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Show FATE Of JAPANESE . CABINET HIES Oil jEECIN RESULT Women Take Part In Campalon for First Time In History of Country ' Toklo, March 23. Closing nu dtlng campaign, during which tho wives of sovornl candidates nt Toklo mado personal visits and appeals to the votors, a general election was held today throughout tho Jnpancso cmplro to chooso a now houso of representatives. rep-resentatives. Tho last houso was dissolved by tho emperor on Christmas day, 1911, becauso or Us refusal to ratify tho military program of tho cabinet. To day's elqctlon, therefore, not,, only brings in a now house, but decides tho fato of tho cabinet headed by Count Shlgonobu Okuma. In tho last diet tho ministry was opposed by n majority and should this majority, represented by tho Solyukal, or conservative party, bo returned tho cabinet might havo to retiro from ofllco. According to latest forecasts however, how-ever, tho Independents nro likely to bo Increased from twenty to forty and thus hold the balanco In the houso. Tho campaign has been tho most exciting in tho history of Japan. Tho appearaneo of women In tho campaign for tho first tlmo hi Jnp nnes'o history caused a sensation. Tho wives of soveral of tho candidates candi-dates made a houso to houso canvass In behalf of their husbands, thorcby provoking considerable comment In tho nowspapors concerning tho development de-velopment of tho "now woman." The government used all Its efforts ngalnst corruption In tho elections und the police woro ordered to mnko quick arrests In caso of brlbo giving nnd brlbo taking. As a result 1500 , porsons wero arrested. ! Tho number of representatives elected today was 381, but In vlow of tho difficulty of determining the balloting the result will not bo known ft-r several days. |