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Bright Stories by Members of the Club
THE Iiih\kFt I.I.EsT NIGt.r:R N
TN: COT NTItS

i."oiIuno vas tn. name OF my
E'"uhfath"r southern plantation.
ana u"Nc" THINK Of that old colonial
house and its lovely surroundings
ihnt do no, think Of the stories
Tho d"rktcs used 20 toll. and that ms
Srandfnthor told me
The one / liked hes, MAS the
ihArktullcst nigRcr In de country"
'A!a MAS =, very peculiar experience
OF au old negro who tended ~.
Loorlanc gardens bu, lived about
'"p miles a"ay III l.ttl" cabin in
'h" pine woods Grandfather always
'"i! d, In negro dialect aS his negro
NANNY had told It to him
one holiday when de missus. daJs
nav wn"n sh- MAS jes married
70 DC cuunol und always callvan;in
around ana It ont"rtainiil fclks. wcIl
-nc mad heap - folks como TO a..
hoiihaf Snc aN"h Josh TO come an
''Ip round Dc house til Kinder late
nh'n dc moon don. come out,
p' moon ~as jos shirir' Urigh,
"n"n lpah l"cr de house and struck
DE o. lane Whist led 10 his cabin in
u" woods.
~" walk long bout fifteen minutes
den he come 20 graveyard whar Ne
nsd 10 20 thrr
Nuw Josh Want no s,ardy ulrg.r
'.U hur ho want eecn uood friends.
va da sp.rlts what lived in dat
sraEoyard iir lost 20, brave kinder
and started through bat lawSy Jts'
listen. when hr 20, 20 dc bob wiz.
fcnco on DC woody slde ~ d. grave
ard ht f-li Sp'upl'f and W, il md =. p
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rs "" entered We snw a tam mou
S'"h"'hS 10y IN" d"o". who was tn,
butler. lie seemed astonish.d MAJ
We dii not speak. but We did moi
know what to say. lie ted us through
long han, which wound through, IN.
house and into II bright room. Th,r.
was no one in the room 50 We. sat
down 10y the large open fire which
was in TINS room.
The butler lief, The room An a.,
decided To 80 into the room across
the hail. bat we were afraid lb. hun
''i """'u see us. Tn" other girls
began to look al the books thai ,y,r.
I'm the case and Wishing they had
them. So Mary and wen, over in
the corner and sat ON suf: to talk.
hut on seeing door We decided 10
enter and see what was behind this
door When put my hand ON the
knob Il tall finely dressed lady opened
the door. When she saw us. she said
i'm low tone. who are YOU ali?' |
said. We are visitors: please let us
hide from the other girls" said
that because We were their lenders
and wanted them 10 be frightened
The lady let us In and shut the door
so softly that could not hear II
close. The lady and | had a talk and
] told her how we happened /" bc
there. Then she led Mary and To- Il
bed in the room and when We saw
what was there IN the bed before me.
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-,
w '"c p"""' anu "SN'" "''' 'o' some
hour. and the baker gave him some
-four. and then he went back to the
pon,.s hons. aud u. t,ock.d an NM
49,.
On" one VI 'he 'hii"r'h Sai" u"
is Tint? III il your mother: have
some nice things for YOU" one of
,b..r, .,;, .,,u, ~ ~ can
'''"
was Wh'tc. ana they opened the door
and in came the wolf ana ate up all
of the children hu, one and he was
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y. y.
HAPPIER ~,
tcrIe
NJ \RGARET T. LOWING.

Every day during the summer
Nancy would gather her flowers and
take them To the hotel To sell to tn.
fashionable ladies and gentlemen
ON this particular morning she was
spiashinE along in the water, her hat
had slipped back. disclosing her hair.
which was shining like gold in the
sunlight.
All at once she heard some one
say. whittier away. Canary"
Turning. she saw a .adfaccd man
sitting in Il little cove with an easel
in front Of him. lie looked very
tired and worn. and when she turned
startled look crossed his face.
He jumped from his chair with his
hand on his heart. and then sub
sided. murmuring something which
she could not distinguish.
Excuse me. my child. but you re-
minded me so strongly OF some one
have lost that thought ] had
found her" he said.
All. Have yom TOO. lost some one
dear TO you?" she asked softly.
Yes" he said. and changed the
subject.
"Wha, picture you would make
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entitled 10y he said. looking on,
over the sea with dreamy eyes.
Come here. my child. ana IL, me
see the beautiful necklace you have
on" he said
She obeyed and as lie examined It
his face turned pale. and he said
What is you name. my ch!ld?" She
told him her lltt. story and then
said she would hav" to ga on to the
hotel TO sell her nowcrs "Whore
ii" YOU live hc asked. 4 am com
ing 10 sc" you some day" he said
The next day whii" Nancy was
wedding II" came. and went in tho
house TO talk TO her guardians
'':Sh. Is 50 likr tho li,tl. one | lost
h" said YEARLY. looking out of the
window. O.
Would you like to sec M. scrap
OF paper with her namc on it," asked
tn. woman
"Ah! certainly shouid' he cx-
claimed. for had hr not written her
name on slip of paper and pinned
II 10 her dress on The night of that
terrible shipwr"ck: Bringing it to
him he looked Il; it and read /; out
loud. II looks Xix" Nancy Norris
10 me. and II i, is shall be the hap
picst man in tn" world" he said
Going 10 the window he called
Nancy.
What was your fathers name. my
dear" he asked when sh" came in.
"Norvil Norris" she replied
''Do you remembc- your mothers
name lie then askeA
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WHAT WAS IN THE BRICK NOT Sc 2

Finally. we came To II house. II
was in Il deep valley and had large
trees on all sides. From the hills on
either side YOU would think Il large
green box was in the valley hcror"
you. The house was large and was
made OF bricks. 1t appeared to he "a
very old house. There were six large
windows in front. four long and mar
row windows on either side and sew
crai windows in the back. The house
was somewhat square and there was
Il beautiful stretch OF dark green
grass under the trees. stretching
about u mile around the house.
number OF the party Of girls
with me decided To find out who lived
in the old fashioned house. so we
went mp TO the great oak door. made
partly OF iron, and knocked. The
door was opened Immediately. and
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MtKf's VALENTINE.

MnrS for tha; was her nam.) w.s
Il lule -irl tina, lived over . store
"u Main street. Shc Was very. very
poor and wors" than this. sh. could
not 20 Ia school lib" other bows and
girls because She was crippled Ana
her mother could not buy hsr cru,ches.
50 poor little Mary had TO stay al
hoine al day. and when night came.
my. but sh" was glad - see her
mother
hut one day while mnry.s mo;hS.
was at work Mary wen, out ON hey
| !!ti!e porch TO watch the children
come from school. She heard ono lit :
tie boy say, oh. ! have tho prctii.st
Valentine Tor tonight Gor that was
Valentine day). What could "a Val
eTtinc be thought MARY shall ask
my mother. So as sac sat there
thinking little boy and girl cam.
along and ih- girl wondered If Mary
would get any Valentines th.t night.
When she got home she said To the
boy, Lets ask mother TO let us take
Il pretty dover 10 that little cripp,.
girl tonight" When they nsbcd her
she gladly said Yes" 50 while
INC! w"r" uNing the flower Mary'S
mother came home. Mary asked.
oh. mother. what is Il Valcntinc:''
Sh" looked sad because she knew
she could not give MARY "a Valentine.
SO she told her this
"a longtime ago there was an old
bishop named Bishop Valentine. He
used to send all the poor children
flowers pincd on paper. with little
verses on the paper lie sent these
on their birthdays. They liked them
80 much they sent them to him and 10
their friends. His birthday was om
the lfth Of February. SO that Is
why We celebrate Valentines day.
on the l.th OF. February. as she
finished telling her there was Il
knock ~ the door and in came the
two children Mary was so happy
she cried for JOY. and the children
promised TO come and take Mary out
in the boys wagon the next day
Within wcck they became good
friends
toriGinalt
M\iiGAKET l. LOWING.
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TIE GOATS AND TIiE WOLF.

one time our teacher told uS this
story I ann going to tell 1t teaches
us not to believe everything We hear
nor half we sec.
once upon IL time thcr" was a
mother goat. She bad seven little
goats. On" day she was going TO
the store. aud sh" wanted her chill
dren To stay at home and be nice.
and not To let anybody come in. The
l.ttle goats would do as their mother
said. Then She Went 10 town. The
children were playing in the house.
when all AZ once some one Knocked
at the dou,, and Duwnty said Who
- thar And some one said This
is your mother" ana iIumpiy said.
'i'ut your paw up a; tho window -
and the wolf did. Then numpty said.
You ar" not our mother; her paw
is white" Then the wolf went I'M
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4 SFoR Y.

bora and Ella were two little girls
mat lived in the country. Dora said
TO Ella ono day we can take our
dolls out for a walk this pretty warm
day. SO they wen; down to the river
and laid their dolls down on tho
ground. And they began to throw
sticks III IN" water and Ella slippcd
in and came near being drowned.
She called out. oh. Dora. can't get
out. Please help me. Dora took both
dolls in her arms and went i'm the
river. thinking she could save Ella.
but she could not. SO She called n
little boy that was passing hy to
please help them nut. So he ran in
The river like II man and got them
both out. Dora'S mother was SO han
w To think the little boy had saved
hcr child npd sbc gave him one OF
their nice horses and the little boy
was as happy as she was. He wen,
home rejoicing
Written bv HELEN ADCOCKE
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TIL; SNOW BIRD.

When all the ground with snow il
white.
me merry siowhird comes.
ma hops about with great delight
To find the scattered crumbs
HOW glad ne seems 20 set to eat
piece OF cake or bread,
lie wears ho shoes upon his feet.
NOT hat upon his head
Hui happiest is he. know.
Bccausc no cage with bars
Keeps him from walking on tho snow
And printing II Rith stars
MARY HAYES.
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den and said: Robert. this is moth
er'S birthday
so it is" said Robert,
Il know" said Helen. lets give
her present"
'Hut," said Robert. we haven,
but 10 cents each in our banks"
Well replied Helen. we viii
have 10 pick flowers and sci, them.
Away the two ran 10 the field mex
t" their house
Hour after hour the children picked
h"wcrS. then they went TO tho CITY
a half mile from their home. and sofa
the flowers.
When o'clock came they had s2.75
Now" said Helen. we viii buA
something nice" Sh. went into !,
little store and bought :, work bas
kct and food
They went on home 10 fix things
as their mother did no; gct hon.
until t o'ccluck.
ON. how surprised thcir mother wss
when she saw the things
You are the sweetest children lu
the world I know" she said.
Composed by.
QUIuA DIXON,
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WHY rr - NECE:SSAsF Tu GET HIp
OF RATS.

u - very important that 80 got
n! OF Tho ra's In our city for these
reasons
] That they cat things from the
pantry and cause spoil 81 many
foods which cost hundreds %. dollars
They carry an awful disoa.c.
which causes tho ra, to carry 4,
around and pcopl" ~ill get tho sick
':cse
They also Interior win the popu-
'hiion In this way. Some people do
not iik: the looks OF rats and ra,
frightened when they see them. rco-
1i" VIII not come TO a city which
h"y hno" has rats in IT. SO We must
ia Try very hard 10 keep tnem OUT
of "ur ciiN Let our city bc the one
10 say tina, they have no rats W..
can keep thcm away by Killing them
ana -" nave so many waya OF doing
one way is to &c, Il rat trap :
sun better way !s to 70 down the
ny nan ana get some Of that poison
Fhcy "ill give II TO you free: and
re s'"h ttat sou come To yet Il;
Man! p"op'e have tried i, and no
GA" mas ihlteh 10 say that il was good
80" Il You really aud truly want to
"! 10 get rid OF the rats you got
some poison and tell other people.
about j. and get them Interested.
som" people viii say well i, isn't any
Hs" trying this FOR / have tried many
Hinds ana they ar. not any good.
@Ai you tell them that they mus,
Try This and see how this poison
works When YOU XIII som. rats
don't forget 10 GO, them ready for
tn" irash mon VINO viii come for
them Sow don't lot us forge.
Composed by
ROSE COHEN
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was glad | had come. II was u Girl
about my nE" and as soon as she saw
ms a amii" cam" on her face and she
began 10 talk To Us. We found ON,
that her name was Ectty. aud that
She had :; rich father in England. I'm,
$h" had I" come - America for treat =
mtni because She had broken her Log
and her mother. who was an Am.ri-
can born. thought the doctors in thai
country could cure her of her sick
ness hud straight"n her leg :" She
could walk. She said SHE, was no bct =
ter than before She came. b.cauS, shc
missed her ENGLISH friends and she
said looked very much like her
best friend ia England
While wc were talking to H.tty
Mrs. Ross. who Was The kind lady.
icft the room through tho door that
We had entered. Betty knew why we
had come. so she said. Listen at the
door and see what mother saws TO
them listened. and | heard them
ask Mrs. Ross IL she had seen Mary
and |. but she would not tell them.
She had tea ana crackers served. and
when they had finished one Of them
slammed. "Th thank you so much
"" viii come again some lime If Won
would like Ia have MS" Mrs Ross
i"id ih"r' that size would always bu
glad 10 see them. She then told tho
butler to lead them out OF tho house
After the other girls had gone Mrs.
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KIND AND Evil. THOUGHTS.

When an evil thought is sowen
IL grows. and grows. and grows
An" Us sur" 10 reap a harvest
or malice. cares and woes.
h"t when kindly thought is given
To some poor soul in need
1t makes your life worth living.
And your selfish spirit is freed
so. clear your mind OF evil Thoughts
And let the kind thoughts reign:
And YOU viii lead u better litc-
Free from sorrow and pain
LENTINf. WIND
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Mnnry L. for the Wnr Orphan.
Dear h.ditor--l am sending in some
moor dr: wing 10 the PAGE. | wished
to Sc" published i'm Sundays paper
"hn wished 30 win priZ" som" time
and obIiEc Sincerely yours
Gilmore Mills. Va b.
81 am sending 10 cents to the
Either one l. Alright
pear Editor.--l ann sending a story
th"' nave written. The club seems
to to- doing fine In both drawing and
writings Can YOU send a stor, ore
tine ana a drawing the neN, or mus,
sou send The kind Of Thin: Won
started with Yours very truly.
~ Fillmore St. Petersburg. Va.
they Are Fine
Dear Editor,-.As ! have written
wished 30 join the r. T. &. O.. I am
lncloSinG my Valentine story. hone
YOU VIII .-ccert this with pleasure AS
want none OF my letters or storics,
To be unsatisfaCtory.
.\l.ANESE. FITZGERAID.
VIII send % soon.
Dear Editur,-I WAS t!ckled tn s...
my drawing in print. would like
for YOU 10 send me my rules and my
badge. am sending in some tumble,
names Of trees. which hop to see
IN print with love to All the mem
wv = ours Truly.
MAEII. MORTIMER
GU only Have Ia Draw I'm Hack Ink
'cHr Editor.--l hop. YOU are feel
!hI We'll. am very glad L. know
ma :" many children are getting
prizes want 10 know if YOU can
VIII" stories and charad.S i'm blue
black ink ann very sorry that |
h''vt not been able to send any
stories. but II has been on The ac-
count az could no; get ANY black. ink
sincerely yours
HERBERT LONG;
'n3 y. 2ith, street
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Letters From Our Little Ones


Writ" on One side ar Shc-, Only.
lar Editor. suppose YOU thought
nHd LETT you forever. hut have not,
am sending in something which /
mop" - -. In the paper soon.
PLYTON GRYMES. Jn.
Hop" You Arc Well Vow.
Dear Editor.-I haven't torgoir.n
~. T. y. {. g.. although /, has been
:" much this winter and have had
10 miss SO much school. hut hope
Nil hc able to start again soon
thought Ia, Christmas Contest was
mo. Wish could have been in IL
irH. am sending ~ drz ing and
nope you Viii find room TO prin, Il
Your member
MARY -. BARI Err
'or spruce and Lexington streets
cOvinEton. Va.
u IL Beautiful.
YOU for publishing the nrst part of
my story am sendiug in the rest
81 II now. AIN also sending in {.
M"cmI H ,,,s,r, "" had beautiful
so. liner" Is beautiful pair Of
S"rhihais thai stay around my home
n hcar littlc rabbit also has a house
!h our yard. remain.
AHectionat"ly yours
MARGARET HOWI.ES.
Wcir"mr Back.
Dear h.diior.-i guess .ou ,h,nl;
have forgotten the Z u. 4. g. varc
hHt haven't. have just bc., So
bus! a; school that ! haven; b,I
tiin" TO write or draw ANYTHING Cnr
the club. am sending. in so,no
jumhl"d names of girls. which | hone
10 see in print soon.
Your old member
FLORENCE CHRISTIAN
Nohod! Forgotten.
Dcar"s; Editor.--l guess Won hov.
iorg gotten me h""auS" IL mas been such
u long time since | have written Ia
you. am sending in this drayirr
"hicn hop" VIII bc in print.
Your loving member.
Green BAY. Va
We've Missed You
Dear Editor. haven't written +,
Inc page for 50 long | guess Won ANA
an Of N" members have forgotten
me nut | am sending in some ,binns
whi,h mop" I" sec in print ncNt
sunday ought 10 have written no.
fore, bur VIII try to do better il, ~.
lHt urc We have three LITTLE lambs
and they are real cute viii clos.
and write NOR" another t!mc Win
love To al OF tia" members.
Your m'mh"r
Ml!.nl;Eb QU,SENBEHRY
IL Is for the War Orphan
Dear Edi;or.-l am scndiur -,
some more drawing. wished io
Fave published in Sundays pancr ana
obiiGc. Sincerely YOURS
MASTER MEiN'IN TYREt.
t.. 81 am sending : com" To th,.
club.
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lINI,I,N HIRIIIDNA

Down In a shady valley 81 the
Rocky Mountains. in Colorado. there
lived n very poor family
Mrs. Wright. the mother. Helen.
the youngest, Robert. the oldest. Their
Wrigh, had Ia work Tor living.
one day, while the children were
playing. Helen stopped all OF sud
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mn: LITTLE FAIRIES.

ono" ihcr" was q litt.. girl who
was very beautiful This little girl
was princess. ana her nam. was
iii'da. Iiilda had many servants in
her home 10 Il" her bidding. She had
two little servants to wait on her.
and each OF these little servants had
five other little servants These lit :
tie servants we're called bands and
fingers.
She hah two liiIl" servants To ear
~ her every where She wanted to GO.
Tines" were called feet. She had :wo
little servants To see for her, called
eyes: two 10 near Tor her. called ears
one 10 talk for her. called tongue. and
servants 30 chew for her. called teeth.
lilda took great pride in keeping
these littl" servants clean and sweet
Eat one day iiildn grew cross. Sh.
would net keep her little hand ser
wants clean. AN! ;hey would not wash
her little yes. or ears. or feet. and
these other little servants would not
do their duty
Soon h"r little teeth were dirty. her
hands gathered all the germs they
could find and carried them to her
pretty little mouth !ior iittl" hand
servants would no; curl her hair
which got tangled ana ugly The
little teeth would not chew her food
well. :" Iiilda had Il bad night with
tn" cole. In fact. her Iit;l" servants
treated !lildn 50 badly that her moth
or was afraid some wicked person
had sent IN evil spirit over them {
am afraid that tl,s U-.s trii, for
liildi was cross anl sen; that spell
into her little servants
next chapter: What Happened,
and Where Did the Mother Carry
Hildn."I LADY WILLIAMS
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Nrnr Priv sent.

Dear Editor saw in sundays
p"p"i that Non wanted my address
SO that YOU might send my prize
nav" been 10 the country and
nav" Just returned. 50 | have not
written h"fnr". hui do not think ihat
have forgotten IN" T. - C. & I
shaii send IN soon a story. drawing
90 U"cn. hut have not time tonight
Your member
KATHERINE TAYLoE.
zoe y. Sheppard street
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W .NTtT.I. NI'IIt 7 N T.Tt.
You Only HIVE 10 Drn,> In HIurL InL
send, 20 cents for vur or,n.u

My Dear Editor.-I am imcIosinr q
iiiic contribution for putting my
story tn last sundays paper. and 7
thank on for being 50 kind I am
not t'eiins very well but am in
closing this It'll" story. thank YOU
once more. dear Editor
Your little member
BERTHA VIRGINIA JONES
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II could only do my duties right
Il could only say my prayers each
night
II could only have sweet dispo-
Sition
I'm sure my life would he in a better
condition
,DriSinab
Composed 10y
ALICE. l.. REckIi
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I3.t H..

My dad
Is never sad
He goes To work every day
To earn his pay.
lie comes homo every night.
Il run 10 meet him when he's in
sight.)
My dads very good:
lie makes me toys out of wood
Grandmother says he is n fine lad
am glad he is my dad.
Written by MARY STERN.
Gage l3.)
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JuMb,.Ep NAMES or GIRLS.

Troydoh
LcU"lI
MAJOR.
GiniNira.
HCSatt
AirotCiV
FLORENCE: CHRISTIAN
\ cHtR<DE:.
Nh first is in :. also in sale
My second IS in =. also in nail
My third TX In -. also in oyster.
My fourth is in W. also IN we'll
My whole IL the name OF something
wc haven't had much OF this winter.
MILDRED QUlSENBERRY
NAMES or ANIMALS ~ FIGURES.
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10 Is - IL =
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IL. IL IL - Is.
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H. % IL Is 81 Il?
nEATRlCE BELL.
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rIE WEEKS rn,zr WINNERS

Kos" Cohen. 500 West Leigh Street Ciiy
I.'ntin" Wind. 200 Temple street. Ci,y
beatrice Bell Claremont Va
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Dear I:dIior.-l suppose YOU thought
! mad left you forever. hut I have not
! am sending in something which
nope 70 -" in tn. paper soon.
PLIToN GKYMt.S JI.
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Ai.lCi: l.. BEckli.
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VALENTINE ia, Ar pooRmorsn.

MARGARET HowI.Es
New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
Toxic Publicists Oppose
5-5-3 Disurs5.iysg Ratio

TOXIC, Nov. 20 (By The Associated
Press.-After listening to addresses by
a group of Toxic publicsrs who have
held out for greater naval ratio for
Japan than provided by the American
naval holiday proposal, a meeting in
Shiba Park to-day adopted resolutions
opposing the 5-5-3 ratio and favoring
abolition of fortidcations in the Pacific
Ocean.
Besides the publicists who urged
adoption Of the resolutions, Vice Ad-
miral Kozumi delivered an address in
which he was quoted as saying that
il the Japanese delegates accepted the
so per cent naval ratio for Japan
instead of obtaining the 70 per
cent ratio, "the people will not only
prevent them from landing at Yoko-
hama upon their return, but will ap-
peal to the throne to reserve ratfica-
tion" of the agreements reached at
the conference
The "Kokumin Shimbun," quoting a
government authority, to-day says that
provided China will offer satisfactory
guarantees for the maintenance OF
communications Japan would not hesi-
tate to withdraw her postoffices from
China