El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-01

Is a natter OF conjecture. Be that az
q may. Japan. In a military sense.
wiz not be asleep when the awards
from this rev diet session fer Mill
the matter q Korea governor general
Salto has been pledged 100000 yen
FOR his work there and the current
report in Toxic On this opening Gay
Of the diet is that the governor gen
eral threatens 70 resign unless he
gets 100000
Nay Be DR. Diet.
Along with the announcements Of
greater moment outside Of the ccun-
try Is a little note q human interest
particularly to the United States The
statesmen who meet IN the houses OF
the imperial diet nay IN the very
near future be torn from their con
vfvfaI CUPS between speeches. II
movement started during the last sas-
sion bears fruit L IS stated with au-
thorlty that some members OF the I'M
perial diet made talks last session
under the influeucs OF liquor This
shocking bit OF intelligence has caused
much comment and has resulted IN
definite effort 70 prohibit vine and
other intoxicating beverages In the
diet building during session. me
SeiTukal, leading party In control
now. Is thus quoted BY leading rep
resentative REGARDING the prohibition
wave as far as the dat Is concerned
4Ihs proposal for a dry diet has
been made out OF g desire 20 check
The Increasing tendency OF members
drink wine In the parliamentary build
ings and 70 attend sessions OF the lles
Ia a drunken state 7 believe that all
parties win unite IN getting passed
this most important m6@sure-
To Discuss suffraEe-
The big claim before the diet VIII
be the universal suffrage uroposltlous
which has been taken up nT the hu-
kumi1to, opposl-lon party VII lne
greatest tarror. The Aokuml1ro does
not. however. coufins itself = The
suffrage proposal. but declares the
entire Seiyukai regime 70 be laelkllz
In progressive principles I1e ho-
lruuinro. while IN a decided minority.
has. perhaps as wen as any other di-
vision OF japanese poltlcs- summed
un the measures over which the LlElLs
Ia the diet VIII be made. IN recent
meeting The kOEumluro went On rec
ord for the following measures
J. The immediate enforcement OF
universal manhood suffrage
The establishment OF definite DO
iclas toward Amerlcas China and Rus
Fundamental adjustment Of ad-
ufnfstratira and taxation systems
9. Means 70 establish a more stable
financial condition
5. The Improvement OF the munlci-
pal administrative systems-
So Tauan VIII enter its ffrsr sessions
OF the 44th imperial diet with some
nfsgirinrs as 70 the outcome This is
the long session OF the diet and con
seousntiv. Il VIII continue untl April
with the exception Of a three day re-
cess IN he New Year period The
sessions last time were opened D. a
bomb thrown by a malconrenL Just
outside the big gateway that leads
into the diet grounds This session
finds the malcontents as much in svi-
1area as they were then. and. uuLor-
tunalelr. an attitude OF impending
trouble due 20 long postponed demon
STATIONS against America Wllcl may
come II the clauses OF the new agree
ment disnlease-
FROM prohibition 10 the uarter ot
greatest import ance-Arne ric1.-l aEi5-n
the imperial diet speakers VIII take
note OF them ALL And when the se7-
sion passes into history. those who
have watched its daily meetings VIII
have had impressed upoa them a most
Important chapter on the history OF
modern japan