Tokio, Sept. 1.
The Kokuminto party was_ this afternoon formally dissolved by the unanimous: vote of some 300 members, who met at the party headquarters.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Inukai, the President, gave a review of the history of the party and its achievements since its establishment in 1911. For the past ten years or more, he said, the Kokuminto has pursued a definite line of policy and has weathered all storms.
Though it is 30 years since a constitutional form of government was inaugurated in this country, party politics have made little progress, the various parties apparently devoting more of their energy to self-aggrandizement than to the interests of the country. The result is that now the people are complaining of the shortcomings of the party system, the slackness of official discipline and the inefficiency of Local government. In order to bring about an improvement in the political sifuation and the relations between the parties and the people, it: is necessary that the parties should be reconstructed on new lines.
This is the reason, he concluded, why the Kokuminto is being dissolved, and it is our hope that it may be merged into a stronger and more representative organization.—Reuter.
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