Many a weapon was employed to strike at the Coalition Ministry. A: first, it was the alleged lack of funds that the Government had earmarked for compulsory education; then che Seiyukai and the Seiya: Honto, which, till a recent schism in. the ranks of the Seiyukai, were one jand the same party, threw. out feelers to each other' to find out whether they could not devise a Jcompromise, unite and thereby. be-Jcome the strongest party numerically in the Lower House, and then make matters so hot for the Gov-Jernment that it would have no other alternative, but to resign, This lan particularly appealed to the adherents of these parties because that would mean, "automatically, another general election, in which event they think they could be returned in a majority by dwelling Jon the utter failure of the Kato mistry to redeem in toto any of pledges to the public.
The old wound that caused the schism, however, was greater than the possible chances of success through a compromise, and neither was willing to make the first overtures, Each had "face" to save. That plan was, therefore, abandon-
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