A COMING CRISIS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 123, 27 May 1933, Page 15

A COMING CRISIS

POSITION IN JAPAN

Kumours' of an impending Japanese' Cabinet change have been, revived by reports that Korckiyo Takahashi, Finance Minister, was determined to resign because ])© : is too old to continue in office. He is 88 years old. He told newspaper reporters that ho wished to xetiro if a successor could be found, but added that the resignation need not involve the fall of the Cabinet. Eumoura that Matsukichi Koyama, Minister of Justice, feels impelled to resign because a local Judge recently gave a donation to Communists also are circulating. If they prove true, Ichiro Hatoyama, Minister of Education, must follow suit because a number of teachers have been, displaying Communist sympathies.. " ..■ The Government could hardly survivo such a series of resignations. The news' papers say, however, the crisis is stil} some weeks distant and that Mr. Takahaslu ia willing to remain until early summer, say &'tho "New York Times." Prince Saionji, sole of the Elder Statesmen, whom Premier Saito visited recently, is reported to bo opposed to a change in government. Though the situation is uncertain, wellinformed politicians believe the Cabinet will remain in office until a transfer to party government can be made smoothly. The outstanding fact in tho present situation is the small number of statesmen commanding national confidence. . It is generally agreed that a party government will retnru the Seiyukai, but many influential men consider1 the national emergency still requires a stronger Cabinet than a single party can furnish. . .. Following instructions from the Government, Baron Matsuda, Governor of tho South Sea mandated islands, issued a proclamation informing the inhabitants that Japan's position would not be affected by her withdrawal from tho League of Nations and enjoining tho people to continue work and ignore, unfounded Tiipioiu"' " ' 'v '