The Archive · 1926

Wild Scene in Japanese Diet

Charges of Political Scandals Result in Fighting and Police Intervention Tokyo, Mar. 11.

'A late night session of the Diet yesterday was broken up in the wildest disorder. There was general fist fighting between members of the Government and the Seiyukai Parties, resulting in numerous battered heads and noses. There were ro serious injuries, the police separating the combatants.

The row was caused by a debate over charges and counter charges of political scandals.

It is intimated that the Diet may be prorogued.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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