congress here to do his utmost to
prevent any obvious violation of
treaty obligations. Should treaty
rights be violated, he is hopeful that
Japan will withhold judgment until
the American courts have dealt with
tho question.
MINNESOTA
LAND
Soveral special barcalns to oner boforo sood'nir
tlino. Uoo.1 ltod Hfver Vulloy I,aiil In Mini
eota; open prairie, Rood soil, no stones, all till, i lo
fcood water, woll located. Trices $25 to $w per acrS
Aconts and buyers wrlto us for particulars.
John H. Boyd Land Co,,
Srookston, Minnesota
TELLS WHY CHICKS DIE
$,.?knyilei1 White Ulai rhoea and How To Ouro
If. 'lhls romarkablo book contains sonio Z
tclontlllc tacts on whlto diarrhoea nml toll" how to
proparo a s njplo solution that cures thl" t"rK
illscaso over night. Everyone Interested In pou try
(roolbSoIC-srtn'n'y wrlt0 Mr' Uoofer for "
George Bowers, United States fish
commissioner, has resigned. Dr
Si?? ? Smith. . n been
designated as -acting commissioner,
and he will finally succeed Mr
Bowers.
The International Harvester com-
binding twine factory from Albany!
IJ". t0, Germany. A prolonged
strike is the causo of this threat
John E W. Wayman, former state
attorney for Cook county, Illinois
committed suicide in Chicago He
was ill from overwork.
AftTMIM l EDtostay cured
S I l3lflMPnlfai8- o return of
i i!nn,!fu7, ohK,nK "Polls or other
Whotzel system ol treatment,', rSvod by VStu
ga. FREE TEST 1RE&TMEN7
lnoludlm; moiUolnea.prepareilforRnyoiwnlvtnip'ii'fnn
desor ntlonof thooaRo nnd imnillna ami of " utl.m!1
tlo autf orem. Address FRANK WHETZet' ri
A Springfield, 111,, dispatch, GayS
A state morals court, with women
tll t0 ,protoct wopkSJ g!ri5
against unprincipled employers win
bo proposed in a bill to be Intro
duced in tho Illinois legislature.
v.,t Nw York dispatch to tho Louis
ville Courier-Journal says: A New
York priest is making a wax canflK
sixteen feet high which he hopes to
have placed in the VaUcan to be
That's what a prospective customs ;
Iowa wrote us' the other day. Continrrino-
he said: "I iust noticed from vour nH in nt
the farm papers that you are Duttinpr a cmoit t,,..
on the market, and am anxious to cret vom- rnhW :u
incr eamo. I have several nafalorm rf cmoll (mA, i . . . -
tiie concerns who aro making them are new at the business and iJUof
them aro building onlv exnerunents." ' u
This shrewd farmer is evidently familiap wffTi TTnr.Do. n.,tn. ..,
Service. Chances aro he'll invest in a Hart-Parr V'-tho small, light taao
tor designed for 160 to 320 acres. It meets medium power needs.
ur th the Hart-Parr "Self-Lift" Plow (seo illustration), it's a strictly One
Man Outfit Plow is operated by a rope on tho clutch lever. You run tho
entire outfit from the engine platform. Tractor is nearly all steel, strong bu
light m Self-Lift", weighs one-third less than any other. Outfit will not su
and mire in soft soil
Plow has indenfinrtanf sMf-lift- ami ti i:. i .
frfrnnkyl. rih lln VZ.?-""113'. OlTODgiy COIV
., 0 wwww, BuW iotu.i,uu Kararociogororeak. bpec al
spring beam coupler enables bottoms to readily pass over or skid around
wwuuvuuiu euu luiuicuicuciy iciuru io line oi orait
Tractor takes tho olaco of 12 ?5fnrr1w hnrcm nen ul t.t .
all loads and is oil cooled. You can use it for all kinds of work re-
yiuiujg ywwer, irom ureamng sou to grinding feed.
Write fir Special circulars
ucjiTjuing uom OUTJIU.
HART-PARR CO.
280 Lawler St.
Charles City
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