Eighty-eight Arrested on Charges of Bribery Tokyo, Oct. 30.
More than twenty members of the Tokyo Municipal Assembly, out of a total of 88, are now under arrest and are being examined in con-the Fish-Market and y scandals unearthed some. two me nths ago. Although, the integrity of the Mayor himself is under no suspicion, those accused include the Chairman of the Assembly and Bukichi Miki, a well-known Minseito whip.
The fact that Miki is a prominent figure in the Opposition party would, seem to be a point in favour of the Sciyul Government party; but such is not the ease, On the contrary, considerable uneasiness was shown in Government citoles at the time of his arrest, and it was freely rumoured in the vernacular press. that ft would result in revelations implicating officials in high places, Nearly a month however has now gone' by since he was taken into custody, but despite the sharp questioning to which he has been subjected by the judicial authorities, who are unsparing in the efforts to probe the whole affair to its very roots, the "Tammany boss," as Miki is often called, has evaded the searching questions of his examiners and revealed nothing.
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