Tokyo, June 15.
Strenuous opposition is raised against the reported intention of General Baron Tanaka to resuscitate the Diplomatic Advisory Board, originally created by Premier and whose primary object was to all Ministers responsible to the Throne and not to the representatives of the people, The antagonists of the proposal consider it contrary to the constitutions and tantamount, at this time, to the practical establishment of a dicta-worship.
There is a genuine fear that the proposed Board is intended to re strain Opposition leaders from eriticising the foreign policy of the Government, as was the case when it was first devised, while considerable apprehension is manifested by leaders in non-Government circles, and the press, lest its re-establishment- arouse' suspicion amongst other nations, especially amongst the Chinese, The idea of reviving it is said to have been broached to the Premier-by Viscount Goto, who suggested that the time was o tune for Japan to pursue her ward" and "positive" policy China, and that, if the authorities had a free hand, the maximum benefits could be reaped.
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