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...Kiyoura Government went into office following the attempted assassination of the Prince Regent (TIME, Jan. 7). It was appointed by the Elder Statesmen and was always unpopular, holding power because of the impending wedding of the Prince Regent, a fact which earned for it the appellation "Imperial Wedding Cabinet." †He is not to be confused with Admiral Baron Tomasaburo Kato, onetime Premier, who headed the Japanese delegation at the Washington Arms Conference in 1921 and who died last Fall (TIME, Sept...
Elections in Japan, which were marred by every kind of rowdyism all over the country, returned a majority of the Kenseikai Party, which stands for parliamentary government, no bossing by the Elder Statesmen and for protection of the Constitution. Premier Kiyoura of the Seiyukai Party was expected to resign...
When the last plank in the platform has been nailed down, and the successful candidate has been forwarded a telegram of congratulation signed by the mock electorate in too, the nights' rest of these harassed statesmen should be slightly more recuperative than it has in the past. Although the decision of this Convention on Governor Smith's chances of carrying the arid west and the possibility of Mr. McAdoo's removing enough oil stains to be presentable will have no effect on the actions of the real Convention, it will provide a sort of search light with which acute minds...
...members have been great men, statesmen, diplomats, generals; two were Popes, Gelasius II (Giovanni Caetani 1118-1119), Boniface VIII (Benedetto Caetani 1294-1303). His father held many titles; his mother was an Englishwoman, Ada Wilbraham, niece of the then Lord Derby...
...heard at home would take not a little of the mystery and romance out of travel. And if predictions proved correct so that through a common tongue all nations of the world arrived at mutual understanding and peace the entire company of admirals and generals, armies, and militant statesmen would be lost for ever from a materialistic age thirsting for the wine of chivalry and pining for the fanfare of battle...