Feb, 26.
In view of the fact that the com-Jing special session of the Diet will open under delicate circumstances in It is noteworthy that, of the 8 proletarian members, college men number 7, of whom 5 are graduates from Imperial Universities.—Toho, Combat at Proletarian Meeting Tokyo, Feb, 28.
Several policemen, including two officers, were injured last night when a crowd, estimated at over 41,000, clashed with a strong detachment' which had been sent to watch over a meeting of the Proletarian Party.
The main trouble arose when the police, after suppressing several speakers, closed the doors of the meeting-place and refused admit tance to hundreds who wished enter, Bricks and stot freely used forcements of police had to be rushed up before the infuriated mob was dispersed.
'A number of persons is reported to been seriously injured in the melee.
About 100 were arrested, The Coronation Estimates Feb, 29.
It is announced that the special session of the Diet has been called for April 20 and will last a fortnight.
It is understood that the business will be confined to passage of the Coronation Estimates and a slight addition to the present fiscal year's budget which, owing to the dissolution in January, automatic ally becomes enforced again for the coming fiscal year.
The Minseito threatens again to introduce a motion of non-confidence which might ead to either to another dissolution or to resignation of the Government, but in view the whole country's desire to prevent a hitch in the passage of the Coronation Estimates it is gen-
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