Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-14
YoshidaCabinet
Out, Parliament
Is Dissolved
Close japanese Ties
With United States
Partly Responsible
BY the Associated Press

peIllouS DleC tonight toppled the
pro-American government of
Prime Minister Shlgeru Yoshida.
The willy politician Immediately
dissolved Parliament and called
for new national elections.
Mr.. Yoshida tentatively set
April 10 for the elections. His
cabinet will serve as a caretaker
government until a new Diet is
elected.
Japan's latest political crisis
erupted when the lower house
passed, 229-218, vote of non-
confidence against Mr.. Yoshida
and the cabinet. The Prime Min
ister's Liberal Party (actually
conservative held a 245-221
margin in the lower house. But
tonight more than 20 members
of dissident factions within the
Liberal Party bolted and voted
against Mr.. YoShida.
Three major opposition parties
Joined the rebellious Liberals.
Mr.. YoShida had survived crisis
after crisis during nearly five
years of rule under the Allied oc-
cupation and Japan's newly won
sovereignty.
Lighter Controls an Issue.
The 74-year-old politician has
followed the United States lead
closely in his foreign policy-too
closely to suit some of the oppo-
sition. But the non-confldence
vote does not necessarily mean
the opposition wants to break
ties with the United States.
The opposition, which includes
the progressives, right-wing and
left-Wing Socialists, protested
mainly against Yoshida policies
which it complained would again
make Japan police state. Mr..
Yoshida was pushing three bills
to tighten government controls
over labor, the police and
schools.
The vote to throw out Mr..
Yoshida came after a tense day
of debate in the lower house and
dozens of conferences.
Immediately afterward Mr..
Yoshida'S deputy, Taketora
Ogata, handed the Diet speaker
an imperial rescript announcing
dissolution of the Diet. The
paper from Emperor Hirohito
was merely a parliamentary for
family.
Dissolved Last August.
Mr.. Yoshida dissolved the Diet
last August %. At that time the
Prime Minister was struggling
with Ichiro Hatoyama for lead
ership of the Liberal Party.
Informed sources said he dis
solved the House and called for
new election for the following
October l because he felt his
hand would be stronger against
Mr.. Hatoyama than if he waited.
Leftist Socialists called the
pro-American Yoshida govern
ment "a cat's-paw for a foreign
country that is trying to make
Asians fight AsianS."
The leftists also slapped at
the Reds. saying "the Com
munists are trying to make
japanese fight for the Russians"
After diSsolving the Diet, Mr..
Yoshida issued a statement &C
cusing his opponents of playing
politics instead of discussing leg
islation.
Peoples Support Doubtful.
Whether Mr.. Yoshida can get
the people to back him again in
new and expensive election is
debatable.
Wealthy business interests pro-
vide much of the backing for
his conservative Liberal Party.
Two declared tonight they will
not contribute to the Liberal
campaign again. Aiichiro Full
yama, president of the Japan
Chamber of Commerce, and
Shoshiro Kudo, governor of the
Tokyo Metropolitan Bank, ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with the
Yoshida move.
"The next elections will not
stabilize politics, if the Liberals
are split" Mr.. Fujiyama said.
1.-THE business interests will not
cooperate this time"
Earlier. while the Diet debated,
crowd of 40, 1000 red-f1ag-waving
leftist Socialists snaked through
Tokyo streets chanting for the
overthrow of Yoshida and his
cabinet. There were no reports
of violence.