Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-03-05

."p:'o' In the capital, they
""o"''o rushed to the homes
Of the listed statesmen and succeeded
In assassinatlng four-Premier Admiral
Keisuke Okada Admiral vlscount Ma
Eoto, former premier and lord keeper
Of the privy seal; Gen. Jotaro Wata-
nabe. chief Of military education. and
Koreyiko Takahashi, finance minister.
Several others were wounded. and
servants of all Of them were killed.
Emperor Hirohito Immediately took
charge of the situation, called a coun-
ell of state and made Fumio Goto tenn
porary premier. Martial law was pro-
claimed In Tokyo and the loyal army
forces, largely outnumbering the reb-
els, surrounded the latter In the build
ings they had taken. Meanwhile the
second fleet, also loyal, moved up to
the mouth Of Tokyo bay, its guns domi-
mating the city.
During the first day Of the uprising
an agreement was reached that the
rebel troops should return to their bar
racks, but this they refused to do.
Then the censorship. temporarily
raised, was clamped down again. Dip
lomatic quarters In Shanghai received
a report that Gen. SadaO Araki, former
minister Of war, had established a mill
tary dictatorship. He has been the
most chauvinistic Of all Japan's high
army officers.
Political observers In Tokyo believed
that the emperor's advisers would urge
the right wing elements to be given
a chance to form a cabinet, to see
whether they would be able to con-
duct the government.
Even liberal political sources shared
this belief, confident that such an e.
pertinent would produce a strong pub
lie reaction to the left, permitting early
restoration of a normal government.
CENATE and house c~Onferees patched
- up the new farm bill, substitute
for the invalidated AAA. both houses
accepted the revised measure and 1t
wal sent to the White House. Senator
B0rah argued In vain especially against
the sO-called Consumers" amendment
which authorizes the "re-establlshment,
at as rapid a rate as the secretary Of
agriculture determines to be practic-
able and In the general public interest,
Of the ratio between the purchasing
power of the net income per person on
farms and the income per person not
on farms that prevailed during the FIVE
year period August. 1909, to July. 1914"
Speaking Of the extraordinary dele
CATION Of power to the secretary of
agriculture, Senator B0rah said: 1--WE
are now asked to confer upon him a
task which would require omnipotence.
It Is m~anifestly on the face Of 1t an abb
surdity.
"This idea that even by divine pow
er you can 90 out and equalize the pur-
chasing power OF the producer and
equalize the purchasing power of the
laborer, when above them both Is a
power which Is fixing a rule under
which they live, Is to me inconceivable."
ON THE ground that the seed loan
~ requirements Of farmers can be
met from relief funds on hand. Presi.
dent Roosevelt vetoed the S50,000,0 N
crop production bin passed by con-
gress. In his message he called atten-
ton to his budget message urging that
congress provide additional taxes If II
enacted legislation imposing charges
not covered In the budget. He said he
expected, last year, that such loans as
the seed loan would be tapered Off. He
realizes they still are necessary but
added:
Il am fully convinced that the i'm.
mediate and actual need to which
have referred can be met during the
yer 1895 by an expenditure Of funds
materially less than that proposed In
the bill under discussion"
URINARY removal Of Maj. Gen
- Johnson Hagood from his com
mand of the Eighth Corps area be-
cause Of his critical expressions con
corning the WPA and mx
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