It is generally believed that if the general election is held next year, the Party will be obliged to ce duct its campaign without the necessary funds or personnel, However, it is highly probable that Mr. Motojiro Sugiyama, chairman of the Executive Committes, wilh be suecessfully returned from Osaka. In other constituencies the members of the Labour Party will vote for candidates who are known to be sympathetic towards the cause of Tabour.
Many observers say that before the Party can assert itself as a new element the political life of]
pan, it must set its house order as there internal dissension among the leader of the Party.
present there are some extrem-in the Party and there is continual friction between the left and right wings. It is believed that at the meeting of the Executive Committee to be held in Tokyo—on October 24, the elimination of the! extreme left clement will be agreed upon.
Besides the Labourers' and Farmers' Party, the Japanese proletariat is endeavouring to form two other political parties: the Farmers! Party and the Kansai People's Party—Reuter.
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