WOUNDED PRIME MINISTER.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20087, 17 November 1930, Page 11

WOUNDED PRIME MINISTER.

0 CONDITION IMPROVES. OUTRAGE IN JAPAN. |CKH*B PHISS ASSOCIATION— KMICTZtC TZLEGBAJPH CO?TBIQBT.) (Received November 16th, 11 p.m.) TOKIO, November 15. 'lhe latest bulletin regarding the Prime Minister, Mr Osachi Hamagttohi, -who was shot in the groin by an assassin, is that he is progressing •satisfactorily, and ib not feverish. The bullet has not yet been extracted, the surgeons delaying the further operation on account of weakness. There af« no signs of complications, despite his age. which is 60. Mr E. Hidehara has befcn appointed Acting-Prime Minister. The British and American charge d'affaires, and other diplomats, hastened to call to express their Sympathies. There is also immaftse public concern. ] '■ Opposition leaders are sinking f&tieal differences, and denounce the) Mirage. ; GREAT STATESMAN. TBADE COMMIS&IONBR PAYS tribute. _____ 4 IZHB mu WELLINGTON, November 16. J Begrit the news of the shooting of the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr OlMiti Hamagucjii, wag expressed by Mi 1 K. Kubota, J Apaneae Trade Com* nuaioner in New Zealand, who is statiflned at Wellington. Mr Kubota ikM that tu> wok awmintod with Mr Hsouguchi about 1914, when lie waa employed in the Treasury, and Mr HatWglichi Was then sub-Minister of paly lost vear Mr Kubotti | uv Mffl, and he was then in his zenith ** tbt_ greatest statesman of Japan. « Kubota stated that Mr HamoJUwi »u born in the city _of Tosa, ■ fhi Kochi Prefecture, Snikoku Is- - wnd, about 67 years ago. As a youth M wis a brilliant scholar and graduated in law at the Imperial University J* T®kio. Early in his career, 11 r ffUMgnehi devoted himself to politics. He wm trained for finance and adounistered t"he latter office for many ■ *»«*■.• ■ • Authority on Finance. . Ifr Sfttnag'iehi, Mr Kubota stated, a t»6 leading financial Authority in ■•W' Before becoming Prime Mittgw liib Auguat, he Wis Minister for K&M Affair*. Hi httif a superb command of r°?sk> said Mr Kubota, "and a raeiuty in expression, blended with wmviftcuig logic, which commands and the attention. He is a man of physique, in spite of his age, .{r A rich, resonant voice. This, Tmui r ls powerful personality and Ji 1 ?/ . ofatDr.v, have Won him the Brr e Lion Prime Minister.' , Hnmaguchi and his wife live •Mfjftr io the Ministerial residence j? I ?*' o * and when official duties ere 4 , thev spend their leisure 'i'lrt nt the seaside, about 00 from Tokio. Mr Hamaguchi i» j'nattire & student and prefers his smofil. ,e Sjamour of publicity. He EES? J*** «• nlwuys W -*° Western visitors. He t-s' president of the Kenesei(i »«T Constitutional) Party, which an ( P power. Mr Hamaguchi's fntiJa P his blood for tratis***6 the liffl of his father, nnfi irr' Wld. The son was married ~y last year. . V l6 Japanese Prime Pe*£ t rV^P lu,he d Kubota, "«p----etmrtr jl i ls motor-car in public, he 's WeU, • armed police on motor-1 *to *%•*!?!_ aer ,°,rd« "ce with the Japitnbe walks oiit he is Sfc Jr w by men. You ! Wr" individual# in our counOofeln « » • , ® sacrifice even such a popular figure sua flllt." Minister to satisfy their Til L&t#WNew *by Radio, itaiu t?i\V*'i J r 19W ® received by radio Vfti*Hii»+l«..i ,Hnmnguchi passed a was not fever-r*-ildaoi>» u' i , ett transferred to his hnfl not yet Wr > hfli w Bnron Kijuro Shidejjtalster w "Panted Acting-Prime "aron si.ij'J; l Kubota stated that _ nra is Foreign Minister.