When the Diet convened for its final sitting, the. Kenseikai and Kakushin Club (both Opposition parties) groping about for any sort of stick with which to beat the Cabinet. brought in. a motion holding the Minister of the Navy—who is also the Premier—responsible and impeaching him. Should the impeachment succeed, it means, of course, that-the whole Cabinet would totter and fall. Those speaking favour of the motion alleged that bribery had been the cause defective material being supplied to the Navy. Premier Kato briefly declared that anything Jike the existence of bribery was not discovered even at the judicial investigations and that no bribery, so far as he was aware, had been committed. As scon as the Premier had ceased talking, a Seiyukai (Ministerialist) member moved that. the debate on the subject should closed and that a vote on the motion should be taken. This manwuvre was prompted by the fact that the Ministerialist party has an immense superiority over the: Opposition and so the motion of the latter could be completely squelched This was objected to by the Opposition members, however, who commenced to raise babel in the House in order to prevent a vote being taken.
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