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Show 25,000 SUFFRAGISTS i MEETING IN TOKIO TOKIO, Wednesday, Feb. IS The universal suffrage association hich had long been planned for today in the hope of influencing pending legis-; hit Ion, proved something of a disappointment. disap-pointment. It had been anuounced that 100.000 persons would engage in it but those actually participating were less than one-quarler of this number. Tho city was strongly guarded and the utmost ut-most good nature prevailed during the: day. Paraders visited the diet building, the suffrage party headquarters, and the palace. After cheering for the emperor, em-peror, Uie crowd dispersed. |