Word: goto
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Goto, "Roosevelt of Japan" and present Minister of Home Affairs, resigned when he heard the news, but was subsequently persuaded by Premier Count Yamamoto to remain in office. Dr. Beard, foreseeing the drastic cuts, left Tokyo in despair a week previously. The press expressed keen disappointment, but the Tokyoans were reported to be interested only in "the earliest possible resumption of former activities...
Viscount Shimpei Goto, "Roosevelt of Japan," Japanese Minister of Home Affairs, wrote to The New York Times...
...Signed) "GOTO...
Minister of Home Affairs?Baron Shimpei Goto, "Roosevelt of Japan, "ex-Mayor of Tokyo...
According to the correspondent of The Boston Transcript Baron Goto is not essentially pro-Bolshevik. Asked if he thought the Soviet regime permanent, he answered: " It is the only Government existing in Russia now, Japan's needs are urgent and therefore the question of permanency is irrelevant. If it fails Japan can negotiate with its successor...