Mr. Kono pointed that if Government officials wished to oppose the decisions of the Cabinet, they should do so after resigning as civil servants. It should not be permitted for functionaries to oppose such acts of the Government while in office and then fail to assume any responsibility for their behaviour, the Seiyukai interpellator ' declared.
Mr. Arita denied that the Foreign Office functionaries had banded themselves into a group to carry out their opposition to the proposed establishment of a new ministry. "It only happened that they agreed with each other," he said.
The Foreign Minister said he regretted that such a behaviour had invited general criticism. He reiterated that the officials had expressed their regrets and had been duly cautioned by Admiral Nomura, then in office.—Domei.
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