JAPAN: Admiral-Statesman Ill

Admiral Baron Tomosaburo Kato, Premier of Japan, was reported to be serious ill, "so ill that only his wife and physician are allowed in his room." It was rumored in Tokyo that his death was imminent.

Eliminating the usual discordant elements common to politics the world over, Baron Kato, although not popular in Tokyo, is highly respected both at home and abroad. As a militarist, he is not of the sabre-rattling variety; his shrewdness and sagacity at the Washington Conference proved his attachment to the cause of Peace, in spite...

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