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♦ UNEASINESS IN JAPAN OBLITERATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES. OUTSTANDING DOMESTIC ISSUES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) TOKIO, December 24. The Diet was convoked amid considerable popular misgivings over the obliteration of political parties. There are fears that freedom of speech will be curtailed under the new structure. The outstanding domestic issues insues include the revision of the election laws, with limited franchise for the heads of families under the age of 25 and the disenfranchising of 4,000,000 voters, and the approval of an unprecedently large budget. Fireworks are chiefly to be expected from the industrialists in opposition to the tightened economic control.
JAPAN AND THAILAND TREATY FRIENDSHIP. BANGKOK, December 24. Thailand and Japan have ratified a treaty of friendship and mutual respect of territory. MOSCOW DENIAL SUPPLIES FROM VLADIVOSTOCK FOR CHINA. MOSCOW, December 24. The radio denied American reports that Russia was sending China largescale war supplies from Vladivostock.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 December 1940, Page 5
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148NEW ORDER Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 December 1940, Page 5
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