The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-11

olIield ol tne lmpeT1al HpuSeHulu,
They are all old men.
Saionjfs resignation exposed the
hand of the Elder Statesmen. They
induced the emperor to prevail upon
Saionji to reconsider his decision aud
to have the vote of censure with
drawn. Saionji respectfully declined
to resume the post of premier, but
consented as to the second proposal,
His party refused to follow him. how
ever, and the censure is still offielgi;
According to the Jill, the Nichi NlS.-
and other leading newspapers, MS;
shal Prince Yamagata was tesbaItbo
BILE for Tehara's proposal and All
trouble that followed.
There was a great furry over,
selection of a new premier. Yrs
gaia is supposed to have ~fafsrea,
either Prince katsura or pnm
T~erauchi, the governor-gener ~
Korea But officially he led hi ct'--
leagues and other bureaucns IN
urging Marquis Matsukata to TIE the
place. This great man was jnce a
financial wizard and served Bice as
premier in his PALMER days. kls was
recuperating at kamakura fbfh the
fatigue incident to rs well spot years
when the appeals of his Colleagues
reached him. He toyed WithFfhe idea
of returning to public life FIR several
days, and even went so far IN to ex-
anime a jinrickisha load Of financial
reports, but finally gave,a decisive
refusal to be reused ffoI1 his epose
at the foot Of Daibutstl, # was well
] boo Str> &irt tnk,a tn. r:-p- 4
itched to make cauht 1trsnehi pre-
mier. This was Impossible IN view Of
his close connection win the Korean
reserve scheme which hid caused all
the discord, 1t was finally decided
that Prince kRtsura Vas the one
Ftandpatter whom it wnrjd be safe to
appoint in view Of thy p'iblic's bad
temper. He became premier Dec. 81.
and thus for the thru time headed a
national ministry,
katsura's return &c public life
merely served as a truce over night.
The change of premiers did not
change the economic .~perplexities in
the slightest. AS it was we'll known
that he also stood in with the Korean
plan, and as the nation generally OPP
posed it as stoutly as before, the sit
uation was exactly the same. The
press was quite outspoken. 1t was
generally admitted that katsura was |
the most acceptable standpatter, but
what they want, and will ultimately
get, is a premier who represents eX-
panding public sentiment rather than
improving aristocracy. 1t was be-
lieved that they should have as pre-
mier Tatsuo Yamamoto, who, as
Saionii's minister of finance. un-
earthed the %inancia vagaries of his
predecessors.
katsura was also unfortunate in the
formation of his cabinet. He was I'M
able to get the support of the power
full Vice Admiral Baron Saito. The
baron had been minister of the nav
under Saionji By keeping him in the
cabinet .katsura would be able to
piacate the naval element. SaitO re-
peatedly refused to continue at his
post. katsura played his last card by
inducing the young emperor to call
.hdmiral Saito before him to receive
the following imperial rescript:
considering that you have for a
long time occupied the office for rava
administration and that much is ex-
pected Of you at the present time
when important affairs of diverse de-
scriptions are awaiting settlement,
we desire that you continue your cX-
ertions for the furtherance of state
affairs in spite of the condition of
your health"
The rescript had the desired effect,
h,,t ronrt,J JJaI n Si,,i1nr i'm
pcrial mandate been invoked to sup
press Uehara three months before the
split would not have occurred. ChuWo,
organ of the Seiyukai party, did not
fail to draw the comparison. The APP
pointment of Mr.. Shibata Ramon as
minister of education was strongly
criticized, as it was charged that he
is not of sufficient ability to be a
cabineteer. katsura's failure to say
positively that he would favor the
mooted appropriation of $150,000 600
for naval expansion also inspired dis
trust. In fact, nothing that he did
was right, as the pOpulace viewed af-
fairs at that time.
An unheard-of h~armonizing of the
parties on the issues of the day in
December and January was a hard
blow to katsura, the Elder Statesmen
and the ~bureaucrats generally, At an
meeting in Yokohama of the
'Seiyukai Constitutional association,
kokuminto (Nntionalists), I%ndepend-
ents and journalists, the following res
%olution, which would have put them
all In jail a few years ago, was passed
amid thunders of applause:
Resolved that, Whereas through
the insolence and of the
clans, which have now reached the
extreme point, constitutional govern
mcnt is in danger, and we hereby
pledge ourselves to eXterminate clan
government and refuse all offers for