Gen. Nobuyuki Abe was summoned to the Palace by the Emperor at 8.20 d'elock tonight and ordered to form new Cabinet. Gen. Abe immediately established his headquarters at the Kazan Kaikan' and plunged into a series of conferences which were expected to last until far into the night. Tt was thought likely that a tentative roster of the new Cabinet Ministers would be completed tonight.
Mr. Kurohel Yuasa, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, returned to Tokyo at 735 o'clock tonight from Gotemba, where he consulted the venerable old man of Japanese polities, Prince Kimmochi Saionji, only living elder statesman. Mr. Yuasa went to the Palace at 7.42 and reported to the Emperor, recommending Gen. Abe for the premiership.
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