The Two Leading Parties Intensely. Suspicious of Each Other: Feeling Running Higher Daily Tokyo, Feb. 10.
The coming General Election continues to occupy the main attention ofthe Press and the country at large, and, in their efforts to Ensure their on success, political parties and individual candidates Alike are each intent on going one otter than the other. The. Pre-ler himself, being unable to pay personal visits to all parts of the Country at once, as had gramophone records made of some of Speeches, These are being distributed amongst. the Seiyukai can fidates, so that even though Baron Tanaka will not be present in per-fon the voters in each district will treated to the sound of his voice expounding the principles for which hrevand his party. stand.
"The Railway Minister has gone tone better by having a cinematoraph film taken, showing himself Fr'the act of speaking, while a
fred in auch away as to. syn-mo phone record has been Ghronize. the words of his. speech vith his actions as depicted in the The average amount of expenses in the present election campaign is ¥.10,760 per head. Granted that the. number of the candidates reaches 1,000 by the 13th instant, when the registration of candidates is closed; the total amount of elertion expenses throughout the caum try will be ¥.10,760,000—Toho.
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