Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-11
TURMOIL RE|GNS
5. IN JAPANESE DIET
Repeated Attacks on Gov
;. eminent Regarded Test OF
{ Constitutional Rule.
BY the Associated Press.

ny tHe AsSOclditu EreSs
TOXIC. July 9.-Not since the al
vent of constitutional government
has Japan seen such political tur-
MOL as that prevailing during the
present sitting of the diet. The gov
eminent apparently is serene IN lne
conviction that it will have the sup
port of the seiyurkai. or majority
party. Nevertheless, in the herce az
tack which the opposition is MAKING
upon it a display of liberal ana Tree
speech has developed that observ-
ers believe is destined to have an I'M :
portant effect on the development Oh
constitutional government in Japan.
Oxaki Creates Sensation.
Repeated allegations that the gov
eminent was controlled by the mill
tary. especially with regard to ITS
Siberian policy. were followed by
the sensational announcement OF
Yukio Ozaki. former minister of JUS
tice, who recently returned to Toxic
from visit to America and Europe,
that henceforth he would abandon all
parties and wage an Independent
fight to defeat militariSm. M. Ozaki
declared that only by the overthrow
ing of militarism could the good re-
pute of Japan in the world be re-
stored to its former luster. He said
he had abandoned the kensei-kaf OPP
position party because his new atti-
tude conflicted with the policy adopt
ed by the party seven years ago. when it
supported the naval extension policy at
present in operation.
Another member, Kotaro Mochizuki,
referred to the anti-Japanese agita-
ton in California. He scored the ST.
berian's policy and said he possessed
proofs that different views were held
in the war and foreign offices con-
corning it. While America had sent
only 1000 men to help the Czechoslo-
L. l,A 49, 1nr ho1
patched a much stronger force and
America had protested against
Japan's attitude.
Declares Lack of Conf deuce.
The opposition parties introduced
resolution declaring lack of conf
dence in the ministry by the house,
and listing five reasons why the gov
eminent should retire. The first of
these was that. ignoring the popular
demand, the ministry had refused to
introduce universal suffrage. The sec
ond charged that by dissolution of the
last diet the government had sacri-
feed the interests of state to those of
party. The third declared that by it's
laundering economic policy the gov
eminent had plunged the country into
financial crisis. The fourth set forth
that the way the government had con-
Quoted its foreign policy had gained
the derision and contempt of the pow
ers- The fifth claimed that the gov
ernments indefinite Siberian policy
had resulted in the recent tragedy at
Nikolaievsk, Siberia, where 700 jap
anese were masSacred by the bolshe-
wiki.
Viscount Uchida Explains.
The interpretations kept the min
listers on their feet replying. Viscount
Cchida, the foreign minister said both
the Japanese officials and the people
of America were striving their utmost
TO hnd solution of the Japanese
questions. He praises the efforts of
Roland S. Morris, the American am
bassador, in this connection.
Speaking with regard to suffrage.
Premier Hara said extension of the
franchise was necessary, but declared
he was unable to see why the social
organization should be destroyed.
The introduction of a budget of
which one-third is devoted to a
bloated increase of ornaments is the
height of absurdity," NJ Ozaki as
serted. Japan never will win her
fightful place among the nations un-
TIL she throws off the tyranny of the
military clique. World suspicion had
turned against us because the world
sees In Japan an aggressively i'm
perialistic and militaristic country"
Compared to Lenin Autocracy.
The climax of the attacks in the
dlet against the cabinet was reached
yesterday when Representative Ragai.
a youthful new member and a pro
lessor in Waseda University. de-
clared: THE Lenin autocracy is
reignlng in the west, the Kara au-
tocracy in the east"
He charged that the government
by Its unconstitutional dissolution of
the last diet to avoid action on uni
versal suffrage had invited dangerous
thoughts of class strife. The govern
L
against the spirit of the constitution
granted by Emperor Mutsuhito