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GRAVE POLITICAL CRISIS
Tokyo, To-day.
The controversy between the political parties and the Government on the constitutionality of the National Mobilisation Bill could not be bridged over at a secret session held between the Gov- ernment and party leaders yesterday. The opposition of the parties is now directed with unmistakeable clearness against the leader- ship of the Army, which is accused of designing to use the Mobilisation Bill to abrogate to it- self dictatorial powers.
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Even the personal intervention be valid for the duration of of the Prime Minister, Prince state of war, and that the fun- Konove, who expressly assured damental rights of civilians should the parties that the plenary pow be expressly safeguarded. ers to be bestowed by the Bill: would be used strictly in accord with the letter of the constitu- tion, and that "all terrorist ele- ments who want to attain their goal by the use of force will be suppressed, and both the Fas-1 cists and the Popular Front are irreconciliable with Japanese principles," was unable to break the opposition of the parties,
According to the view of the whole Japanese press, the pro- spects for forming of a united party under the leadership of Prince Konoye, advocated a few days ago as a solution of the present inner political conflict, has now definitely been scotched.
CABINET ANTAGONISMS The semi-official Domei news agency says that considerable an- tagonisms in the Cabinet itself The parties continue to insist have now come to light, since the on a thorough recasting of the Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, Mobilisation Bill and threaten is not prepared to declare himself that if this demand is refused in agreement with formation of a they will exercise in Parliament "Supreme Council for Chinese the strongest opposition to the Affairs" independent of his Minis- measure in its present form.try.
PARTIES THREAT
It is learned that the chief Mr. Hirota is reported to have claim made by the parties at yes- said that this would jeopardise the terday's secret session was that uniformity of foreign policy- the Mobilisation Bill should only Trans-Ocean.
Blum Agrees To Form New French Government
Paris, To-day.
M. Camille Chautemps, in his speech to the Cham- ber of Deputies yesterday before he and his Ministers walked out, declared that the Govern- ment was obliged to to resign owing to "insur mountable difficulties" with the Treasury.
He gave a brief explanation of the President Lebrum also had a proposed Enabling Bill which, he long talk with M. Chantemps when said, would have not been incor-the latter called to hand in his re- patible with Republican principles, signation. since it neither paved the way for a dictatorship nor sought to water down social reforms
Differences of opinion had arisen between the Government and. the majority parties.
APPEAL FOR UNTLY He appealed for unity to preserve social peace internally and to pre serve French prestige abroad. He would gladly make room for a Gov- ernment on a broader basis.
Chantemps told pressmen that he would under no circum stances undertake formation of a new Government
Various parties held consulta- tions yesterday. Both the Com mamists and Social Democrats de- clared in favour the Popular Front.
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