Taken Out Tokyo, May 7.
Owing to a long-drawn debate on the "Opposition's motion of non fidence in the Government, the session ended. shortly before midnight, before the Opposition was able to put its motion to the vote. As the result of this the Tanaka Government is left in power.
EarlierSn the evening the Proletarian Party. proposed that the' motion should be put to the vote, bat this proposal was rejected by) 240 votes to 222.
All Concentrated for China Later.
There is a general feeling of relief at the closing of the Diet! session as it enables the shelving iverted to the serious situation in China which, it is thought, neces-front. sitares the showing of a' united
The "Japan Times," whick typifies the prevailing sentiment, emphasizes that China's reply to Japan's efforts at moderation and conciliation towards China "is to loot Japanese homes. and barbarously to murder defenceless Japanese of both sexes. Consequentiy, it adds, whatever tol-lows must fail on the shoulders of with lies and propaganda ai Japan with the object pathy, but the world, it declares, is not s0 likely to believe such propaganda as it has in the past, as faith in the veracity of the Chinese, has been greatly shaken in the Inst} few sears. Whether the Chinese are believed or not believed, the paper declares, "there are times: when even the opinion of foreign nations must take a secondary' place."
"If what Japan does wins a proval abroad," concludes the paper significantly, "so much the better; but if not, it cannot be helped." Reuter.
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