Gangster patriots are Becoming a ble curse to Japan, Cabinet ters being forced to. maintain strong squads in' their homes. to guard against invasion by these thugs masquerading as patriots.
Yesterday, a band of five invaded the private residence of Premier Kato while the latter was having' his dinner and in loud drunk voices, demanded to see the Pri When the Tukuta Shokei failed ty honour its debts and left liabili estimated at over 50 million th assets computed at ubout million yen, various reasons were assigned for its going to the wall.
There was, of course, the earthquake and the tumbling down of the yen. Both these reverses contribut, ed to the sad plight in which th big Japanese firm found itself, but. that is not the whole story.
Over-speculation was the underlying cause of the financial debacle. The Japanese are, by nature, a people with) 4 strong gambling instinct. The law knows this and anything, even remotely resembling firvations with the God of Chance, are severely frowned upon and de-torrent punishments inflicted. The only outlet is in business, and an ensy $0 per cent. of Jupanese bu: ness failures cun be set down to this penchant for gambling, which tukes the form of ridiculously risky Minister. servant met them and asked what they' wanted to see Premier [Kato for. "None of your d—a business," was the reply, and one lof the intruders, wielding a club, [smashed a valuable damascene vase Jinto pieces. "That's what youl eet if you ask any more impertinent Jquestions,"" he added.
the meantime, the private police in the Premier's house, hea the noise, entered. gave battle to the thugs, all of whom were armed with ugly-looking clubs, and hauled them off to the police st About the same time, a gang of thugs also visited the home of Vi jeount Ttakura, member of the House lof Peers. Somehow or another the police received word that the gang were. coming and gave them quite hot reception when they arrived.
"The ruffians who invaded the sacred premises of the Premier's home said that they were angry with the Premier because he favour-
The Takata Company, which was the agent in Jupan for the Westinghouse Electric Company, was established. by the ate Mr. Shinzo Toketa, who made a big fortune through the selling of arms to China, Mr. Takata was a great friend of the military chieftains, especially of the late Field-Marshal Terauchi, the first governor-general of Korea after the once Hermit Kingdom was annexed to Japan, in ay, the Takata Shokai (Com-jed the Universal Manhood suffrage Bill; whilst the gang that tried to wade the home of Viscount Trakura gave out that they did because the Viscount was opposed to the Suffrage Bill!
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