The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-23

MANY MILLIONS SAVED IN NEW
 JAP BUDGET

TOXIC, Jan. 23.--A general reduc- tion of national expenditures total ing approximately 65,500,000 Ameri- can dollars, affecting every depart ment of the Japanese Governmnet save the educational, brings the bud get which Premier Admiral Baron Kato will send to the Diet this month to $675,0OO,000. This reduc- tion in national expenses for next year is not as great as many ex- pected, following the Premier's an nouncement that he would pursue a policy of financial retrenchment; yet it is the greatest reduction ever made in Japan's expenditures ex- cept through the termination of war fare and the elimination of heavy fighting costs.
 Big Naval Cut
 Of this big saving 35,500,000 was eliminated from this years military expenditures, the majority of that figure being accounted for by the naval reduction effected at the Wash ington Conference. The other re- auctions come through administra- tion readjustments and postpone ment of national enterprises. The Department of Education is the only department to receive authorization for a larger appropriation than that of this year.
 The Kato Administration will ask the Diet for approximately $15,OO0,- 900 more than the present year, which raises the educational budget of Japan to the highest figure it has ever reached-s43,399,40 ,404. In fact the elements of the country who have been opposing militarists for years in an effort to secure more school money find cause for qualification. Plainly it is another evidence that Katos "bureaucratic" Ministry IS far more progressive than the recent party Cabinets. If this appropria- tion is pushed through the Diet and there is every reason to believe that 1t will belt will signalize full fillment, to some extent at least, ol one of the desires that the Naval Minister had when he became Prime Minister. Shortly after taking office Premier Kato, talking to you core spondent, spoke of the great need tol national retrenchment, adding thai he hoped to reduce all expenses ol the Government as much as possible at once, with the exception Of tho school fund, and that he hoped :ht Cabinet would be able to make substantial increase in the education al appropriation.
 Better Education
 The increase will go to better ex isting schools, to increase the pa! of some classes of teachers, to raise five colleges and higher schools tt the rank of universities, to increase the courses of other colleges, tt found a new dental college and tt add postgraduate courses to l' higher schools.
 While other departments will ef feet more or less of decrease 1T their expenditures, nearly all vii l inaugurate new enterprises. One O. the most noteworthy is the Commun | ications Department, which, while saving $100,000,000, appropriates seV eral million yen additional for shil subsidies, the repair of post office; and the installation of wireless equip ment. The reductions of the Maya and War offices are confined tC smaller figures, due to the expense O. scrapping ships and of paying dis charge allowances to discharged of ficers, enlisted men and workers il the arsenals. The War Departments decrease is not nearly so much as was anticipated, and this is apt tt furnish the opposition with it's chic excuse for attacking the budget fig ures in the Diet.