JAPAN: Imperial Diet

Both Houses met for the first time since the formation of the Kato Government (TIME, June 23).

Premier Takaaki Kato, in an address, expressed regret at the enactment of the U. S. Immigration Bill, promised that he would seek a new solution.

Outlining the policy of his Government, he promised electoral reform, anticorruption measures, State economy ; decided against raising loans; declared that the supplementary estimates passed by ex-Premier Kiyoura would be introduced with only a few alterations.

Much interest was evinced at the able speech made by Foreign...

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