Tokio, 10th December.
The Emperor opened the Diet in the forenoon, In his speech he said that the amity between Japan and the Treaty Powers was constantly increasing.
He directed his Ministers to deal prudently with the international negotiations designed for the pro-servation of the peace of the East, and the rights of the Empire.
The reply of the Lower House was that at this critical juncture the diy! macy of the Cabinet was improper well as their financial arrangements, Their temporising and their resolution invited adverse eri even within the Diet.
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