The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-03
JAPAN CABINET
 RESIGNED OVER
 BANK SCANDALS
Japanese, Now in United States, May Be the
 Next Premier
BY RAY G. MARSHALL Limited Press Staff COrreSDondont)

Tokio, July -(U.P)-The cab inet of Premier Makoto Saito, which had governed Japan through troubled internal and international developments since 1892, resigned to-day because of a bank scandal involving subordinatcs of one of it's members.
 Whether another super party" cabinet would be created, or whe- ther direction of the empire again would return to the hands of one political party was not known.
 Prince Kimmochi Saionji, vener- able adviser of Japanese emperors since the days of the great Emper- or Meiji, grandfather of the pres ent ruler, was to arrive in Tokio | tomorrow to consult Emperor Hi- rohito and recommend a new pre- | mier.
 Prospective premiers, observers | believed, aside from the re-appoint- | ment of Saito, were:
 Kisaburo Suzuki, president of the Seiyukai political party which holds parliamentary majority; General Issei Ugaki, governor of Korea, who is understood to meet the approval of powerful naval fig urcs; Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma vice-president of the potent privy council; Baron Kitokuro Ikki, pres ident of the privy council, and Prince Fumimaro Konoye, dapper president of the house of peers, who is at present in the United States and who recently was luncheon guest of President Roose- volt.
 The aged Prince Saionji recom- mended the retired naval figure Saito as premier in the dark days of 1892 when Premier Inukai was shot to death by patriotic assas- sins" and the internal fate of Ja- pan seemed in the balance.
 Saito created q "super-party" cabinet embracing men of diver gent political views and foes of po- liticians in general, answering cri- tics who were disgusted with mod ern politics and wanted return of the ancient ways"
 One of his ministers. Sadeo Ara Ri, was the war minister whose troops seized Manchuria and ere ated the state of Manchukuo. Araki ill, finally was replaced by General Senjuro Hyashi.
 Difficulties which led to the cab inet's resignation to-day were not considered chiefly political. al- though there was strong pressure for a cabinet leaning more toward the military.
 The situation reached a crisis when Hideo Kuroda, vice-minister of finance, was involved by the pro- curators report in a scandal con- corning the government-super bank of Taiwan.
 Previously Minister of Com merce Nakajma resigned when political enemies unearthed a 1O- year-old magazine article he had written cxcusing the conduct of Il l4th century figure considered a traitor. Ichiro Hayoyama, minister of education, was forced to resign after he was charged with accept ing a campaign fund contribution from a private company.
 Not Possible
 Greenwich. Conn, July 3-(U.PD Prince Konoye, president of the Japanese house of peers, considers it "an impossibility' he will be chosen next premier of the empire.
 The Prince, guest at Greenwich Country Club and a visitor here since graduation of his son from exclusive Lawrenceville school, an- nounced through his secretary that he had heard nothing officially" and that such thing would be an impossibility."
 Prince Konoye, a direct descend- ant of Emporer Ichijo, who ruled from 9S7 to 1911, intends leaving within a few days for Banff, Can ada and on July Is will sail from San Francisco aboard the "Tasuta' for Japan. He is a member of the house of Jujiwara and was gradu- ated wit CTS in 1917 from the To- kio Imperial University