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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. XEW YORK. TUESDAY. JULY 25. 1922.

EVERYPOLICEMAN'S SHADOW that made it possible we have returned to something like normalcy. Here and there we have a suggestion of the return of war conditions, such as the absurd attempt being made in Kansas to make a martyr out of 'William Allen White, but in the main we are now reasonably free from thp worst features of the war-time censorship. The State censorship of motion pic-tures was brought about by conditions that were commonly regarded as overriding the ordinary objections to restraint, by government. Mr. Hays, by accepting his present position, virtually admits that these conditions were bad enough to justify drastic action.

Censorship is wrong in principle and abhorrent to most Americans, but that by no means makes it impossible. obnoxious to the state church people, but could not be avoided. In general terms it is almost undeniable that a party or group in a governing body that stands only for the communicants in one religious organization is unlikely to be helpful to the state. With this shift of the attitude of the Centrists it is possible to conceive a Reichstag majority that, is not Socialist at all; not that the Centrists can alone create such a majority, but that their possible allies may bring it about. The friends of Stinnes seem to have dropped their supposed leaning toward a monarchical form of government and to be loyal to the republic.

And we cannot, help thinking that the best hope of Germany would He in a conservative merger which would drop prejudices against' individualism and make the best of industrial and economic conditions of today. seizure by American revenue cutters on the high seas in time of peace would stir a tempest in the minds of owners of vessels flying the British flag. When it comes to constraining the "rum running" from British "colonies to the United States we imagine the rubied suggestion that the matter will be left to the colonies themselves is pretty nearly a safe prophecy. Exporting of liquors from the Bahamas, for example to other countries is not a crime in British law; it is business rnterprise to be encouraged. It is deeply regrettable that the Main Street statesmen now dominant in Washington have as little notion as Mr.

Bryan of the rights of other nations within their own ports and on the high seas. These narrow persons will probably not succeed in getting us Into any grave difficulties with England, whose diplomacy may bo depended upon to delay the handling of any such issue till it doesn't need to be handled at all. 6 (Founded ty Ixaac Van Andtn in 1141 iTrad Mark "Tagla Rffiiterd. TrnspAT r.vKMXrt. jvi.t rs.

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HY HOMES MAY BE COLD NEXT WINTER Have j-nii ordered yiiiir winter sup-ply of mill? Did you pot it? If not. do you know why? Of course, there is ronl strike and a railroad strikp. anil thp dealers toll you they cannot deliver oa just now. Thpy also tell you that tlipy ilo not know when 1 hoy can till rriliTP. Anotlipr thing thpy tell you Is that thpy do not know what coal ill cost whi it is delivered.

But has any one explained just why the I ml Inn is empty or thp reason we ro facing a haril coal shortage, with jl the prospect of high prices when, or if, foal begins to come from the mines? The public should get the rtiilmia-; tlnn of this situation llxed in mind. It may help. In the long run. to settle the lug problem of a continuous roal supply. In the first plaep, it is necessary to differentiate hetween the hard and soft coal industries.

They are related, but in many respects they are on a different basis. The troubles In the anthracite and bituminous fields Fhould not be confused. The miners in thp bituminous fiplds havp been on strike since April 1. There is no strike, properly speaking. In the anthracite lipids, but there has been a complete "cessation of work" since April 1.

So little has been said about the shutting down of the rite mines that the public did not knoji; w.nk had stopped until the pinch of the hard coal shortagp stirrpd inter-est. Thpre lias bern no violence, no publicity, no attempt to win sympathy for strikers or operators, no propagan-t', la. no attempt to use ') bo call for soldiers to protect, non- union workers from mobs of strikers. Instead, the miners have been sitting en their porches enjoying the pleasant miunicr: some of them work their pinions, or ride in their Some of them still wear silk Fhirts. Here Riid there, as The Eagle correspondent, has shown in articles from the anthracite region, there are signs of hard times, but in the main the miners are not discontented with the situation.

Strangely enough, the operators are showing the same com-" posure, and seem undisturbed by the fact that their properties arc not pro- (hieing coal. What kind of strike is this, where both sides are so well satisfied? The charge is that it is virtually a collusive strike engineered by the miners with die nominal acquiescence of the operators for the purpose of keeping up the price of coal. This would mean extortion practiced on the consuming public by miners and operators who between them control the supply of hard coal upon which the homes of the nation depend for heat. This situation developed quite naturally. During the war both miners nud operators profited enormously.

Anthracite miners made large sums mid the operators pas'd the high labor costs on to the public, -lddiiig their own exorbitant profits. This con. tl i if lias continued during the hectic 1' year high prices following the armistice. But this joar saw a turn in the tide. There were rather large supplies of hard coal on hand.

Had prodii'tion continued there would have been no nay to escape a reduction in the price of coal to consumers. Thi- would mean cutting wages aiid rutting profits. Neither miners nor op- crator wanted that. And so we have, not a strike Inn a cessation of work. The Mippli.

are rapidly diminishing. ing is over, so that the press will be unable, to make and unmake international politics from day to day. He sees no use in discussing reparations privately with Lloyd George while Belgium and Italy are so, vitally interested and the presence of the latter he considers even more essential on account of the Orient question. At the same time the Tangie.rs affair cannot be settled without Spain. Lloyd George and Foincare will not be meeting as boon companions nor as enemies.

There will be no pretense about that. Both of them have already disregarded more than once what was the olcf-fashioned idea of International courtesy. This, Quai D'Orsay's friends say, provides the French premier the best, protection against the wiles of "the siren of Downing st." It is going to be very businesslike diplomacy. DRY CANADA VS. WET CANADA.

The Province of Manitoba in the Dominion of Canada is under a prohibition law as are most of the other Canadian provinces. Quebec is an ex ception to the rule with a system ppr-mitting the open sale of liquors under the supervision of a government com mission which strictly regulates sales and limits purchases. In Manitoba, as elsewhere throughout Canada, it is pos sible to -get liquor on a doctor's pre scription. Now, Quebec has about, five times as many people as Manitoba and it would be natural to assume that with liquor openly wold the volume of drinking would be vastly In excess of the drink ing in Manitoba, where the law re- quires a certificate of ill-health before liquor can be openly obtained. Figures published by the Quebec liquor com mission show that about $15,000,000 worth of liquor was sold In the province last year, while another set of figures covpring the distribution of liquor throughout Manitoba gives Ihe total value of sales in that province as $12,202,012 for the same pflod.

There is practically no illegal drinking in Quebec because the drinker feels no temptation to evade a law which regulates, but does not prohibit, drink ing. So we may tafec the Quebec figures as fairly representative of the volume of drinking. On the other hand, the Manitoba figures covering only prescriptions do not take any account of liquor sold illegally. Yet the volume of drinking that goes on in Manitoba within the law and ostensibly because of Ill-health represents a total annual outlay which is only about $2,700,000 less than the outlay for liquor in the far more populous Province of Quebec, which has no prohibition law. The conditions thus disclosed are interesting in the extreme.

If Manitoba wants to have something approximating real prohibition her legislature will have to amend the law relating to medical prescriptions. The average of public health in Manitoba is either remarkably low or the' doctors have a latitude of action which is withheld from the profession in this country by an all-wise Congress which knows exactly how much liquor is needed for therapeutic purposes in any given case of illness. Englewood. N. is trying a pretty risky dog days experiment in exempting from muzzles all animals that have been vaccinated and are supposed to be exempt from rabies.

This metropolis isn't likely to follow such an example. Cooks, stewards, sailors, firemen and oilmen on the Great Lakes vote overwhelmingly in favor of a strike. Un-der the Furuseth-La Follette Law they can apparently tie up everything, which is a new illustration of the hebctudinosity behind that enactment. A certain New York hotel is asking business men in different lines to suggest volumes for its "Library-of Basic Business." We hope the Scriptures will not be left, out. Basic business could have no better guide in all its relations with humanity.

"Attempted attack On a white whatever that may mean, is the un-proven charge on which a Georgia negro was lynched near Ellenton. Georgia is not improving her standards of law and order. Henry Morgenthau. it is understood, did not convince His Holiness the Pope of the righteousness of the British mandate in Palestine, but we are suae he stated the case as firmly and temperately as possible, and that the audience was not without significance. Cole L.

Blease is trying to run for United States Senator in South Carolina, and friends of Woodrow Wilson hope the former President will do all he can to block the game. For Blouse was hostile to the winning of the war. and is not the sort of man some of us like to see in public life. We can hardly believe that the. attempt of customs officials to collect for Uncle Sam duties on Yale's imported chimes for the Harkness Tower will succeed.

It's based on the notion that these are "musical instruments, dutiable at .15 percent." That lawmakers Intended to cover tower bells with this vague language is almost inconceivable. DID NOT REFER TO BRITISH Secretary Denby Denies Making Specific Attack. (Bu Cnblc to The Brooklyn Ka7le MR. JUSTICE STRONC STANDS PAT. Supreme Court Justice Selah B.

Strong and his counsel, Edgar Truman Brackett, have determined on a course of action which is consonant with the dignity of the Bench and calculated to subserve (he highest public interests involved in their decision to submit no defense to the Jenks Assembly Committee; or, in the language of the street, to "stand pat." And this is true, no matter what the committee will do or ought to do, no matter what the Assembly will do or ought to do. A member of our judiciary cannot without loss of prestige participate in criminations or recriminations. And this is what a defense would have meant in the very nature of things. Mr. Brack-eft's position was thus made clear: There will be no evidence submitted before the committee on the part of Judge Strong.

His counsel does not even ask leave to present argument or brief on his behalf, although entirely willing to submit either on the sugges tion of the committee. The complainants have wholly failed to show any act or thing on his part meriting either punishment or criticism. Clearly former Senator Brackett, as an advocate, is not wholly unbiassed in making this statement. Clearly the assertion Is one which the committee, and possibly the Assembly, will have to pass upon. By request of the Broome County Assemblyman, who heads the committee, Brackett will submit a brief.

The other side will do the same. How extended each brief will be we can only guess. In essence, the Nassau County Bar Association is as much "on trial'' before this committee as Mr. Justice Strong. To sustain the one is to condemn the other.

Most of us will not be surprised if a non-committal report is the outcome of the investigation. And most practical observers of things at Albany would be vastly surprised if any serious impeachment proceedings were to develop when the Legislature meets. 50,000 CLOAKMAKERS OUT. It Isn't quite accurate to say that 50,000 cloakmnkers in New York City are on strike today, though they are not working. The demonstration that takes them all away from jobs Is intended as a formal protest of the trades unions against the persistence of sweatshops.

And of the 50,000 It is understood that 25.000 will stay out till employers have changed their methods. The rest are hired by bosses who are in accord ith their purposes. Unquestionably the sweatshop is a real evil. Society as a whole has sought to "restrict it and has in a measure restricted it. The places that are not up to standard in the matter of ventilation, light and decency are legitimately attacked.

Also the practice of sending out work to the homes of workers. For though homework seems economically justified, it is a peril to health, garments so made being capable of carrying disease to the purchaser and supervision of the homes being practically impossible. In this case, the cloakmakers' "strike" is not expected to last long enough for a genuine vtcatioti. such as has come to be looked for every summer. On the whole, business is brisk and there is no indication of a desire on the part of employers or employees to start a long conflict.

We shall be gravely mistaken if the bulk of the bosses do not yield very quickly to the reasonable demands of their workers. WHEN THE IMPOSSIBLE BECOMES EASY. Will H. Hays should know better than to use the word "impossible" in a dogmatic manner. He has himself accomplished the impossible with surprising ease, notably when he engineered the election of Warren G.

Harding. Having left the Cabinet to fight against national censorship of motion pictures. Mr. Hays is now trying to convince himself that the thing against which he is fighting is impossible in principle, if not in fact. In a statement given out in Los Angeles Mr.

Hays says fhat "the principle of free; dom upon which this nation was founded makes public censorship of press, pulpit, film or spoken word virtually an impossibility." Unfortunately, we have spent most of our time as a nation doing the im possible. Founding a nation on th principles exalted by Mr. Hays was regarded as an impossibility until it was accomplished. More recently we havp learned that what may in principle seem impossible becomes comparatively easy whPti undertaken by a resolute minority using modem political methods. So far as censorship is concerned, we find that it was brought about not in accordance with an abstract principle, but by circumstances, plus the ever present minority that knows what if wants and how to get it.

During the war- the press and all other public agencies found the impossible censorship very much a fact. This censorship was largely self-imposed aud with the passing of the emergency WINNING BY DEFAULT. Mr. Hearst insists that Mayor Hylan is the "logical" candidate of the Democratic party for the Governorship. The Mayor declares that the distinction belongs to Mr.

Hearst himself. Mr. Connors has crystallized more sentiment ill behalf of Hearst than has been crystallized in behalf of any other possibility. Mr. McCooey of Kings favorably inclines to Hearst, and as the Mayor appears resolved to employ his influence in the same direction the pressure upon Mr.

Murphy to support Hearst will increase between now and convention time. The Mayor's candidacy would be less objectionable than that of Mr. Hearst to certain powerful influences within the Tammany organization. But. Mr.

Murphy, who has fared well at the Mayor's hands and through whom Tammany has also fared well, is nut-urally reluctant to let the mayoralty become a bone of contention at the election of 1023, which would happen if by any chance Mr. Hylan were elected Governor. Therefore, as between Hearst and Hylan. Murphy's "logical'' candidate would be Hearst, because the only logic Murphy understands in relation to polities is the logic of patronage control. And that logic is also understood by the Mayor, who knows how to apply it in behalf of his friend and mentor, whose desire for the Governorship is not effectively smoke-screened by his tributes to the Mayor.

The cards are being stacked in Mr. Hearst's interest. He cannot he headed off unless Alfred E. Smith undertakes the joh. So far as present indications go he.

will win by default. WHO'S WHO. When Mayor Hylan read the result of an investigation conducted by General Lincoln C. Andrews, chief executive officer of the Transit Commis. sion, in which it was declared that, the pyrene extinguishers did not produce suffocating fumes in the recent subway fire he became a trifle When people presume to differ from his Honor his natural poise is always disturbed and he is liable to sudden fits of temper.

In such cases he summons to his aid the invaluable Mr. David Hirshfield. The latter being Commissioner of Accounts has broad powers of examination and is able to look up the record of anybody disliked at the City Hall. "I see." says the Mayor to the Commissioner, "that a person called 'General Lincoln C. Andrews, chief executive officer of the Transit has signed a report on the subway tire, etc.

I wish you would make an investigation to find out who this 'General Andrews' is and what he has done since he has bppn with the commission. Attend to this at once." David will hasten to obey as all henchmen must when the appointive power calls. But he need not go far to find out "who this General Andrews is." His office library is undoubtedly equipped with the latest volume of "Who's Who in America," which devotes about three times as much space to the achievements of General Lincoln C. Andrews as it does to those of Mayor John F. Hylan.

BROADER BASE FOR "CENTRISTS." The whole world is interested today in the stabilization of Germany, and in the view of Americans as well as of Englishmen this must come about from, or at least be associated with, party movements analogous to those in Anglo-Saxon lands, always vastly important, as Herr Rathenau insisted, as educational forces, where the people must control. It is for tljis reason that the news of a volte-face by tite Centrist party in the Reichstag, an abandonment of creed tests, a readiness to run many Protestants for places in the lawmaking body of the Reich, must compel attention. The nucleus for a faith-gripping, serious-minded, conservative organization devoted to the republic and not to socialism is there. The Centrist party has been wholly Roman Catholic. As such it has SI members, the second largest bloc in the present Reichstag.

On a non-creed basis its reasonable hopes are a matter of conjecture. The Majority Socialists now have 111 members: To adhere to the German National party, are credited to the People's party backed by Heir Stinnes. and the rest of the are divided among smaller groups. Manifestly no party government in the British sense or in the American sense is possible. It seems like a matter of ancient history to recall that the Kaiser, before the war.

finding that the Socialists had the largest bloc in the then cxistenj Parliament, was compelled to make an alliance with the Centrist Roman Catholics to he sure of a majority. TliiH alliance was doubtless Denby must have mea-fit British ship, ping. In discussing the situation with your correspondent, Secretary Denby said his speech was without specific reference to Japanese, British or any other of the shipping nations. "Commerce should be controlled by public opinion," he said. "If such in stances of mishandling American freight were proved to me personally regardless of under what flag, I should take great pleasure in giving them the fullest publicity.

This is even truer of American cases than others. Honest trade competition does not brood war, dtsbonesty does, and such incidents are dishonest." BAVARIA MAKES TROUBLE Reichstag May Take Action Against Reactionary Forces. By HOWAKD SIKPKX. (By Cable to The Brooklyn Kanle ami Philn. Verifier; Copyright, lf)2.) Berlin, July IM The Government appears tired of waiting for Bavaria to give up resistance against accepting the law to protect the republic end become good again, and has threatened to call back the which" at present is on a vacation, to tell the Bavarians how to behave.

Government circles, your correspondent learns, regard the Bavarian attitude as a sign of a bad conscience, for it is obvious that the great house-cleaning which will commence, when the law is enforced will uncover the extent- of the protection offered by her to the reactionary forces. On the other hand, officials are doing evervthing to prevent hothead3 In the south fiom taking foolhardy steps which they might bitterly regret later. Munich, July 24 The Cabinet already seems to see the folly of its actions and is sending two delegates to Berlin to seek a compromise with the Federal government. A different view, however, is taken by the people, who are told by the papers of a new revolt the Communists are threaten-irg. The peasants of Chiomgau, one of the most prominent districts of Bavaria, came together and openly voted for the.

immediate restoration of the monarchy under exCrown Prince Rupprecht. The Munich Post, a Social Democratic organ, was informed it would be blown up if it dared to repeat its attack on Gen. Ludendorff. It was announced the same letter that the iicide of the two Rathenau murderers would be avenged by the assassination of Herr Aifer, one of the most prominent Uocial Democrats. GERMAN DRYS ENCOURAGED Point to America as Example of Prohibition.

(By Coble to The Brooklyn Eagle anil f'hila. Ledger; Copyright, 1922.) Berlin, July 25 The committee for the promotion of prohibition in Germany, formed at Darmstadt, will draw the attention of the people to the success of prohibition in the United States and invite them to copy the American laws. As the attitude of the masses toward a dry Germany is yet unknown trial voting is planned in one of the largest industrial towns of Westphalia. American prohibition is greatly influencing and encouraging the dry enthusiasts hero. The latest methods of propaganda are used.

Small, bright red tickets are rasled on the walls of bouses with the following wording: "Itich America forbids the wasting of food by distilling and brewing. We drink liquor, beer and wine and beg for bread for our children." The Government has been requested in the Reichstag to obtain American data on prohibition for study anil final adoption in this country. A recent convention of prohibitionists did much to make the cause more popular. By PERCY NOEL. (By Cable to The Brooklyn Eticile and Phila.

Ledger; Copyright. 1921.) Paris, July 25 Premier Lloyd George's answer to M. Poincare regarding a Supreme Council meeting at London has not yet been made known, but there la no reason to suppose, it will be. other than in the affirmative inasmuch as the) plan for the meeting of Premiers came from him. So now it appears the Supreme Council will be resuscitated at London during the first days of August with only France.

England, Italy and Belgium present and Spain waiting to be sopken to before sepaking. M. Poincare insists that it shall not have the character of the Supremo Council despite the apearance to the contrary. M. Poincare will probably insist upon secrecy in regard to their deliberations, at least until the meet COURTS MUST O.K.

NOTARIES I Miller Tightens Regulations After Irregularity Charges. (Hpeeial to The Eagle.) Albany, July 25 As a result of regulations prepared at the direction of Governor Miller, only public whose qualifiicationa are vouched for by a judge of a court of record will be named hereafter by the Governor. Complications and lcgal entanglements caused by Irregular work by notaries impressed him with the need of niaging changes in the method of appointment which it is believed will effect a much desired reform. Litigation has followed when notaries have taken acknowledgments or affidavits in an Irregular manner so that when submitted their correctness has been challenged, this breaking down the function intended in the statute. Governor Miller, after instances of erroneous acknowledgments and affidavits were brought to bis attention, decided to go thoroughly into the whole problem and place the notarial work on the high plane which the character of the work necessitates.

Cnder tes old regulations iwom-mendation by two attorneys was all that was required. The new regulation means that an application for appointment of notary, made to the Governor must be signed by a judge of a court of record personally and also that there will be some inquiry as to the qualifications and ability of the In cases of renewals of appoint-ments. recommendations by judges or justices will not be required. Notaries are directed that aeknowl. edgments must not be taken over the telephone, must not be signed in blank and that acknowledgments to instruments which are incomplete must not be taken.

MASPETH LOTS SOLD. The Charles G. Covert Estate, in the Maspcth section of Queens, after an ownership of more than 75 years, was disposed of at public auction July 22 by the Jere Johnson, Company Auctioneers. The Estate consisted of 52 lots, which sold for a total of $8,820 or a.n average of $170 a lot. Lots on Willow st.

brought from $3t)0 to $410 each; on Halle from $255 to $320 each; on Borden from $120 to $170, and on Duckworth from $120 to $155 each. Gore lots on Bullock pi. sold tor an average of 00 each. The property is located about 3Vi blocks north of Grand st. and Flushing ave.

LI.GIOX CAHMVAL. Arrangements have been completed for the carnival to be conducted in Bayslde by the Bayside Post of the American Legion. The affair will be opened Wednesday, July 26, and will continue until Aug, 5. TAKES IODINE BY MISTAKE. Robert Ketchum, 21) years old, of 20C Theodore Long Island City, is in St.

John's Hospital at Long Island City recovi ring from iodine burns, (in Saturday night the man drank a bottle of iodin by mistake for medicine. GAS KILLS MAN IN BED Alfred Alberson, a widower of 5ft. boarding with Andrew Nelson at SO Warner Elmhurst, was found dead in bed today by Miss Anna Nelson. She smelted gas, and, entering the room, found the gas jet open and Mr. Alberson dead.

The window was open, and the theory is that he, neglected to shut off the gas on returning to bed. and that the wind blew the gas out. Dr. McMahon of Elmhurst, was called by Miss Nelson, but. was too late for resuscitation measures.

NEW BOOKS RECEIVED, "The Secret Telephone." by William Le Queux (James A. MeCann Company), a novel filled with "spiders of society" and other exciting things to take the dull edge off a summer's evening. "Ascent," by Frances Rumse (Boni Lh-eright), being a col4 blooded story of a cold-blooda woman. "The Shadow of the East," by M. Hull (Small, Maynard an-other novel by the author of that best seller, "The Sheik." "The Hairy Ape." "Anna Christie" and "The First Man," by Eugene O'Neill (Boni Liveright), three -long and much discussed plays in one book.

I Dog Days. The Dog Days come to cap a ernp July; Now is the summer of our discontent Approaching to a climax In New Tors; And all the clouds that lowered aoout our house Will lower more thickly for a month to come. 1 'Tis well to dodge ho; dogs; since teer we miss To mitigate the heat of Frankfurters; 'Tis well to draw ccld water in th' tub And soak in it at edtime for a fpell To lower a bit the body's temperature; 'Tis well look to your mosquito screens; 'Tis well to eat more fruits and Ies Oi meat; 'Tis well to wear1 such clothes as bind you least: 't Tis well to reaJ those calming census books i Which Uncle supplies you free of charjte But, oh, 'tis brftcr yet. with spirit fre T'rom irritn iiifl's whima all emlllnfflv To scorn thermometers, where'er they be, Nor seek to fneasure the humfditj-; Which is till very height, It seents to me, Ol optimism's sane philosophy. Demand for hard coal is assuming the old wartime volume.

The shortage should, unices all calculations are wrong. iiinre a return of the former conditions, with the miners getting big wages and h'imiscs. ami the operators riking in their big profits. It is a fire.it game. The only question is whether the American people are going on forever holding up their hands while the oierntors and miners go through their pockets.

DELICATE TASK FOR MR. HARVEY. if the Harding Administration has imposed on Ambassador Harvey the task of persuading the Brilish Government that the "three-mile limit" is obsolete as defining waters ff Bvy nation, n'jd the further task of tirging on the Court ot St. James Mr. William Jennings Bryan's views, long expressed, about the wickedness of Bimini and the Bahamas and the British West Indies generally in not accepting United States iews on Prohibition, and not subordinating their busincs interests to our dry notions, then Mr.

Harvey may well fee that the delicacy of the dual undertaking le only equaled by its iniiisualness. If Britanniu rules the waves, she Tiies up to that three mile limit. Abfilcation 1b unlikely. Search and nud rhilndctphia Public Lcdrjrr.) Shanghai. July 24 Secretary of the Navy Denby was attacked by two British newspapers in the Far Hast for his speech in Yokohama when he referred to foreign ships mishandling American freight and said he did not know of such an instance on the part of Japan.

The British argument is that Mr..