POLITICS IN JAPAN.
OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT. SCENE IN THE DIET. By Telegraph.—Press Assri—Copyright. Received Feb. 21, 8.20 p.m. Tokio, Feb. 20. A motion of want of confidence in the government was defeated in th? House of Representatives by 259 votts to 14'1. The session was extremely turbulent, police reserves being held both within pind without the Diet building. The galleries were crowded at every sitting, jnany women being present. Visitors hooted speakers on Jaoth benches, and Jnany arrests were made. Outside popular meetings were held jn several parks, all demanding the immediate resignation of the Government. (Opposition speakers in the Diet declared that the Government was never thinking of the people, but was always concerned with maintaining the Ministerial Party. Government supporters, replying, declared the policy of the Government was always justifiable, although the results were not always sat-isfactory.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 February 1921, Page 5
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141POLITICS IN JAPAN. Taranaki Daily News, 22 February 1921, Page 5
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