The Seiyukai, the majority party, to-day introduced a bill reducing the restoration budget by Y.140,000,000, which the Prime Minister thig afternoon announced that the Government would accept "in view of the urgent nature of the restoration programme and in order that there may be no delay in proceeding with the Earlier in the day well-informed circles predicted a dissolution owing to the Seiyukai's demonstration of power, in. forcing a heavy reduction in the Government figures but it is now expected that the restoration budget will be passed as amended.
The Diet is now debating the matier-—Reuter.
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