The last display of misbehaviour on the part of Japan's so-called law-makers resulted from a discussion as to who should be held reapcasible for defective machinery that had been supplied to the Japanese battleship Akagi. A pre liminary judicial investigation into the alleged scandal has fixed re sponsibility on the Tokio Gas Electric Company for supplying to the Navy Department defective equipment for warships. The Navy Department ordered pumps for the Akagi, but the pumps were found to be of defective manufacture and subsequent investigation is alleged to have revealed that the Tokio Gas and Electric Company was deficient in the necessary crucibles for the manufacture of these pumps. The
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