Tokyo, Feb. 20.
"The possibility of Koreans being ary (allowed to vote in the near future: was expressed by the Minister of Overseas Affairs, General Kuniaki Koiso, in reply to a question in the House of Representatives by the solo member of Korean birth, Mr. Shun-kin Baku.
Suffrage for all the Japanese eolonies, General Koiso declared, would have to be considered, and "though the opportunity is not yet ripe, an election law will have to be provided for Korea sooner or later.
Asked if compulsory education would be given to Korea on the same lines as in Japan, where elementary education hes been since 11872, the Minister of tion said. he could not answer as the matter did not come under his Ministry. However, he would not exclude the possibility of compulsory education for both Korea and Formosa at some time in the future.—Reuter.
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