Driving in state, the Emperor arrived at the Diet at 10.45 o'clock this morning. He immediately received in audience Princes of the Blood: Prince Fumimaro Konoye, the Premier, and members of Cabinet; Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, president of the Privy Council: the president and vice-president of the House of Peers; and the speaker and the assistant speaker of the House of Representatives.
Proceeding to the Upper Chamber His Majesty then read a rescript proclaiming the Seventy First session open. He returned to the Palace immediately thereafter The Lower House met for the first time at 11.36 o'clock, when the election of a committee-of eighteen to draft the customary reply to the Throne was held. The draft was approved unanimously, whereupon the Chamber adjourned at 12.02 o'clock noon.
Agreement was reached among the members of the Lower House this noon to pass a resolution on Tuesday solicitude for and en-the officers and men now forth China—Domei.
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