THE JAPANESE CRISIS
DIRTY LINEN TO BE WASHED. BIG BRIBERY FUND. (London ‘ Times ’ and Sydney ‘ Sun ’ Services.) TOKIO. April 27. The new Cabinet is pledged to the eradication of naval corruption. A washing of dirty linen is probable. Three directors of the Mitsui-Bussan-Kaisha Company, agents for the English firm of Vickers, Limited, are charged with bribing' Vice-Admiral Matsuimoto with £40.000 through the retired Vice-Admiral Matsuo in connection with a contract for building the cruiser Kongo. The agents’ total commission, it is said, amounted to £115,000.
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Evening Star, Issue 15478, 28 April 1914, Page 6
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85THE JAPANESE CRISIS Evening Star, Issue 15478, 28 April 1914, Page 6
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