Tanaka Ministry Resigns: Unsatisfactory State of Affairs Brought to Head by Manchurian Incident Report Tokyo, June 29, It is authoritatively learned, although official confirmation is at present withheld that orders have been issued for the punishment of the following military officers in ecinection with "the grave affair in Manehuria":-—Colonel Kawamoto, aff officer of the division composing the Manchurian garrison in 1928—sagpension from duty; Lieutenant-General Saito, Chief of Staff of the Manchurian Garrison 1928, and Major General Mizumachi, Comroander of the South Manchuria Railway zone guards, 1928—indefinite disciplinary confinement to connection with the Kellogg Pact and the Manchurian incident have been handled by the Premier, but also arises from the mismanagement with the lifting of the ban en the export of gold and the failure of Government to carry out the main points in domestic polic it was pledged when it took office.
Furthermore, it is learned on good authority that the Privy Council was by no means satisfied that the phraseology of the Kellogg Pact is in harmony with the spirit of the National Constitution and, in reali only approved the ratification of the Pact because it was felt that its refusal to do so would produce 'a very bad effect abroad. commanding the crack n, has been appointed Commander of the Japanese Garrison in the Kuantung Leasec Territor South Manchuria, in succession to Licut,-Geneval Muraoka, is interesting to note that Geneva) Muraoka was la com the Japanese forces South Manchuria in June last year.
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