Tokyo, March 5.
As the Diet was discussing a mea. sure for the gradual abolition of the fame quarters to-day, 300 houses: were totally destroyed by fire in Susaki, one of the biggest quarters in Tokyo.—Reuter's Pacific Service. that the present measure did not deal with the question of permanent leases in the foreign settlements. This was a question the Gover ment hoped to solve by other means.
The Bill was sent to the com: mittee.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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