The Archive · 1924

Japanese Diet Dissolved

Tokio, Jun. 31.

The Diet has been dissd Reuter.

Shanghai Jan, 2 An "Osaka Mainichi" special Aespateh to. the Basten "News Agency reports that ict was issued this afternoon at 4 o'clock, dissolving the Pasliament.

"Osaka Asuhi" despatch to the Eastern Agency reports that this aftorno: the House of Representatives was} thrown into such unprecedented confusion that the Diet was com pelled to suspend its sitting and that when the sitting was resum. ed, the chamber was again so disorderly that the Government finally dissolved the Diet at 3.50

The Government has issued the following communique, announcing the dissolution of the Diet view of the fact that the three political parties in the} Lower House recently repeatedly declared their determination for the overthrow of the Cabinet coupled with the fact that the condition in the chamber of the Lower House to-day clearly indicated that they attempted to rede national affairs, the Gov. ernment petitioned the throne to dissolve the Diet, considering that WP's of the suid three parties iad_no idea of discussing national affairs with sincerity and that this sort of Parliament was by no means compatible with the reali intention of the nation in general,—Enstern News Agency.

Aéconpixe to the " Skuapao"

Nationat Aeronautical Bureau in Peking has definitely decided to inaugurate the Poking-Tien tsin-Shanghai Air Mail Servied next. spring.

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