All Parties Pressing for Reduction of Estimates Tokio, Mar. 23.
At to-day's disarmament committee meeting of the House of Representatives, all the political parties, namely, the Seiyukai, Kenseikai, Kokuminto, Koshin Club and Mishozoku parties, drafted joint Bill for the reduction of the term of military service to one year and four months and of military expenses by Y.40,000,000, and at the same time unanimously decided to press the military authorities to carry into force the projected disarmament plan.
Ministers or Navy axp War.
Besides the foregoing Bill, the Disarmament Committee has also laid before the House of Representatives a proposal to reform the present system of appointing the Ministers of the Navy and War. The text of the proposal is as follows "Tnasmueh as the existing government organization, under which Ministers of the, Navy and War must be, respectively, an Admiral and General or Vice-Admiral and Lieutenant-General, is incompatible with the progress of the times, the Government will, it is to be hoped reform such government organizi tion immediately and abolish the restriction above mentioned."—Eastern News Agency.
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