Immediately, a free-for-all fight started, the members of the Sei-yuki and the Selyu Honto going hammer and tongs for each other. The men-at-arms iniexpodpd, and only the brandishing of nasty-looking clubs in their hands caused the Pugilistically-inclined solons to remember that discretion can somotimes be the better part of valour.
passage-at-unns had been an: ticipated for some time, and both sides had a number of hired row= dies in the hall just adjoining the main Opposition chamber. When the august representatives of the Japanese people started to scrap, the soshi (hired bullies) did ditto, and, since there were no men-at arms handy enough to cool the ardour of these, many sustained broken heads and limbs, while one man was severely cut in the face by a blunt dagger.
Tokyo, March 24. he Upper House in full session this morning passed the Nishihara Loan and Tariff Bills.
By the former the Government] shoulders full responsibility fron the banks concerned, whilst the! Tariff Bill results in the raisin of the flour, wheat and egg tariff. The flour tariff is raised from Y.1.85 to ¥.2.90 and the wheat tariff from ¥.0.77 to ¥.1.50 per hundred kin special committee will be ted after the session to rec sider the duties on other articles! which it is proposed to ra Reuter's Pacific Service.
In the meantime, the Premier is very apprehensive as to the ultimate outcome of all this disgrace-{ul conduct. Business of any kind is utterly impossible so high has party feeling run, Dissolution highly probable though the leaders of all the parties are striving hard to stave it off. The Speaker has been accused of favouring the Seiyu Honto members and is me tending to resign. The Seiyukai arty has demanded his resignation. Whether, if he resigns, the Saiy ai will be satisfied and then set gown to the sober work of leg ating, time alone can tell,
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