MAKING PROGRESS
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER OUTRAGE WIDELY DENOUNCED [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.] Received Nov. 16, 9.10 p.m. TOKIO, Nov. 15. The latest bulletin regarding the Primo Minister, Mr Osachi Hamaguchi, is that he is progressing satisfactorily and is not feverish. The bullet has not been extracted yet and surgeons arc delaying a further operation on account of weakness. There arc no signs of complications, despite his age, which is 60. Baron Shidchara, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been appointed ActingPrime Minister.
The British and American Ambassadors and other diplomats hastened to call to express their sympathies. There is immense pubF.i concern.
The opposition leaders are sinking their political differences and denounce the outrage.
Mr Hamaguchi, leader of the Minseito Party, became Prime Minister when Baron Tanaka resigned in July, 1929. His nick-name among the people is “The Lion.” He has been much occupied with financial measures and with the suppression of Communism.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 425, 17 November 1930, Page 7
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