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 | | As a result, they were successful in impeding the legal authorization to be granted for the establishment of a medical co-operative society envisaged by Kagawa. |
 | | Kagawa sought Dr. Nitobe's help to acquire the official approval for establishing the medical co-operative society, because he had won Nitobe's sympathy in Geneva where the latter was working as Deputy Secretary of the League of Nations. |
 | | Dr. Nitobe had expressed high esteem for the settlement work in which Kagawa was engaged for the relief of the poor, such as consumer co-operative activities, etc. Nevertheless, the politically potent Japan Medical Association stood in the way, and the authorization was not granted for quite some time. |
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