Desire to Force Premier to Resign Office: Dagger as Argument Tokyo, Oct. 19.
'A youthful loiterer whom the [police arrested last night was found {to be carrying a dagger and a letter Jaddressed to Mr. Wakatsuki urging him to- resign the Premiership.
According to the youth's statement he was seeking an opportunity of handing the letter to the~Premier personally: he intended to stab him if "he showed the least sign lof turning down my timely advice." The police are now making investigations but they are of opinion that the youth's intentions were not serious but that ho was merely seeking notoriety.—Reuter,
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