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Presents information on various political and economic developments around the world. Causes of the recent rapid fall of the pound sterling in the exchange markets; Details of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to stop the subsidies to shipping concealed in contracts for carrying mail; Publication of the Hearst papers in a series of featured articles, illustrated with photographs, by one Thomas Walker; Need for everyone in the world above the age of ten to know that Japan intends to dominate all of eastern Asia, including China.

Focuses on policies of the U.S. towards South-East Asia. Effects of assassinations in Tokyo to paralyze Japanese military action in Asia; Comment on crisis in Japan's relations with China, the Soviet Union and the Western Powers; Requirement of base in Manila for the U.S. navy; Information that American fortifications west of Hawaii are forbidden by the Washington and London treaties; Comment on the future relations of Japan with the U.S.; Dependency of Japan upon the manufacture of cotton and rayon textiles.

Presents an open letter addressed to Inazo Nitobé, a Japanese internationalist. His interview in which he upheld in the most sweeping terms the recent acts of Japan in Manchuria and Shanghai in China; Statement in a Far Eastern newspaper, gravely stating that Woodrow Wilson would have welcomed the establishment of the new state of Manchuria on the ground that it was in accord with the principle of self-determination; Information that for seven years he faithfully served the cause of international cooperation as a high official in the League Secretariat; Question as to why he is apparently indifferent to the violations by Japan of the League Covenant and the anti-war pact.

Focuses on the principles that should guide the United States in intervention abroad. Claim that former secretary of state Henry Kissinger's preference for foreign policy is not based on ideology but balance of power; Debate over the national security strategy of the U.S.; View that both hyper-realism and neo-Wilsonianism are, by themselves, wrong and inadequate as the basis for any future U.S. foreign policy; Implications of Kissinger's realism for foreign policy of the U.S.; Concern of Kissinger over the threat to the U.S. posed by Japan.

Presents information about several developments around the world. Information about the post-war negotiations in Europe; Efforts of Prime Minister Koki Hirota to form a new Cabinet in Japan; Comments on U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's new tax policy; Information about the employment and earning in manufacturing industries; Results of an investigation into the lobbying against the Wheeler-Rayburn Bill in the last session of the U.S. Congress.

Focuses on the implications of the end of Vietnam War for the U.S., China and Japan. Reasons for the opposition of China to the meeting in Paris, France for the negotiations regarding the Vietnam War; Agreement of the U.S. to conduct negotiations within Hanoi's terms; Plans of elimination of all foreign military bases in Vietnam; Recognition of the National liberation Front (NLF) as the sole genuine representative government of the South Vietnamese; Goal of the U.S. to secure North Vietnam's recognition of the existence of a separate South Vietnam state; Aims of the U.S. and the NLF of Hanoi, Vietnam for the settlement negotiations; Impact of the loss of the U.S. military control over Vietnam on the Japanese-American alliance; Impact of the settlement on foreign policies of the U.S., China and Japan.

Reports on socio-political and economic developments around the world. Role of the League of Nations on the seizure of Corfu Island, Greece; Pressure on Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini by France and England to accept the terms of the League; Information on the negotiations between Jugoslavia and Italy on the domination of Fiume, West Croatia; Speculation on the attitude of the U.S. political parties on foreign policy in the wake of 1924 elections; Information on the currency question in Germany; View of Governor Gifford Pinchot on the added cost of anthracite as per the settlement of the coal strike; Speculation on the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake; Information on the activities of the League of Nations; Information on issues related to the politics and government in the U.S.; Report that the organization Ku Klux Klan, victim of outraged public sentiment at Carnegie, Pennsylvania, invoked the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union in making good its right to peaceable assembly, free speech and free movement; Information on the golden jubilee of the invention of the typewriter; Statement of Secretary John W. Weeks in reply to criticism of U.S. military expenditures; Information on the new Intra-Wall Correspondence Schools in Columbus, Ohio, for the uplift of the inmates of every penitentiary in the U.S.; Clash between Ku Klux Klan and John C. Walton, Governor of Oklahoma; Criticism of the fine imposed by the American government on the steamships which crossed the line a few minutes before midnight on August 31, 1923; Information on the practice of commandeering personal property belonging to citizens of enemy countries; Information on the brutality of the British government in penalizing many luckless individuals who happen to be enemy aliens; Victory of the Ku Klux Klan in the municipal election at Portland, Maine; Statement of Lady Eleanor Smith in support of her father Earl of Birkenhead, F.E. Smith.

Discusses the dispute between Russia and Japan for control of Siberia. United States refusal to recognize the Far Eastern Republic; Political history of the Far Eastern Republic; History of the guerrilla warfare in eastern Siberia.

Focuses on political developments in the world, with emphasis on political conditions in the U.S. Information on the U.S. Navy's proposal for peace and weapon disarmaments; Discussion of the Pearl Harbor investigation and theory set up by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to warn the Americans of the dangers of fascist aggression; Information on the U.S. Government's encouragement of reconversion policy; Discussion of the Anglo-American talks on the Lend-Lease between Great Britain and the U.S.; Discussion of the unemployment-compensation legislation and the Kilgore unemployment bill which is considered by Senator Walter George of Georgia to reveal his opposition in the U.S. Congress; Opinion of Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada on the Administration bill that the main purpose of reorganization should be to return to the states the powers which, the federal government usurped during the war; Discussion of the demands of the steelworkers for a wage increase; Information on the U.S. state referenda which states that since there is ceiling on the price of cotton, one must have a low price on the cost of picking and poor sharecroppers must pay their hired hands, and cannot afford decent wages; Information on U.S. General Douglas MacArthur's announcement that he will be the boss of the Japanese Emperor, and stay in Japan until the Potsdam terms are carried out; Discussion of the responsibility of the U.S. in deciding how to control the atomic bomb and cooperation of British and Russian scientists; Information on the Economic Stabilization Act that authorizes the U.S. President to set farm wages and State Wage Board in each state, which holds hearings and then sets a tentative figure for farm wages.

Focuses on foreign relations between the United States and Japan. Reference to the prevalence of a dichotomy in the traditional American outlook on Japan; Perplexity in minds of American politicians regarding how to frame policies for trade with Japan; Advantages of rise of a new democratic order in Japan; Fundamental aspects of the Japanese social structure; Discussion of postwar policy of the U.S. toward Japan.

Provides some insights into the political and economic events as of December 1944 in relation to World War II which began in 1939. Implications of the bombing of Tokyo, Japan by the U.S. Armed Forces headed by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle to strengthening the people's will to resist; Effects of the war to the government crises in Belgium, Italy and Poland; Resignation of Premier Ivanoe Bonomi in Italy; Effects of the war to price increases in petroleum, clothing and problems in labor worldwide.

Presents the socio-political situation in the world. Acknowledgement of the Franklin D. Roosevelt's, President-elect of the United States, plan to increase revenue by raising the normal rates and lowering the exemptions of the income tax; View that drastic increases in the inheritance tax are more justifiable and desirable than in the income tax in the U.S.; Comments on the reorganization plans of the President of the United States, Herbert Clark Hoover; Reference to Japanese invasion of Chinese territories; Description of the "Five Year Plan" as proposed by Joseph Stalin, general secretary of the Communist party of Soviet Union; Information regarding the difference in the amount of relief provided for unemployed male and female.

Focuses on political and economic developments in the U.S. and all across the world. Step taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve Banks in buying government bonds; Analysis pertaining to the likely war in Manchuria in the face of rising crisis between Japan and the Soviet Union; Discussion that German ruler Adolf Hitler is favored by the development among the Danubian countries and in the Balkans, where France seems to be trying to destroy German trade, and by Polish and Lithuanian aggression on the German border; View that a Mayor of New York is organizing a nationwide series of anti-prohibition parades to take place in support of a demand that beer be legalized; Information about the obituaries of Julia Lathrop, first head of the Children's Bureau of the U.S. government, and Patrick Geddes, British biologist, city planner, thinker and Writer.

Offers a look at the importance of a peace agreement between Great Britain, the US. and Japan to achieve world peace. Ineffectivity of the League of Nations in maintaining peace between countries; Details on the vital decisions for preserving peace; Accounts on the political reason for the U.S. to fight the war for principle of universal application.

Discusses developments in the United States politics and in world politics. Nomination for office of Herbert Hoover as the Republican presidential candidate; Problems of the immediate future in China; Impact of any effort to carry the civil struggle into Manchuria on a war between China and Japan; Criticism of the New York State Department of Labor in administering the workmen's compensation law; Victory for the Federal Reserve authorities in a struggle with the bullish operators on the market; France's announcement of a stabilization of the franc.

Focuses on the need of Japan to protect China against the corrupt government by keeping control of Shantung to prevent it from alienating the territory to some other power. History of European aggression in China, especially the technique of conquest by railway and finance; Claim that pro-Chinese propaganda had wilfully misled Americans into confusing the few hundred square miles around the port of Tsing-tao with the Province of Shantung with its Chinese population; Demand for Japan to supply military and police advisers to China; Discussion about economic rights in relation to political domination.

Reports global developments related to politics and government. Views of the military critics on the German advance in the neighborhood of Ypres, Belgium; Denial of Japanese official on aggressive intentions in Siberia, Russia; Choice of directors for the new War Finance Corp. by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.

Focuses on an espionage controversy between the Soviet Union and Japan. Description of charges leveled on General Yukihisi Miyanaga, prime suspect for spying; Information about the career profile of Miyanaga in the Japanese army; Analysis of the leakage of sensitive information from the army headquarters in Tokyo, Japan; Attitude of the Japanese foreign ministry regarding the issue.

Describes the sociological, economic and political conditions in Hungary. Emergence of double society in Hungary; Social conditions in Budapest, Hungary; Reasons cited for arresting two Hungarian sociologists who produced a study emphasizing some of the inequities in Hungary's formal socialism; Information on the country's economic relations with Japan as demonstrated in the hotel business.

Focuses on the engagement of Japan in a major war of conquest directed against China. Impact of the pressure of the Japanese steamroller on the internal process of unification that had already begun in China; Eagerness of the Chinese Red Army to fight with all other Chinese; Sympathy of Russia on China.

Reports developments related to foreign relations. Extension of the military penetration and control by Japan in Peiping and Tientsin, China; Passing of the Wagner-Steagall housing bill by the U.S. Senate; Attempt of the U.S. Congress to rush through the Pittman-McReynolds bill.

Presents information on various social and political developments around the world. Controversies surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court and the labor situation; Drafting of an agreement between the General Motors Corp. and the Automobile Workers' union; Failure of the New York legislature to ratify the child-labor amendment; Renewal of the battle for Madrid by an Italian offensive along the Aragon road; Denial to grant passports to the American doctors going to Spain; Declaration of Japan's intention towards a peaceful harmony with the entire world; Information on the economic situation of France; Defeat of a bill, by the State Assembly of New York, to ratify the federal child-labor amendment; Information on C. A. Dykstra, selected for the presidency of the University of Wisconsin; Efforts made to get through congress a food and drug law.

Presents news briefs related to political and economic developments taking place in several parts of the world. Advantage gained by the rebels in Spain; Attempt of Japan to break up China into a series of autonomous republics; Meeting of the League of Nations' Council to decide upon the membership of Ethiopia and penalties against Italy; Probability of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt being reelected; Information on the U.S. government's plan of conservation and assistance to agriculture; Information on the strike of lettuce-handlers in Salinas, California.

Focuses on various political developments in the world with emphasis on the political condition in the U.S. Danger of permanent military occupation of Rhineland by France; Suggestion by U.S. secretary of the treasury Andrew William Mellon on reduction of super-tax; Difficulty in collecting income tax due to war time fiscal policy in the U.S.; View of U.S. President Warren Gamaliel Harding regarding the long interval which elapses between the election of a Congress and its first session; Hearing on a bill toward economic justice and practical stability before the U.S. Committee on Banking and Currency; Demilitarization of the Dardanelles; Capture of Tsingtao and surrounding territory by Chinese bandits; Disclosure of information about supply of arms just before Japanese were to leave Siberia; Civil war execution of Richard Barrett, Joseph McKelvey, Liam Mellowes and Rory O'Connor by the Irish government.

Contends that a more positive outcome of the Washington Conference on Naval Limitation of Armaments will be attained if the American press will be less optimistic and more realistic in reporting the progress of the conference. Danger of giving in to the desire of the American people for a happy ending or to succeed in the conference; Reason why in the case of reduction of armaments it is important to track what has been achieved so far; Progress of the conference on issues concerning China, Japan and the United States; Importance of pointing out what is not done yet than what is said about the conference.

Comments of United States Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes' disarmament proposals. Proposed naval holiday for 10 years; Proposed tonnages of ships to be abandoned by the three major naval powers of the U.S., Japan and Great Britain; Observation that this would leave Japan wholly secure against an attack from the other two; Inability to Japan, on the other hand, to attack the other two because the combined forces of the two is much larger.

Focuses on an announcement made by Senator Burton Kendall Wheeler of Montana that if the U.S. enters in a war he would support his country. Information on the war between the U.S. and Japan; Reasons for the attack of the U.S. on Japan; Efforts made by Wheeler on the home front for the success of the U.S.; Fight of Wheeler against the power of Anaconda Cooper in his home town.

Presents information on the role played by U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt in the World War II. Efforts of Roosevelt to establish peace; Appeal by Roosevelt to all the nations to adopt the policy of negotiation to establish peace; Impact of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on the probable peace talks between the U.S. and Japan; View that Germany wanted peace for the time being to build up her armament and prepare her people psychologically for war; Passage of various neutrality acts in the U.S. to promote peace.

Focuses on the fight of Allied forces against Germany in the World War II. Comments on the German attack against Russia in the World War II. Failure of the Allied forces to check German and Japanese forces in Africa and Asia; Consequences of a possible German-Russian and Japanese-Chinese peace; Possibility of invasion of western Europe by the fascist forces; Discussion of the anti-communist feelings in England.

Focuses on military alliance between Japan and the Axis and threats offered by its' occupation of northern Indo-China. Political interests shared by Germany and Japan; Prospects for Japan in Far East; Threat of a Japanese attack on Poland; Effect of the Japanese war in China on its economy; Need for a Anglo-American-Soviet front in the Far East to avoid a war with Japan.

Focuses on the war policy of Great Britain and Japan's neutrality in the Second World war. Description of proceedings at the House of Commons in Great Britain to discuss war legislation; Statement made by liberal leader Archibald Sinclair regarding what Britain should do in the ongoing war; Reason behind the Japanese government's statement that Japan does not intend to be involved in the war; Impact of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression treaty upon the Japanese mind; Information on the change in the cabinet structure of the Japanese government; Possibility of Japan's involvement in the war.

Focuses on the war between China and Japan which commenced in 1937. View that the Chinese show no signs of collapse or disposition to make voluntary surrender and the Japanese show no signs of ability to bring them to either state by military force; Information on the progress of the war; Description of the use of Guerilla warfare in the War; Statement that by reason of guerilla resistance Japan can get little or nothing out of its military victories to compensate for the cost of the war; View that for the present Japan will doubtless continue to hope for the outbreak of a European war, in which it could capitalize on its neutrality by blackmailing both sides, or extract handsome compensation in return for allegiance to one side.

Presents the views of Major Alexander T. De Seversky on the effects of atomic bomb. Statement that necessity for pressing schemes of world agreement in the face of potential destruction by the bomb; Comments on the atomic attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan; Methods of using the atom bomb to cause massive destruction; Effects of aerial bombing during the war on Great Britain and Germany;.

Presents information on socio-political developments from across the world. View that murder of Premier Tsuyoshi Inukai marks the coming up of fascism in Japan; Claim that the army has dictated that the new Cabinet must be nonpartisan and non-political, which means that whatever pretense of Parliamentary government was left has been abolished and a military dictatorship established; Claim that arguments of Al Smith for a sales tax and against high income rates on rich men are both anti-social and juvenile; Statement by Owen D. Young that he does not want the Democratic nomination for the presidency; Election campaign, for the reelection of President Herbert Hoover, by W. Irving Glover.

Focuses on the prospect of fascism adopted by the Japanese government in order to copy Western civilization. Desire of the government to withdraw from the League of Nations; Possibility for stabilizing the economic and social status despite of deprivation of political rights for the public; Dependence of Japanese industries and livelihood of Japanese people on international trade; Problem for foreign trade due to Japanese policy of protecting industries and subsidy; Policy of the government to facilitate the growth of foreign commerce in order to provide way for economic salvation in Japan; Necessity for Japanese government to choose between international cooperation and trade and self-sufficiency; Chances for opposition by Japanese public for military fascism in the country.

Focuses on a peace between China and Japan. Confusion caused by Japan's rapid moves that has kept public sentiment busily engaged with speculating about the meaning of each one separately; Impact of the Paris Pact on the war between China and Japan; Significance of the acceptance of outlawry in the Peace Pact of Paris by Japan; Discussion of the public's understanding of and belief in the Kellogg- Briand Pact; Impact of the Far Eastern embroilment on the Peace Pact.

Focuses on the situations that initiated the second world war based on information from the summary chapter in the book "The History of the Nineteen-thirties." Information about peace treaties that established unjust settlements and initiated more wars; Effect of the industrial depression on various countries; Loss that accompanied the boycott of Japanese goods by China; Economic condition in Japan; Military assistance provided by Great Britain and the U.S. to Japan.

Comments on several issues relevant to foreign and domestic policies in the U.S. Political conventions; Decision by China to hold out against a treaty brokered by the U.S. to resolve China's territorial dispute with Japan over the Shantung territory; Revolt of the Ukranians that complicated the military situation in Europe.

Examines the ways by which foreign policies are designed by the United States State Department and Secretary James Baker. Reasons given by Baker for the delay in the U.S. aid to Russia; Steps taken by Baker to improve relations of the country with Japan; Statement that Baker has not wanted to interfere in the business of Cabinet officers with economic and trade portfolios of Japan; Information that Baker trusts only a handful of loyal assistants to perform important tasks for him; Efforts of Baker to restore peace talks in Middle East; Reasons for which the Department did not pay attention to the rising menace of dictator Saddam Hussein in Iraq in early 1990; Influence of decisions of U.S. President George Bush on the foreign policy.

Focuses on the U.S.-Japanese relations. Sinking of a Japanese freighter by a U.S. submarine last month;Accusation made by the Japanese press that Japanese Prime minister Zenko Suzuki had caved in to pressure from President Ronald Reagan for a major increase in Japanese defense spending; Criticism of Suzuki's own weakness as a leader; Controversies surrounded by the interview of former U.S. ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer; Laxity in Japan's action towards a defense spending goal.

Presents information regarding the book "The Congressional Record: January 15-21, 1935," issued by the United States government. Provision of getting the book free of charge by writing to the concerned Senator or Representative; Viewpoints of several Senators and Representatives on various subjects including the U.S.' relation with Japan; Revealing statements made by Senators regarding their fondness for talking; Information that U.S. Representative John H. Hoeppel of California acted as godfather to the Townsend Plan.

Examines issues related to the implications of the Chinese nuclear capability for the potential rearmament of Japan in 1965. Support of the Japanese Liberal-Democratic Party for Japan to develop an atomic bomb; Assessment of the technical capability of Japan to build an atomic bomb; Attitude of Japanese officials toward the expansion of Chinese influence in Southeast Asia; Opinion of Japanese officials on the introduction of U.S. nuclear submarines in Japan.

The article focuses on issues surrounding the treaty between Japan and Russia. It has been reported that there was an alleged secret clauses in the Russo-Japanese treaty. The partnership between the two countries was an effort against Europe and the U.S. in respect to Asia in general, particularly China.

Presents information on some recent socio-political developments in the U.S. Views on the U.S. government's non-existent policy to deal with Japan; Comment on the declining hold of the U.S. in Far-Eastern policy; Opinion of U.S. military personnels on engaging in a war with Japan; Role of the U.S. navy in determining its Far-Eastern policy; Division in U.S. naval opinion on the issue of engaging in a war with Japan; Significance of acting in conjunction with England and Dutch East Indies in case of a war with Japan; Impact of disrupting Japanese commerce on the outcome of the probable war; Need for Japan to maintain its naval prowess in order to stand out as an international political force; Difficulties of Housing Coordinator C.F. Palmer in procuring trailers as temporary homes for construction workers; Opinion of the Defense Housing Commission on the conditions laid down by the trailer manufacturers; Appointment of Mr. Mathias Correa as federal district attorney in New York City.

Presents several political developments in the U.S. Mystery about the candidacy of Security Administrator Paul Vories McNutt, for the presidentship of the country; International relations of the U.S. with Japan; Termination of United States-Japanese commercial treaty; Series of penalties which will fall on Japanese goods entering this country; Plans of the government to impose sanctions on Japan; Impact of the sanctions on economic structure of Japan; Reduction in Japanese exports of raw silk to the U.S.; Possibility of rise in prices of silk; Stiffness of the State Department of the U.S. to let the treaty lapse unless Admiral Nomura Kichisaburo is able to give a convincing demonstration of his willingness to meet ultimate terms of the treaty; Attitude of the Department towards Admiral Nomura's "Christmas present,"--an offer to open the Yangtze to foreign shipping and to repay American nations for losses in China; Improvement in the presidential chances of Senator Burton K. Wheeler.

Presents a report on the political situation in Japan and the U.S. policy towards her. Comment on the policies of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur; Information on press-conference at the Tokyo Correspondents' Club; Opinion that MacArthur has deprived the Japanese of their army, navy, guns and munition plants; View of MacArthur that soldiers can do no more, that Japan has been disarmed and implanted with the ideals of democracy.

Discusses weaknesses of American policy for Japan. Objectives of the American policy; Discussion on the problem that involves Japan in relation to the entire Asiatic pattern; Effect of the U.S. commitments on the collective security; Information on the reasons for the ruthless U.S. behavior with Japan; Detail of General MacArthur's failure to use fairly well trained Military Government units, and his decision to rely almost entirely on existing Japanese government; Impact of directives followed by MacArthur on education, demobilization, war criminals, the Kempai-tai, voting age, women's suffrage, the freeing of political prisoners, bank seizures, and aviation; Information on the fact that there is no agreement in Washington on how long military occupation shall continue in Japan.

Focuses on the foreign policy of the Soviet Union after its losses in the World War II. Account of death and misery caused by the war; Steps taken by Soviet President Joseph Stalin for a lasting peace and for security measures to prevent their country from becoming a battle ground; Suggestion that Germany should be stripped of the means of making war, both by territorial losses and industrial disarmament; Alliance of East and West against a recurrence of German aggression; Statement that Japan should be controlled by a multi-nation council similar to the one in Berlin, Germany.

Focuses on the Far East policy of the Western countries. Statement that a revolution is essential not only in Japan but also in China, if the Second World War is to be won with the utmost possible speed and is to be followed by a durable peace; Information on the need of democracy in Japan; Discussion of the Japanese industry; What is necessary is to democratize the ownership and control of industry, to end its power for domestic exploitation; Statement that it is not enough to seek merely a surrender of the military in Japan, or a change in the persons having political power; Effect of the industrialization and democratization of China on the revival of Japanese imperialism; Discussion of implications of democracy and equality.

Focuses on the tour of U.S. Democrat Adlai Stevenson to Japan. Views of Stevenson on the issue of Japanese rearmament; Arousal of interest among the foreign community in Tokyo, Japan following Stevenson visit; Publication of Stevenson's speech on acceptance of the nomination of the Democratic Party in the Tokyo periodical "Evening News."