Tokio, 18th March.
The Diet was convoked to-day. Mr. Matsuda, the leader of the Seiyukai (Constitutionalis's), \.'0 has been twice a Minister of Sic, has been elected President of the House of Repre-enratives.—Our own correspondent, Later.
The opening ceremony of the Diet will probably take place on Sunday.—Our own correspondent.
Tokio, 20th March.
The Emperor, in his speech at the opening of the Diet, expressed his pleasure at the ever-inerrasing friendship for Japan shows by the Treaty Powers, and regretted that owing to the insincerity of Rus-la, hostilities had broken out.
The object, howev: r, of the war already opened must be realised by pussibwe means, Our executive arms, His Majesty said, are pow displaying their loyalty
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