The Archive · 1938

Resignations Explained

When the reconstructed Cabinet met for its first conference at 10.10 O'elocke this morning, Prince Konoye explained the reasons for the resignations of Mr. Koki Hirota, former Foreign Minister, Mr. Okinori Kaya, Minister of Finance, and Me. Shinji Yoshino, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Prince Konoye Introduced the new ministers, Generals Ugak and Araki, and Mr. Selhin Ikeda.

Pringe Konoye asked the members of the Cabinet to go ahead, and attain Japan's fixed objective in the "China Incident". with renewed Before the cabinet meeting, Prince Konoye visited outgoing ministers to express his thanks for their cooperation with him during their term of service, He remained for twenty minutes with Mr. Koki Hirota, ten with Mr. Kaya and five with Mr. Yoshino—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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