The " Kobe Chronicle" of the 27th ult.
Tokio, 2th June.
Whirteen of the N.Y.K. steamers and six of the O.S.K. steamers have bee Naval and War Depart dered x proposal to appro: priate fifty million yen us a special fund according to Article 70 of the Constitution. The proposed amendments to the Regulntions for the mobilisation of the Navy and for non-commissioned officers of the Navy on active service were also considered. Count Matsugats and Viscount Aoki were present at the meeting, and gave explanations as to the appropriation of the fund, The proposals were adopted, and the result of the meeting was immediately laid before the Throne by Count Kuroda, the President of the Council.
The Imperial Sanction has been given to appropriate for the War Fund a part of the indemnity received from China, a large amount of which was reserved to forma nucleus fr the fund for keeping up the present free of the Navy, for education, and for a special reli. f fund.
Important. instructions have now been issued by the Minister for War and the President of the General Army Stall Department to a certain Army Division.
The appropriation of te special reserve funds for the WarFund having been approved by the Emperor, the Minister for War issued at 4 p.m. to-day an onder for the ilisation of the 5th (Hiroshima) Army
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