ASSASSINATION PLOT
DISCOVERED IN JAPAN JFOILED BY POLICE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright TOKIO, December 29. The police reveal -that they foiled a plot to assassinate Prince Saionji (Elder Statesman), Mr Takahashi (Finance Minister), Count Makino (Lord Privy Seal), and Baron Iwasaki (head of the Mitsubishi interests) by a band of seven men and one woman, two of whom were assigned to each victim. Recently there have been rumours of plots, including one against Admiral Okada, due to delay in denouncing the Washington Treaty.
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Evening Star, Issue 21916, 31 December 1934, Page 7
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82ASSASSINATION PLOT Evening Star, Issue 21916, 31 December 1934, Page 7
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