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moned, Admiral Koshiro Oikawa,
who was navy minister under Prince
Konoye, was called to the palace.
The general and the admiral left the
palace together.
Il have received the imperial
command to form a new cabinet
and I am overwhelmed with a feel
ing of awe" Gen. TOTO said. "I
retired from the presence of the
throne respectfully asking period
of grace"
Domei said the premier designate
had been assured Of support by
Gen. Sugiyama and Gen. Otozo
Yamada.
Papers Issue Warnings.
These developments come less
than two months after Prince
Konoye first sought through secret
negotiations in Washington to ease
strained relations between the
United States and Japan.
Newspapers warned the people of
the extreme gravity of the times and
repeated charges that the United
States must be held responsible for
any deterioration of Japanese
American relations.
The disagreement over national
policy which felled the Konoye gov
eminent was regarded as most likely
to have been caused by differences
between Toxic and Washington.
I'VE appreciate what the Konoye
cabinet has done in attempts to set
tie many things with the United
States" said the newspaper Yomiuri
However, domestically speaking. the
big undertakings of the cabinet
failed to materialize"
Cabinet Changes Regretted.
HOchi expressed dissatisfaction
yesterday with announcement of
Prince Konoyes fall which said only
that the cabinet disagreed on ma
tional policy" and declared I'VE re-
gret too frequent cabinet changes
since the outbreak of the China
affair"
Asahi called for determination and
purpose in efforts for establish
ment of world peace"
The dispatch of Prince Konoye's
message to President Roosevelt in
| August proved Japan's sincerity in
attempting to settle the problems of
the Pacific, Domei said.
1t carried comments that the
Konoye cabinet did all within its
power to bring peace to the world
generally while carrying out Japan's
basic policy of settling the war in
China and constructing the East
Asia sphere. 1t cited mutual freez-
ing of assets by Japan and the
United States as hazard in inter-
national relations.
The TOXIC market had closed prior
to the announcement of the Konoye
governments fall yesterday and was
closed today for the national har-
vest holiday which corresponds to
Thanksgiving Day In the United
States.
Count Keigo Kiyoura, 81 and i'll
in bed, defied his physicians orders
in coming to Toxic from Ataml for
vi lllC CldNi oeNNND
men at which Gen. TOTO was rec
commended for the premiership.
He dressed, rode to Toxic by train
and was carried from the station to
the palace in a wheel chair. Doc
tors and nurses carried an oxygen
inhaler along to the palace, where
he took a full part in the long dis
cussions.
The Council of Elders was at
tended by nearly all the living for
mer premiers of Japan in addition
to the Lord Privy Seal and DR..
Yoshimichi Hara, president of the
Privy Council This group has
taken over the functions formerly
exercised by the famous Genro, now
all dead. The ex-premiers attend
ing were Kiyoura, who headed a
cabinet in 1924: Koki Hirota, Baron
Reijiro Wakatsuki, Admiral Keisuke
Okada, Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
and Gen. Nobuyuki Abe,