The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-20
JAPAN HOLDS FAST
TO ALL WAR PLANS
Diet Unruffled by Questions
Concerning Amazing War
Preparations.

TO X 70. April 20.-The Imperial
Diet of Japan. now in the third
month Of its forty-fourth session, has
succeeded in voting down, by Q vote
of 25s to 14l, all attempts to dis
credit the government under the
present Hara ministry. Herein may
be summed up all tho measures and
the standpat votes OF the present
session.
Before the session have come the
questions of disarmament Japan's
failure to postpone Astounding prepa-
rations for more than mere defense.
the question of unnecessary mainte-
nance OF troops in Siberia, .malad-
ministration in Korea, the issue Of
the continued violation of all inter
national agreements in aid of the
opium business by this nation.
Just as promptly rs these Ques-
tions have been brought up by some
opposition orator In either the house
of representatives. or the house OF
peers, there has come before one Of
these two houses q Government min
lister, who, calm in the assurance that
his heavy Seiyukai majority will vote
him confidence, has, in unruffled
tones, explained the government ideas
on the questions.
Strange to say, the government has
violated it's originally intended pro
gram in two matters. First, the de-
mand for the raising OF schools In
Tokyo, notably the Higher Technical
School, to a higher standing. and,
second. the lending of assistance to
the rice farmers, has caused action.
Both Of these two progressive
activities. the final apparent inten-
ton to raise the schools. and the
decision to give aid to the farmers,
have come about only after demon
STATIONS have threatened to cause
trouble for the members Of the diet
measures which seem assured Of sue
cess, unless one might mention the
fact that the diet at one highly com
plimentary session decided that the
Crown Prince. youth Of twenty
years, really should take q trip to
Europe, and forthwith voted him n
few hundred thousand yen for adj
tionai warship escort expenses.
After the diet reopened, January
IS. a split was threatened from Mr..
Ozaki, man of progresSive IDEAS. whe
criticized the Governments policy Of
shipbuilding and general highsH ex-
renditures. Mr.. Ozaki fs now In the
south of Japan, addressing Thousands
SouhAh hiSh eHu opp0AVhhAy
succeeding in forming the first indie
pendent party ever known in Japan.
Viscount Kato. leader Of the oppo-
sjtion, has fiayed the Hara Ministry
and the Government a. q whole for
ITS policy in Siberia He has taken
uy the shooting of an American naval
lieutenant by nervous japanese
sentry. Private Ogawara, and has at
tempted to show that JapAn's contin-
ued maintenance of troops in this
district will only serve further 70
embarrass the nation in its internA-
ton relations. He has attacked the
Government for its failure to secure
cooperation in China business, and
has put on record as tho most for
n.'dable opponent to Premier Hara's
Government, Baron Baltic, Governor
General Of Korea, who has arrived
IT. Toxic, heavily guarded against
revolutionists, to do what he can
toward explaining the spread of raw
dictionary ideas and dangerous
thoughts" which the Government
fears are increasing each day II
Korea -ga
News of the mysterious death In
Toxic Of Bin Gen. shoku, Korean, ma
tionalist leader. a relative of the for
mer reigning family in Korea and .
noted pro-Japanese. and the holding
of young Korean Independent in
connection with Gen-shoku's death.
has been suppressed by the police.