TOKYO CRIME.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17297, 8 November 1921, Page 7

TOKYO CRIME.

MURDER OF MR HARA. THE POLITICAL SITUATION. (By C»bl»-.I>j*i» Aiiociatioiw-Oopyiirai) (Beater's T«Ugi*~\.} TOKYO, November 5. The nation was stunned by the assassination of the Prime Minister, Mr T. Hara. Following npon a midnight session of Cabinet, Count Uchida (Minister of Foreign Affairs) visited the palace and was invested with the Prime Ministership, following which tho members of the Cabinet resigned. The reorganisation will take place as early as possible. No changes will bo made in the personnel, pending tho appointment of a permanent Prime Minister. Details of the crime show that Mr Hara and other Ministers were proceeding to- Kyoto to attend a party meeting. The assassin rusht'd at Mr Hara and stabbed him in the left breast. Mr Hara fell, and attendants carried him into the railway station office, where an examination disclosed that he was dead. Count Uchida, interviewed, said Japan's course in all the matters to be discussed at tho Washington Conference would be the same as if Mr Hara had lived. A new Cabinet would be formed in due time. Meanwhile, every policy formulated by Mr Hara would be continued. Japan's national policy was adopted after deliberation, and was based on the national interest and backed by the popular will. Therefore it was incomprehensiblo that the policy should change with the death of any man. PRECAUTIONS IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, November 6. Secret Service officials have been instructed to safeguard all the distinguished foreigners attending the Washington Conference. Extra appropriations have been made to provide for an increased number of detectives. MOTIVE FOR THE MURDER. SUSPECTED CONSPIEAOY. (Received November Bth, 12.5 am.) TOKYO, November 6. Nakoakn. is now believed to be thetool in a conspiracy in connexion with Mr Hara's death. Search is being made for a man who was seen to hurry away from the railway station where the crime was committed at the moment when the assassin plunged his knifej into Mr Hara. The authorities believed this individual was one of the instigatora of the crime.