Evening star., 1924-06-07
KIYoURA CABINET OUT.
Kato Expected to Head New Gov
eminent

AdlO Expected TO HEAD New GOV
eminent
By the Associa ted Press.
TOXIC, June 7.-Command of Prince
Regent Hirohito that the Kiyoura cabi-
net remain in Office until relieved was
received by the premier tonight Mem
bers of the cabinet expressed the opin-
ion that II would be several days before
their SUCCESSORS were named. The cab
inet's resignation was presented at 4
o'clock u.m. today.
TOXIC. June THE anticipated
resignation of the kiyoura cabinet
has at last become an actuality. Late
took it's request for relief from the
duties of Office to the prince regent.
The cabinet was completed Janu-
airy 6. Each member wrote an indi-
vidual resignation, which the premier
took with him when he motored from
the cabinet meeting to the Imperial
Palace.
The end of the ministry's brief and
inglorious tenure of Office came after
lasting many hours.
Called Wedding Cabinet.
The vernacular newspapers. COM
menting on the governments retire.
ment, declare its sole creditable ac-
complishment was the marriage Of
the prince regent, Hirohito. and
Princess Nagako Kuni, a few months
ago and the subsequent celebration.
The cabinet came into power barely
in time to carry out the ceremonies
incident to the wedding, and re-
mained only long enough to see the
public celebration completed two
days ago, as a result of which it has
been named the gokekkon naikaku,
or imperial wedding cabinet"
On the debit side of its ledger the
press lists the setback to Japanese
pride due to enactment of the Ameri-
can immigration law excluding Japa-
nese, its failure to advance plans for
reconstruction Of the cities devastat-
ed by September's earthquake and the
crushing defeat received at the polls
recently. since which it's retirement
has been regarded almost as an ac-
cOmplIShed fact-
The ministry is the first in this
century to be overthrown by de-
cision of the electorate, hence it's de-
feat in the balloting and it's subse-
quent resignation are hailed as a
victory for the cause of parliament
tary government.
Kato Likely Premier.
The anticipation in all quarters is
that viscount Takaaki Kato, for
eight years one Of the most notable
candidates for the prime ministry,
will succeed viscount Kiyoura. He
is head of the Kenseikai, which now
musters the greatest strength of any
party in the lower house of the Diet,
and the genro, or elder statesmen,
have placed the seal of their approval
on his appointment.
viscount Kato, as holder of the port
folio of foreign affairs on three oc-
casions, as a former ambassador to
Great Britain and as author of the
..twenty-one demands" on China. is
already well known to the fields of
diplomacy. His attitude toward the
United States never has been very
clearly defined, but it is known he
resented the part played by the
Washington conference in abrogation
of the Anglo-Japanese alliance.
Speaking recently of the American
immigration law, he used the phrases
"unfairness'' and prejudice against
the Japanese"
One thing seems fairly certain
his summons to Office will increase
the impression that bureaucratic
rule has been overthrown by pop
ular vote and that new recognition
has been given to the principle that
the leader of the majority party
in the diet must be the premier.