The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
Is SERIOUSLY CONCERNED
nissions Sent 10 England and tho De-
nainions to Counterfeit Anti
Japanese Spirit.
FEELING Is VERY WIDESPREAD
Education Committee Decides Sex
Hygiene Will Not BE introduced I'm
Elementary Schools.

crnmcnt mas become so seriously oon-
ccrned over tho nnu-Jnpancse spirit
that is being cultivated In Australia,
New Zealand and Canada, that missions
havo been sent to England and the
dominions named to counteraot this
feeling.
In Australia tho antagonism against
Asiatio immigration Is even moro bit
ter than in New Zealand. Canada or
the Western States Of America It is
believed that tho Japanese have do
signs on Australia 1t Is for this and
no other reason that CONSUMPTION has
been introduced into the Dominion, and
tho start has been made In building n
navy. Among the stories current in
Australia Ia ono to tho effect that n
map OF that country Is hung up In
every schoolroom In Japan, to which
the attention OF tho students is direct
cd rs being that of land which
should form part OF tho Japanese
empire. The Japanese deny this, and
say that the only justification for tho
invention is tho cry OF. ITO tho South
Seas. which is often heard In japan.
but which means nothing more than
movement OF commercial expansion,
ana has no political Significance.
Tho feeling of antagonism Of which
tho Japanese complain Is not confined
to Australians and New zealanders.
Enshshmen visiting those dominions
arc Infected with II. General Sir Inn
Hamilton. inspector general of oyorsea
forces- who Is paying an official visit to
tho Antpodes, referred to 1t. in a
speech that he delivered at yelling
ton New Zealand. Answering tho
question why extraordinary procau-
lions wcro being taken In Australia
and New Zealand. no said II was be-
cause Of tho shortening Of distances
caused by the advent of electricity and
neroplanes and of high explosives. Tho
Pacihc. he said. was the meeting
ground not of nations. but of CONT
nets. where II might be decided wheth-
or Asatics or Europeans should guido
the deStines of the world. Other rea-
sons no less obvious were under the
surface In the Malay States II fine
people was going down before cheap
coolic labor. and China showed signs
OF breaking up. These were illustra-
lions OF the change-evolving chaos. re-
sembling the time of tho French Rev
olution. Foreigners. who lived on rico
and monopoliZcd business, were inrau-
ing British countries. New Zealand
was very close to the danger zono, and
New Zealand was no less eager, ready
and willing to help her big sister.
SEN lIfGIENE WILL.
NOT DE INTRODUCED
The education committee or the Lon
don County Council has decided that
unGcr no circumstances should Aex
hygiene TIC introduced into class teach
ing In the elementary schools. This
decision was reached after a long In
vestiSation and the examination of "A
large number of trcnchcrs.
Tho evidence was almost unanimous
j. against the proposition. Dealing
with tho objections TO the inclusion OF
such u subject in the curriculum, the
report of tho committee mentions, In
tho first place, that the knowledge of
such matters amongst children de-
Ponds very largely upon tho typo OF
HON" from which they have been
drawn. 1t is pointed out that where.
~ is unhappily common in many dis
trictS. the parents and children 1.-Two In
one room In which all the ecvnts OF
lic and death take place. the knowl-
cdEc of the children must lac very dif-
ferent fro that of children who
come from 4 home where they arc care
fully guarded and who may obtain no
Information OF this kind until they arc
over fourteen years OF age. ii would
lie a task OF the greatest difficulty To
teach the subject satisfactorily In
class, since. whiio 70 some children
THE f2cts arc already known. there
are others Ia whom the knowledge
might come as = shock. Then a meth
cd OF trcntmcn, of this subject which
might icncnt ono child might harm
another. Ia the second place, SPEAK
iug of these subjects ia class must
tend to break down the chlldrcns nat
urai uodcstv and reserve. Ncvcrthe-
lass, the report agrees that somc such
instruction might he given TO Children
90 il, ia Ia ~ 70 So
evening institutes. and IL Is suggest
I'd that pamphlets dealing with the
subject should he give nto girls leav
ing the elementary schools.
MEASURE no ENROLL.
WOMEN CONsTABLi:S
y bin 10 enable the police nuthori-
ties to enroll women constablcs 81 to
Ice Introduced in the House Of Com
mons by Lord Henry Cavcndish Ben
thick, Cnionist member for South Not
tinphamshirc
The officials of Scotland Yard have
declared themselves as opposed 10 tho
measure. y spokesman said blunty:
We are against the suggestion. We
employ special women for special pur
poses, such a. vigilance work. and In
all cases Intimately connected with
women or young girls. 10 q far greater
extent than the public realizes. More
over in all our police stations women
arc employed to look nfter female
prisoners, and whenever there "a II fe-
male prisoner woman Is constantly
on Tie premises. Then. again, we work
IN close touch and sympathy With the
many excellent societies that employ
women detc ctives and watchers, and
We step in with our coustablcs on n
hint from them. SO that. or the whole.
women constables ire not only unnco-
essary. bu' objcctionable because they
would inevitably lead 10 what one may
call specialized enlistment"
Mrs. Dacre Fox. of the Woman's So
cial and Political Union. thinks tho idea
AN excellent one. There should ba no
specializing between men and women"
She said, The community should have
the pick OF the best Of both sexes. The
doctrine OF physical force and the sex
question apply less in this respect than
any other. as policemen only exist by
the moral force behind them"
MOVEMENT Is AFoOT TO INDUCE
MEN IN NAVY TO GIVE UP DRINK
While II has not been suggested that
tic British Admiralty follow The ey-
ample of Secretary Daniels and pro-