To be Brought Before Meeting of Cabinet Tokyo, Oct. 18, In-view of the gravity of the situation arising from the report that the Government has decided to curtail official salaries og from January 1 next, the authorities have decided to bring the matter up for further discussion at to-day's Cainet meeting, for the purpose, 18 {is understood, of devising means to dispel popular misunderstanding about the Government's policy well os of mitigating public eritic~ ism in this conncetion—Rengo.
Tokyo, Oct. 21, While general satisfaction is ex+ pressed at the Government's intone tion to revoke the decision to. cut the salaries of officials, opinion la divided: between "praising the Pres mier's wisdom in bowing before Fublie pinion and eensating. him, for shiily-shellying.
'Phe majority praise his courage acknowledging a mistake, but anti+ government elements are. attempts {ng to make political capital out of the government's chopping' and changing and demand the resignation of the Ministry or at least of the Finance Minister, who initiated the unpopular plan" to reduce salaries." Thte demands, however, are not taken seriously, neither is the government Finance Minister likely to heed them unless there' a
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