Tokyo, Feb. 16.
The. Government to-morrow will formally approve the Bill for national mobilization to be invoked in war or quasi-war after modifying some points in its phraseology, following consultation with patty leaders.
The Bill is a most controversial one and is likely to elicit a-bot discussion in the Diet. It may even lead to a constitutional controversy, but well-informed quarters believe that it will be passed eventually without serious modifications.
General Gen Sugiyama, the Minister of War, stated im the House of Representatives on February 3, that he Keenly felt the necessity of enacting the National Mobilization Bil. while the Admiralty is expected' to issue a statement shortly upholding it.
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