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Died. Baron Reijiro ("The Archer") Wakatsuki, 83, Japan's democrat, onetime head of the old Minseito (peace) party, twice prewar Premier, helpless opponent of the army's 1931 march into Manchuria (he resigned shortly after); after long illness; near Ito, Japan...
...present came a trifle late. Kenzo Adachi is a shrewd politician and former Home Minister (in the Minseito Cabinet of saké-drinking Reijiro Wakatsuki) who years ago won the nickname of Senkyo no Kamisama or "God of Elections" by his skill in managing the outcome of local elections. Thirteen months ago the God of Elections resigned from the Minseito to avoid expulsion after dickering with the Seiyukai Party to form a Coalition Cabinet. Japanese Fascism, the Kokumin Domei or National League, is his latest idea. Its flag: a golden eagle on a light brown background. Its uniform: black belted...
...arrested. They confessed (said the police) that their "Death Band," in addition to its actual killings, had planned to assassinate: Board Chairman Kushida of Mitsubishi Bank, managing director Ikeda of Mitsui Bank; President Kodama of Yokohama Specie Bank; Baron Go, president of Tokyo Electric Light Co. and former Premier Reijiro Wakatsuki. Only a Japanese knows the full magnitude of these names, equivalent in Japan to such names in the U. S. as Wiggin, Insull, Coolidge...
...Government of that saki-drinking toxophilite Reijiro Wakatsuki fell Tokyo last week. Japan went off the gold standard; the Tokyo stock exchange closed...
Into his shoes stepped a statesman even better known in the U. S., onetime Prime Minister Reijiro Wakatsuki (pronounced wakatsky) who represented Japan at the London Naval Conference (TIME, May 5 et ante). As Prime Minister, as Leader, he will make few changes, carry...