Show JAPANESE MOVE TO TOI TOMAKE I MAKE RULE MORE REPRESENTATIVE Despite Attempts on His Life Seeks to Improve Improve Improve Im Im- Im- Im prove Government Ry tar Pr Frs l la tn Th Tt T Tek I TOKIO Feb Fob 28 Undismayed by the tho recent attempt upon his life Ufo Yu Yu- kb klo Japans Japan's foremost progress progress- 1st will lead the forces of or in the pending struggle for fora a more representative form of oC gov gov- ov That was made clear dun dur ing an interview which he ho gave avo to tho correspondent of tho the Associated Press concerning the political situation situation situa situa- tion of or the Japanese empire Japanese politics Is complicated even cven for tor us Japanese ho said To Tomake Tomake Tomake make tho the situation as clear as possible possible possible pos pos- sible to the tho American people let me mesay mesay mesay say simply that our claim is that tho the ministers of state who direct the tho affairs affairs affairs af af- fairs a of this empire shall be bo chosen with some regard to the makeup of the house of ot representatives which Is elected b by the tho people That is after aCter all the tho essential meaning of at our con con- For years we have had a series of or political groups personal In nature vaguely formed quickly SUBSIDIARY GROUPS Now tho the majority groups led Jed by the part party which was founded by Prince amalgamated Into the Constitutional party in op position to the other great party the tho or Political Friends' Friends association asso asso- elation There are subsidiary groups but the tho essential point Is that we have havo formed two main units Even now these two parties have no distinctive principles or as they the are arc understood in America or England But Dut that will como come later The Time Important thing timing is that they have o he been en formed and the essential is that the tho members of or the diet who belong be be- Jon long to them shall be bo recognized Tho The majority party must have a voice in the formation of a cabinet and the party form of or government must be the basis of ot naming a ministry Let Le me emphasize declared Mr that it is the principle of the thing wo we are a after The Time great sturn- sturn bling block to constitutional progress in Japan is the time genro genre or elder eJder states states- men These men drifted drilled Into power nobody knows Just how about twenty twenty- five years ears ago about tho the time of the first Matsukata cabinet MUCH ADVICE They began to advise the emperor I and they have been advising ever since Yet the they are responsible to nobody not nobody not to the tile diet diot not even OVen to the emperor We Ve want to o fix the there responsibility re re- of ot these men We Ve are not notI opposed to them as individuals but as asan asan asan I an Institution The They are an anachronism anachronism in Iii modern Japan Referring to China Mr de do- fended tended the tho policies of or the late Okuma cabinet of which he was a member saying sayin it was constructive and had brought tranquillity and peace to China He Ho believed tho the new now I dent of China was well disposed towards Japan One stead steady aim of or the Okuma cabInet cab cab- inet met he ho continued was the promotion promotion promotion promo promo- tion of friendship with the United States That I believe will always be the keynote kenote of Japanese diplomacy We wish not only to maintain good with our friends across tho the Pacific but to operate co-operate with them wherever possible This struggle we weare weare weare are in Is purely a domestic affair and cannot affect our foreign attitude |