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Viscount Shimpei Goto, onetime Mayor of Tokyo, arrived diffidently at Moscow. Cornered by correspondents, he protested: "I came here on no political, economic or indeed any specific mission." Pumped by a U. S. correspondent, he said...
...Government will, it was said, be Conservative (Kenyukai) and therefore opposed to the reforms for which the Yamamoto-Goto Ministry stood...
...Cabinet. Following the attempt upon the Crown Prince's life, the Cabinet and the Prince played battledore and shuttlecock with the Government. Viscount Shunpei Goto, "Roosevelt of Japan," as Home Minister felt himself responsible for the narrowly averted disaster, and resigned. This lead to the resignation en masse of the remaining members of the Cabinet. The Crown Prince refused to accept the resignations; the Cabinet refused to reconsider its decision to resign. There the matter stood. No forecasts of the composition of the next ministry were made public. The Ministry that resigned was composed of: Premier, Count Gombei Yamamoto; Home...
...Goto, "Roosevelt of Japan" and present Minister of Home Affairs, resigned when he heard the news, but was subsequently persuaded by Premier Count Yamamoto to remain in office. Dr. Beard, foreseeing the drastic cuts, left Tokyo in despair a week previously. The press expressed keen disappointment, but the Tokyoans were reported to be interested only in "the earliest possible resumption of former activities...
...Signed) "GOTO...