Evening star., 1929-07-02
HAMAGUCH| FORMS
NEW TOXIC CABINET
AS TANAKA QUITS
Successor to Premiership Is
Third Without Title in
Japan's History.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS POST
GIVEN BARON SHIDEHARA
Liberal Leaders Ministry Is In
Quoted After Names Are
Given to Emperor.
BY the Associated Press,

ulVen 10 emperor.
| BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC. July 2.-Yuko Hamaguchi,
the third untitled premier in Japan's
history, and the members of the new
Minseito cabinet were installed late to-
day In the palace in the presence of the
Emperor.
The new ministry succeeds that of
Baron Tanaka of the Seiyukai party
which resigned shortly before noon
after cabinet crisis precipitated by in
vestigation of the assassination of Mar
shal Chang-Tso-Lin in Manchuria last
year.
New Premier Lives FrugalIy,
The new premier lives frugally and
is comparatively poor. He is popular
ly known as The Lion" because of his
shaggy hair. eyebrows and mustache
and his stentorian platform voice. while
he also bears reputation for the high
est integrity.
The inclusion of Baron Shidehara
former Ambassador at Washington, as
foreign minister, Is regarded as promis-
ing extremely deft handling of inter-
national affairs because of his long ex-
perience in diplomacy. It is expected
mat more conciliatory policy toward
China will be adopted
The cabinet is principally Minseito.
tne only non-partisan being the defense
mnisters, VINO are always professional
soldiers and sailors. The minister of
finance, Junnosuka Inouyge, and Baron
Shioehara are men of outstanding ma
tional prestige, while Viscount Watanabe
Is q member of the House of Peers,
Tanaka Cabinet Resigns.
The government of Tanaka resigned
shortly before noon today in a cabinet
crisis precipitated by investigation of
the assassination in Manchuria last year
of Marshal Chang Tso Lin, Chinese
military oppositionist.
The resignation was presented to En-
peror Hirohito. His majesty then sent
for Hamaguchi.
Prince Saionji, former prefnier and
one OF the 'genro" or so-eAlled elder
statesmen, also was summoned, pre-
sumably to advise with the throne and
the Minseito leader with regard to
new government.
The new cabinet is composed of the
following:
Baron Kijuro Shidehara, former AM
bassador to Washington, foreign affairs.
Keno Adachi, home affairs.
Kyo Takarabe, admiralty.
Gen. Issei Ugaki, war.
Junnosuka Inouye, finance.
Chuji Machida, agriculture and for
estry.
CENT Matsuda, overseas affairs.
Other Cabinet Positions.
Other positions In the cabinet are:
Viscount Chifuyu, Watanabe, justice;
Ichiti Kobashi, education; Matajiro
Koizumi, communications: Maggichi
Tawara, commerce and industry; Yoku
Egi, railways.
The retiring premier issued a state
ment explaining his resignation. He
recounted his administrations achieve
ments and then touched upon the gov
ernments fall. He concluded: II deeply
regret that certain incident occurring
outside the empire was wrongly used
as political instrument" the refer
ence being to the death Of Chang Tso
Lin.
The cabinet crisis, as 1t has been
explained, came as q climax of the in
vestigation of Chang's death. which
took place at Mukden after the mar
shal's retreat from Peking. The inves-
tigators censored certain Manchurian
officers for not notifying the home office
when they withdrew their surveillance
on the night on which Chang arrived
at Mukden.
Sirakawa Opposed Punishment.
Gen. Yoshinori Shirakawa, minister
Of war. vigorously opposed punishment
or reprimand of these officers, bringing
on the fall of the Seiyukai ministry,
which was first organized in April, 1927,
and was reconstructed in 1928, after
new Parliamentary elections.
The elections of 1923 gave the Diet
the following party appointment: Seiu-
kai, or Conservatives, 22l; Minseito, or
Liberals, 214; Independents, 16: Labor,
8; Jitsugyo Doshikai Business Mems
party. 4: Kakushin, 8; total, 466. The
Minseito has shown tendency recently
to lose prestige.
Another cause contributing to the
fall of the government was believed to
have been dissatisfaction with handling
of the ratification of the Kellogg anti
war pact. Opposition centered about
the phrase, Sin the names of their re-
spective peoples" and developed SO
strongly that ratification for a long time
was in doubt.