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Rh The Turkish Republic

I Describing and passing remarks on the Turkish Republic, in Current History Elbert Crandall Stevens, Executive Secretary to the Stamboul Branch in Turkey of the Young Men’s Christian Association, observes:— In spite of imperfection of administration and certain serious injustices (for which counterparts might be found in the critical periods of the Govern­ ments now respectably stable, and which it is ex­ pected will pass with the natural subsiding of chau­ vinistic tendencies arising from an intense nation­ alism), new Turkey’s presiding genius, Ghazi Mustapha Kemal Pasha, and his closest associates Is met Pasha, Rauf Bejr, Kiazim Kara Bekir Pasha, Bethi Bey, Dr. Aclnan Bey and others, have shown con­ sistent energy, astuteness and determination to ^preserve the national sovereignty for the good of the people and to secure for the country a recog­ nized place among the progressive nations of the world to-day.

Salaries in Japan The Japan Magazine writes The Prime Minister receives the annual stipend of Yen 12,000 (about 86,000); the ministers of State and the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Yen 8.000 (about §4,000); the vice:Ministers of State Yen 6.500 (about §3,250); Directors. of the Bureaus Yen 5,200 (about $2,600); the Presiding Judge of the Supreme Court Yen 7,500 (about §3,750); the Governor-General of Chosen like a Minister of State Yen 8,000 (about $4,000); the Governor-General of 'Formosa Yen 7,500 (about $3,750). The perfeetural governor’s salary ranges from Yen 6,000 (about § 3,000) to Yen 5,200 (about $2,600). The anunal salary of the shinnin officials ranges from Yen 4.500 (about S2.250) to Yen 1,200 (about $600) according to the twelve grades into which the amount of the salary is graded. The hanrdn offieiMs some­ times receive almost in exceptional cases Yen 200

(about §100) a month, while ordinarily their m< ml lv salary ranges from Yen 160 (about $811 • > Yen 40 (about) §20 according to the eleven g -ad< -s into which, the salary’s amount is graded. The amount of military and naval oflLer,’ annual salaries is regulated according to their d He ent ranks. The General and Admiral receive Yl i 8,000 (about §4,000); the Lieut-General and .’ic Admiral Yen 6,500 (about $3,250;; the Major-Je.eral and Rear-Admiral Yen 5,700 (about §2, DO ; the Colonel and Captain Yen 4,500 (about §2,250 ; the Lieut.-Colonel and Commander Yen LSI ) (about $1,900); the Major and Lieut.-Comun.ndi r Yen 3,100 (about SI,550); the army Captain ai..l naval Lieutenant Yen 2,400 (about §1,200); the ..rn.; Lieutenant and naval Sub-lieutenant Y n M I (about $900); the army Sub-lieutenant and ,av l Second lieutenant Yen 1,400 (about $700.) It m;, however, be mentioned that the above figures liu v the highest amounts allowed to the officers of tl ; indicated ranks, and generally the amounts v:u/ according to the twelve grades, as in the c; v: t the high civilian officials. In fact, it is to be noted that the salaries of tl ; Japanese Government officials are sadly out of pr portion to the prevailing prices of living in J .rn But at the same time it must be remembered ih t the Japanese officials of the shinnin rank, tli-.t s the Ministers of State and Generals and Adir.iiv, s enjoy an allowance equal in amount to their sa ari- s from the private purse of the Emperor. But even the salary and allowance of the Prime Minister of Japan, taken toge’Ite-, come to only Rs. 8,000 per mensem, i'lu r is what the Prime Minister of a first-: la.-, independent power gets! Will British Civ lians in India and our Indian Mini -ten please note ? We shall be obliged if any reader will to 1 ns what British Generals, Lieut. Generals, etc., get in Tsidia in the shape of salaries, alhmances, etc.

By the death of Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das the cause of freedom in India has sustained a great loss. This we say both with reference to the achievement that already stood to his credit at the time of his death and to what he was expected to achieve in the years to come; if a nice distinction were allowable, we should rather say that the loss is heavier considering the potentiality that lay in him than it is considering his actual performance.

For, though Mr. C. R. Das had been interested in public affairs and had occasionally taken part in them from youth upwards, it was only in recent years that he began to take an active part in them and at once came to the forefront. From his public utterances and writings and from what was published during the last few weeks of his life relating