CHANGE IN JAPAN
NEW PRIME MINISTER ADMIRAL OKADA CHOSEN MODERATE NAVY MAN SELECTION SIGNIFICANT By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received July 4, 5.5 p.m.) TOKIO, July 4 The former Minister of the Navy, Admiral Keisuko Okada, has been appointed Prime Minister of Japan. Prince Saionji, the Emperor's adviser, visited the Palace this morning and unexpectedly recommended Admiral Okada, who resigned his forrAer portfolio when the late Prime Minister, Mr. Inukai, was assassinated. Admiral Okada's selection is regarded as startling. The chief effect will bo to postpone the return of party government. The new Prime Minister has statesmanly qualities. Ho is eminently moderate and well-balanced. Also it is significant that he supported the London Naval Treaty, the ratification of which by Japan he made possible by effecting a compromise between the Hamaguchi Cabinet, which signed the pact, and the general staff of the Navy, which bitterly opposed it with the result that Admiral Kato, then chief of staff, resigned. Therefore the placing of such a prominent Navy man in the Prime Ministership assures that tho Navy's voice will be fully heard in the final settlement at the Naval Conference of 1935.
Prince Saionji's supreme influence for moderation is again exemplified by hjis selection of Admiral Okada.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21844, 5 July 1934, Page 11
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203CHANGE IN JAPAN New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21844, 5 July 1934, Page 11
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