Considerable criticism has been levelled against him by the press practically from the time he assumed office. Most of the adverse comments of the papers were directed more at the Seiyukai, which has incurred the hostile ity of the Fourth Estate in Japan, than at him, and a large amount of the attacks levelled against' the late Premier were based on the ground that his Cabinet was not a constitutionally-formed one. As a matter of fact, the Ministry of the late Admiral Kato was absolutely constitutional, in so far as the Japanese constitution is concerned, but it Was a nonparty one. The press thinks the time has come for Japanese Cabinets to be organized on a party basis, but those in whose hands the real power Hes—namely,
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