Word: akagi
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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Naval authorities, less interested in records than in significance, hailed the cruise of the Lexington as evidence of far-sighted building. No British carrier (Glorious, Furious, Courageous) is so big or so fast as the U. S. Lexington, Saratoga. The Japanese Akagi and Kaga would be outdistanced in a day. Carrying some 76 planes, the Lexington and Saratoga could steam to join the fleet in midocean, send out a battle squadron and keep a strong unit for self-defense...
Other speakers found other faults, suggested remedies. Said small, earnest Dr. Roy H. Akagi of Japan: "If Christianity is to become a living force to the Japanese people, it must first be Japanized." Said vigorous Dr. John R. Mott: "A synthesis of Eastern & Western relationships must claim all secular agencies as well as our Christian organizations. . . ." Other speakers pointed out that racial prejudice hampered African Missions, that the Church Charities are joined in "common law marriage" to extraneous economic agencies. Said explosive Dr. Sherwood Eddy, Y.M.C.A. Secretary at large for Asia: "The new slogan is not to evangelize...