PREMIER OF JAPAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 123, 6 March 1936, Page 5

PREMIER OF JAPAN.

MR HIROTA ACCEPTS OFFICE.

REASSURANCE TO SOVIET,

(United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 1.50 p.m.) TOKIO, March 5. Mr K. Hirota has accepted the office of Prime Minister of Japan. Mr Hirota announced that the new Cabinet will be composed of young and able statesmen who have not yet had their chance. He added that his policy would be patriotic. Hirota’s appointment is construed as a re-assurance to the Soviet, as he previously lias not flinched from withstanding the military extremists and has steadily worked for better relations with China.

Mr Hirota became prominent as Foreign Minister, to which post he was appointed in 1933. He was a graduate of the Law College of Tokio Imperial University. He was first appointed vi6e,-chief of the Foreign Office information bureau, and then director of the European and American bureaux of the Foreign Office; then Minister to the Netherlands. From 1930 to 1932 lie was Ambassador to the Soviet. FOURTEEN HUNDRED INVOLVED. FIVE OFFICERS STILL FREE. TOKIO, March 4. The War Minister (General Kawashima) will perside over a special tribunal to try tlif mutineers; Five young officers are still at large. A communique states that more than 1400 officers and men took part in the incidents last Wednesday. OFFICER SURRENDERS. TOKIO, March o.^ Second-Lieutenant Mata \amoto, who took part in the revolt, lias surrendered to the authorities.