Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-11-11
HARA IS KILLED
At TOKYO STATION
Japan's Premier Slain by Korean
Boy-Stabbed to Death.
WAS IN OFFICE SINCE 1918
Hundreds in Railway Depot See the
ssnatIon-AssaiIant Seized
News of Death Causes Sensa-
ton at Washington Legation.

ton at washington Legatioh.
/ Tokyo, Nov. 5.-Premier Takashi
Hara, head of the Japanse caDlnet
and for forty years prominent In pub
lic affairs in Japan, was assassnated
here.
| Premier Hara was fatally stabbed In
the breast at the railroad station In
Tokyo.
! A Korean boy hiding in third class
waiting room sprang upon the premier
and stabbed him repeatedly in the
breast. The cabinet leader died fif-
teen minutes later.f His assailant was
immediately arrested.
Premier Since 1918.
Takashi Hara had been premier
sof Japan since 1918. He was leader
of the Sayukawi (governmenD party.
The premier handled the japanese
government during time when ques-
ttions of worldwide Importance were
bending in the Orient.
His policy was strongly anti-Bolshe-
Vik, but he consistently contended that
Japan had no aggressive or warllke
aims either In Siberia or China. He
played an important part in forming
}the Japanese policy to be followed at
the Washington conference and in a
public interview he pronounced all talk
of possible war between Japan and
America to be absolutely useless"
Slain at Railroad Station.
| Washington, Nov. 5.-The State de-
partment received confirmation of the
assassination of Premier Hara.
The dispatch to the State depart
ment declared the attack on the pre-
mier occurred at railroad station in
Tokyo. The message from the Amer
fcan embassy at Tokyo was timed at
8 p. m.
Prince Tokugawa, heal of the Jap
anese conference delegation, has been
prominently mentioned for the pre-
miership when the Hara ministry was
under attack, and at one time was sug-
gested as a compromise candidate for
the post.
Shock to President.
The first news of the death of
Premier Hara to reach President
Harding was conveyed to him by
newspaper correspondents at their
semi-weekly conference with him.
!. The President had heard of the
siabbing of the premier, but had not
been informed of the State department
idlspatcL carrying the word Of the
death. Mr.. Harding was visibly az
fected. He paused for several mo-
ments and then said:
81 am profoundly sorry" He reit-
ierated this phrase several times and
added: persons In authority are hor-
rified to learn of such Outrages. This
lis especially distressing at this time,
when we are all trying to get together
land have the good will of all peoples.
ut is an unhappy and discordant note.'
Causes Sensation at Capital. !.
News of the assassination of Pre-
mier Hara on the eve of the assembly
lof the armament conference here
caused profound sensation in Wash
ington.
The news came as stunning shock
Ito the members of the japanese con-
ference colony here, all of whom were
associates of the dead premier and
Iappointees of his administration.
AS result of the death of Premier
EHafa, it was announced that Sen.
lnosuke Kokota, chief of the japanese
Legislative bureau and attached to the
armament delegation of that country
will return to Tokyo. Mr. Kokota was
Esaid to have been the late premier's
l"right hand" man In legislative mat
tiers.
: May Mean Political Crisis.
That the assassination Of the Japa
lnese premier will have far-reachinl
Ieffect on the conference here was gen
erally predicted when the news became
known.
The death of the premier finds tw'
Iof the most important men in japanese
lpublic life in Washington, thousand
Iof miles away from Tokyo, in admit
Itedly what may be a political crisis.