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FRESH CRISIS

Political Parties Opposition

London, May 29. With the opposition of the Jäpa- nėse political parties to the Army getting stronger every week, Japan is now in the throes of a fresh internal crisis, according to reports, from Tokyo. The two

London, May 28 With the resignation of the Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Bald- win Rumber

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of important changes in the Cabinet have been made. The new appointments are as follows:

major parties in the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Diet, the Selyukai (Conservatives) Chamberlain;

and Minselto (Liberals) have an- Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sirmination to aght the Arms polic- nounced their fusion and deter- John Simon;

Home Secretary, Sir Samne! Hoare;

President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Oliver Stanley:

First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. Duff-Cooper;

Secretary for War, Mr. Lesire Hore-Belisha;

les.

With 354 seats out of a total of 465 in the Diet, the parties have the whip hand out the Army is determined to override their op- position in the usual manner.

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THREAT FROM ARMY .. This was revealed by the Minis¬ for War, General Sugimura, who, in the course of an oficial Lord President of the Council. statement to foreign newspaper Lord Haltax;

correspondents to day. suld "the

Lord Privy Seal, Lord de Ja Government had firmly decided to

Warr;

President of the Board of Educa- tion. Lord Stanhope;

once again dissolve the Diet should the latter resist the measures pro- posed by the Army.

The Beiyukai and Minselto. to-

Minister of Transport, Dr. Ed-day issued a manifesto bitterly at-

ward Burgh.

tacking the Government for bow- Ing to the whims of the Army poll- ticians.

There have been no changes in the offices of Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Dominions, Colonies, India In addition to the fusion of the Air, Scotland, and the Ministries of two major political parties, the Defence, Agriculture, Labour | "patriotic" organisations support- Health and the Lord Chancellor's ing the Government are reported to office.

be also contemplating fusion...

Nothing definite emerged to-day and the situation, in spite of numerous rumours, remains some- what obscure. Transocean Neus Service.

The First Commissioner of Works is no longer a member of the Cabinet, and the following changes are announced among ministers not members of the Cabinet:

First Commissioner of Works, Str Philip. Sassoon:

HAYASHI'S

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan-BOMBSHELL caster, Lord Winterton: "

Under-Secretary for Colonies, Lord Dufferin;

Under-Secretary for India, Lord

Stanley:

Under-Secretary for Alr, Colonel Muidhead;

Civil Lord of the Admiralty. Colonel Llewellyni;

Tokya, May 29.. The Premier, General Hayashi, last evening dropped a bombshell by the announcement that he will convoke an extraordinary session of the Diet about June 10, which is about two months earlier than expected.

The session is liable to be a fate- Parliamentary Financial Secre-ful one, as the Mindelto, Seljukai

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mined to introduce a motion of non-confidence.

General Hayashi faces the 'alter- native of either resigning or again dissolving the Diet- Transocean News Service.

GERMAN NAVAL

WARNING

Berlin, May 28. The German naval command has warned the military authorities at Valencia against attacking Ger- man warships, according to а German news agency communique; to-day.

This authority states that fol- lowing the bombing of inernation- al patrol forces, including the German torpedo-boat Albatross, 'bi Palma, it is learned that 'Ger man warships engaged in patrol duties have been repeatedly, ap- Paymaster General, Lord Hutchi-proached by "Bolshevik" aero-

plan flying in attack formation.

"A ship is almost defenceless Against a bomb which has already. been dropped." the communique In addition to an earldom, the asserts, "and therefore the defence King has conferred upon Mr. Stan-

must begin while the enemy is ley Baldwin, retiring Prime Minis-approaching. ter, the Order of the Knight of the Garter.

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Other Junior ministries are un- changed.

Reuter.

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“It is only due to the coolness of the German commanders that the Germah guns have not gone off," the communique concludes - Reuter.

GERMAN FOREIGN DEBT INTEREST

Berlin, May 29.

points gut that only currency re-. „A new law, enacted by the Gov- | strictions, which forbid transfer ernment states that debtors are of payments for mature foreign no longer obliged to pay the con- | debts, ** are N-preventing

many tractusi rate of Interest after the German debtors from paying their date of maturity of obligations, debts to foreign creditors.

Reason for the law is ometally "Although, many foreign creditora. ascribed to the "dificulty of Ger- | have shown understanding of the many settling her foreign debts | German - debtors' saltuation and Owing to the existing foreign cur rency restrictions"

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at reasonable rates of Interest, says Under the new law a foreign cre- the agency, others have refused to ditor may either demand, that the ; make the alightest concession, German debtor pays "the-due || A situation thus arose which amount in marks into a blocked | placed a permanent and unbear-, account or if he does not agree to able burden on the shoulders of this procedure, the foreign creditor the German debtor, since the con- may declare that he is willing to tractual rate of interest In most prolong the date of maturity, cases greatly exceeded the normal

Inland rate of intertste

The Reich Government therefore considered it necessary to remedy the situation by enacting a law which provides for a lower rate of interest after the date of ma- turity of foreign debts. Transoccan News Bérvice.

In the latter case, however, the rate of interest payable after the date of maturity may not exceed tour per cent

* TRANSFER CONTROL Commenting on the new law, the semi-omcial German news agency

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