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Show TOKIO GOVERNMENT SKDJUHE DIE! Vole of Censure Passed Amid Gre,at Excitement in Parliament Par-liament Chamber. MOB QUICKLY GATHERS Renegades of National Liberal Party Attacked; Emperor Suspends Silling. TOKLO. Feb. 5. Most exciting sccDca were wiluetsod during tho dispersal dis-persal of tho Japancso diet today after a vote of censure on the government under Prince Katsura had been carried. car-ried. The exits from the chambor were thronged with people, who cheered the members of the Constitutional party when they assaulted Saburo Shimada and other so-called renegades of tho National Liberal party. They were thrown out of their 'rikshas when they attempted to drive away, but efforts to duck them iu the cannl'were frustrated by the police. Session Suspended. Prince Taro Katsura only recently took oll'ico as prime miiiistor and minister min-ister for foreign affairs. The session of the chamber was then suspended for tivo days. It is expected that Prince Katsura will immoIiatel3' dissolve the diet and call for a ccncral election, mean-while retaining office. The order suspending the session was issued by tho emperor himself. It was read to tho house after a debate which hud been vory noisy and had continued for two hours. The resolution expressing lack of confidence in the cabinet was introduced intro-duced by Ynki Ozasi. former mayor of Tokio and leader of the Constitutional Constitu-tional party, no spoke eloquently, making a bitter atttick on Katsurn, whom ho charged with ignoring tho constitution and riding rough ?liod over tho wifvhe3 of the people Katsura's Reply. Trinco Katsura 's reply was brief. Ho pointed out that bo had accepted the premiership at the command of the emperor and offored precedents for the course he had pursued. The attitudo of the opposition is very determined and tho only outlet from tho present deadlock appears to bo tho selection of a now diet and a redistribution of tho parties. The finance miuistcr, in tho course of today's sitting, explained the items of tho budget. Ho said tho government govern-ment recognized the expediency of readjusting re-adjusting tho national finances, economizing econ-omizing tho nation's general expenditure expendi-ture and postponing for iho present some of tho undertakings planned. Every encouragement, ho said, wonld be given to industrial enterprises. Industrial In-dustrial and fiuaucial conditions, ho declared, wero encouraging, tho foreign trade of Japan having increased during dur-ing tho last year by $92,000,000. |