Osaka, Nov. 22.
Mr, Hamaguchi, leader of the Opposition, speaking before the general meeting of the Minseito Party here to-day, gave a lengthy review of the activities of the Seiyukai Government. the Government had been incompetent to deal with the economic situation, especially in regard to the banks that were closed. It had been very ess in its actions with regard particularly in what he described' as its hasty decisions to despatch and then to withdraw Japanese troops to and from Shantung.
The Government, he went on to assert, was carrying out none of its long promised policies, such as the transfer of the land-tax to the pre" fectures.
Explaining his own policies, Mr. Hamaguchi laid special emphasis on the necessity for financial retrenchment, and pointed out the importance of alleviating class strife and industrial" disputes—Reuter.
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