Tokyo, Mar. 16.
Some of the most historic shrines and buildings in Japan are falling into disrepair as a result of shortages of copper wire and gold leaf brought The next chapter threatens to have an even more important bearing on domestic politics than the storm which raged over with Mr. Saito's expulsion.
There is now no doubt that the constitutional right of free speech in the Diet counted for naught when the Cabinet and army leaders determined that Mr. Saito had to be punished for his temerity. But that determination was met with such strong opposition from certain members of the Lower House, that the political parties were torn with dissension and badly split before the two-thirds majority was obtained in the Lower House necessary to carry through the erring member's expulsion,
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