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When the future emperor was ten years old, Emperor Meiji died and General Nogi dramatized the most important element in the boy's education-Shinto-by an act that startled the world and can scarcely have failed to impress the child...
...convinced that ... far from threatening American agriculture, industry and labor, the Trade Agreements Act is an important element in promoting the postwar prosperity of all of them. It is one of the indispensable steps in bringing about a world order in which cooperation among nations replaces strife. We . . . are on the threshold of the first decisions that will determine whether we shall direct our efforts towards that goal...
There was no official explanation for Fritz's arrest last week. Cynics surmised a double cross, suggested that the Colonels had determined to take over Mandl's factory by declaring him a "dangerous element." Furthermore, his arrest might make good publicity...
...matter what happens, emperor worship cannot be wiped out for decades. Thus, those who favor lynching Hirohito should think twice, because "disgrace or harm to the present emperor would probably serve merely to augment the honor of the imperial line. ... No foreigner can hope to [disentangle] the politico-religious element in Japanese life...
...basic issue is not compulsory military training, but adequate national defense; peacetime conscription is only one element in a rounded defense program under modern military conditions. ... Adequate defense under conditions of modern war involves... a satisfactory scheme for basic scientific development and the training of personnel for this development. It also calls for a carefully integrated plan for organization of our industry for military eventualities...