Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-29
ASSASSIN s BULLET
NARROWLY MISSES
JAP PRINCE REGENT
Cabinet Member Resigns
After Attempt on Life of
RuIer-TWo Arrests by
Police

TOXIC, Dec. 27.-(By the As.
ISOLATED Press. 1.-THE Japanese cab
met resigned today.
Home Minister Goto resigned, as
suming responsibility as home minis
ter for the attempted assassination OF
Prince Regent Hirohito by twenty
year-old youth under arrest, it is un'
derstood here. Baron Goto's home
and all Socialist centers are being
closely guarded owing to fear OF
anti-Socialist outbreaks.
A youth, dressed as q laborer, was
arrested by police today soon after
he had fired at Prince Regent Hlro
hito in an attempted ASSASSINATION
Police say he is insane. The shoot.
ing aroused intense excitement and
feeling is running high Throughout
the city.
The princes assailant was badly
mauled by the crowd which caugh'
him befCr re- the police reached the
spot. n
Cane Gun Used
The attack occurred while the
prince regent was on his way to a
session of the diet. The assallan'
used a "cane gun" The windows OF
the automobile were smashed, and
tl.a bullet n..rrOWIy missed the heao
OF tie prince regent. - continued on
his way to the meeting OF the diet
hut took refuge in the upper house
of the diet, composed of peers. Later
he CONVEYED the diet in ordinary
session, with customary ceremonies
after which he returned to the I'M
perial palace under heavy guard.
Authorities are conducting a rigid
investigation, expressing the opinion
that others may be implicated in a
plot.
Viscount Tamemori lriye, mem
Der of the house of peers and chief
chamberlain to the prince regent,
who was accompanying him in the
autor -obile, was slightly cut ly a
fragment Of broken glass.
When Hirohito appeared in the
upper house of the diet there was
no indication apparent that any
thing untoward had occurred. The
prince regent read a speech to the
membc of HI house in a calm
voice, and then retired.
Visitors at the session were not
allowed to leave the building until
the regent had departed for the I'M
perial palace. None of those present
at the session which he addressed
were aware of thu shooting, and
when news of the attempted assassl'
nation became known they express.
ed the highest admiration for the
manncr in which he had conducted
himself.
Second Youth Held
Another youth, who was with the
assailant Of the prince regent this
morning. was arrested later.
After the attack 1t was learned
that the prince regent has been I'M
der heavy guard recently, owing to
rumors which have been in circula-
ton here that Koreans were conspir.
ing to assassinate him.
Owing to- the almost unprecedented
feeling which is running high here
and conflicting reports which are
extant, police have threatened to sup
press newspapers publishing news OF
the incident until an official state
ment has been issued.
The Prince Regent HirohitO has
been in the public eye in Japan con
siderably duriAg recent months as a
result of his work in directing re
construction after the earthquake
and plans for wedding on February
6 Princess Masako Kuni-No-Miya
and which was sanctioned formally
in June, 1872.
Hirohito, eldest son OF Emperor
Yoshinito, was proclaimed crown
prince in 1912, and was appointed
regent in November, 1921, on &C
count of the illness of the emperor