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...Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese war. Thrice Minister of War, he was a valued member of the Supreme War Council when he died. Released from the Army for the State in 1925 by special edict of the late Emperor Yoshihito, General Tanaka devoted himself to the then important Seiyukai (Conservative) Party -reputedly oldest in Japan. He soon became its sagacious leader and led it to power once more as Prime Minister...
Untimely seems the death of every great leader. Most untimely for Japan and the Seiyukai Party last week, was the death of Statesman Tanaka, whose determined methods had sometimes brought him the name of the "Mussolini of Japan...
...Government of Prime Minister Yuko Hamaguchi, on charges of corruption and bribery. Likewise jailed has been Naoyoshi Amaoka, the Tanaka president of the Board of Decoration, indicted specifically for selling "honorary decorations" to vain Japanese during the Imperial enthronement ceremonies last November and December. Sadly has the honest, industrious Seiyukai Leader watched his old ministry gather ill-fame. Tanaka, "the frank, magnanimous, indulgent and unreserved," as his countrymen frequently referred to him, found it hard to believe his "Seiyukai soldiers" could betray him thus. Most crushing denunciation of his régime fell three days before his death, when...
Political Situation. When members of the present Parliament were elected (TIME, March 5), the Seiyukai party of Prime Minister General Baron Giichi Tanaka could count upon only 221 seats. The Government was therefore menaced with upset by the Minseito opposition of 214, plus a faction holding the balance of power led by Deputy Yusuke Tsurumi. That the Cabinet was not immediately overthrown, was due to the adjournment of Parliament for the solemn enthronement of the Emperor Hirohito...
...Seiyukai (Government) and Minseito (Opposition...