Y.4,605,000,000 to Be Spent on Services Tokyo, Mar. 13.
Following the example of the Lower House. the House of Peers this morning unanimously passed the Extraordinary Military Budget Bill involving expenditure of Y.4,605,000. 000 to enable Japan to continue military operations in China for another twelve months, starting in February.
In seconding the measure, Baron Michimoto Iwakura, Koseikai expressed the hope that the Government would pay "due attention to the living of all classes of people, so as to enable them to pursue their businesses while the sum voted for is being spent."—Reuter.^
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