| Show Japan Women Gel 6 Vote Vole on o M Arthur Edid Edd TOKYO Oct 13 UP The UP-The The Japanese cabinet Saturday approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved women's suffrage on demand demand de de- de- de mand marid of ot Gen Douglas MacArthur The decision gave women a vote for the first time In Japans Japan's long hl history tory It was expected that upward upward upward up up- I ward of at may be eligible to participate in the country's forthcoming general elections Tho The cabinet acted only 4 48 18 hours after MacArthur gave the thc new Japanese Jap premier Baron Kijuro orders to enact universal universal universal sal suffrage and effect other democratic democratic democratic demo demo- cratic reforms cabinet also lowered the voting age of men from 25 to 20 and the minimum age for holding holding holding hold hold- ing office from 30 to 20 then voted voled to make the e eligible ages for women conform Discharge Police Pollee Chiefs Home Minister Kenzo Matsumura Matsumura Matsumura Matsu- Matsu mura reported to the cabinet that police chiefs had been di dis discharged discharged dis- dis charged throughout Japan in compliance com corn with another of MacArthur's MacArthurs MacArthurs MacArthur's MacArthurs MacArthur's MacAr- MacAr thurs thur's directives Many of ot the tho chiefs had been active active active ac ac- ac- ac tive agents of ot the militarists ts in their thought control subjugation tion of the Japanese people The cabinet also alBo discussed other democratic reforms demanded by MacArthur Including gu guarantees of free speech and free trec a assembly embly Informed sources said raid Dr Yaraka Ya- Ya saka Takagi an authority on the United States constitution probably probably probably ably would be appointed d an adViser adviser adviser ad ad- to Marquis Koichi Koich KIdo lord keeper a of the privy seal sew to discuss discuss dis dis- dis- dis cuss curs possible revision of ot the Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese constitution Former Premier Prince Fumi- Fumi maro mare Konoye conferred with Saturday afternoon on the question o of liberalizing the constitution was un- un See Page Pago 2 Column 5 JAP WOMEN Continued from Page One to believe that the re reforms reforms reforms re- re forms demanded by MacArthur could be accomplished without re revision revision revision re- re i vision of at the constitution while Konoye argued that some ome changes were necessary Seize Embassy Officials The American Eighth army meantime reported the arrest of nine ranking high-ranking Tokyo embassy officials of ot the and Manchurian Manchurian Manchurian Man- Man puppet governments They presumably will wm be turned over to the Chinese for disposition I The government officials off oHi- apprehended comprised the embassy counselor four embassy secretaries the naval and the military Wang Jung- Jung tin puppet ambassador of the Manchurian government and his military also were seized Five students from the Yokohama Yokohama Yoko Yoko- hama hania industrial high school were each sentenced to five years in prison in Tokyo district court for participating in raids on the homes of former Premier Adm Kantaro Suzuki and Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma Hiranuma Hiranuma Hira- Hira numa then president of the privy council on the night of Japans Japan's surrender Both Suzuki and Hiranuma were away when the youths called atthe at atthe the homes They set fire to Hiranuma's Hira- Hira numas numa's residence The newspaper reported report report- ed that Emperor Hirohito has decided decided decided de de- de- de not to attempt reconstruction tion for tor the present of the imperial palaces destroyed by American in a raid last May 25 Instead the dispatch said he ho will share the difficulties with the populace |
