The ban which hag so far been imposed on details of the attempt] made to assassitiate the Premier, Mr. Hamaguchi, on November 14, [has been lifted.
The'police have now published the results of their examination of the assailant, Tomeo Sagoya, showing that opposition to the London Navall Treaty was one of his principal The police also reveal that. two! /accomplices have been indicted on a. Jcharge of complicity in the attempt-jed_murder.
'The accomplices were Ainosuke Iwata, President of the Aikokush lor "Patriotic Association", who Jdescribed as being a man' imbued with a false sense of patriotism. He is said to have influenced Sagoya in desire to assassinate the Pre-
The other accomplice is Yoshi-kansu Masuki, a member of the Aikokusha, who is stated to have ided and abetted Sagoya's preparations, including target practice with 1 pistol on the outskirts of Tokyo.
Tt is affirmed that the police are satisfied there was no connection between the three accused and any lo political element or in-
It is revealed that Iwata served twelve years in prison for complicity in the assassination of Mr. Moritaro Abe, an official in the For-ign Office, in 1914 in connection i refusal to daring the Nanking riots the previous year.
Late last year, it is stated, Iwata participated in the agitation against the appointment of the ex-Premier, Mr, Wakatsuki, as chief delegate to the London' Naval Conference.
In the summer of this year Iwata is said to have attacked Mr. Hamastand for the London Naval especially the Premier's alleged disregard of the rights of the Naval General Staff, The police state that Sagoya was mentally dominated by Iwata, who supplied the pistol with which the shooting was committed.—Twice prior to November 14, when the attempted assassination occurred, Sagoya tried to approach Mr. Hamaguchi for the, urpose of assassinating him, but his plans miscarried, Twenty-seven suspects were arrested after the shooting, but all of them were subsequently released except Iwata, Matsuki and Iwao amoto, the vice-president of ha, who is. still being held for examination—Reuter,
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