Show ASSASSIN KillS II I I I II I JAPAN LEADER I I I TOKIO Feb 0 D Junnosuke JP I II I I Inouye one of Japans Japan's outstanding I l I I financiers and a leader of the Min Min- Min Min-I seito party part was killed tonight by a year old assassin who fired on one I I him as he arrived at a political meet meet- I ing I The assailant whose name is Tadashi Tadashi Tada- Tada shi Konuma was arrested immediately immediate immediate- I ly The motive Q for the crime was not I known I Next to Yuko Hamaguchi who died last August of an assassins assassin's bullet Mr Inouye who twice served as finance minister was as regarded as the strongest strong strong- strongest est man in the party succeeded Hamaguchi Hamaguchi Hamaguchi Ha Ha- as premier and head of the party but his elevation was considered consid t Bred ered a temporary expedient and Inouye was expected to become the party chief and premier whenever Ithe Ithe the faction returned to power pow pow- I er probably in the general election which is to be held February 20 I During his last term as minister of finance he fought hard to keep Japan on the gold standard and that standard standard standard stand stand- ard was not abandoned until the Min- Min went put out with the thc recent cabinet cabi- cabi jnet net reorganization I Konuma's identity was not known to the police He Hc wore a n shabby Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese kimono when they arrested him land and it could not be determined irni im irn- i t mediately whether he was politically politically cally a militarist I 1 |