JAPANESE STATESMAN
STRICKEN BY PARALYSIB, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, TOKIO, December 19. The newspaper “Jiji Shimpo” imports that the Marquis Sboonji, formers ly Prime Minister and Japanese repres sentative at tho Peace Conference, i* suffering from a paralytic stroke. The Marquia Saionji is one of- thd makers of modern J apan. Barn ii< 1839, he was adopted as heir to aij illustrious house, became Commander* in-Chief of an Imperial army at 19, ana took part in the oouncdla of the nation at the age of 20. He studied in FranoU from 1869 to 1880, and returned to hid native land with highly democr*Uo( ideas- He went to Europe and th« United States to investigate the Par# liamentaxy system, and then embarked on a public career. He _ was many 1 times Premier for short intervals, the last time in 1911-12. He represented Japan ,a.t Versailles, and was invested! with tfato Grand Order of Merit.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11708, 21 December 1923, Page 5
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