894.00/596: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan ( Grew ) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 4—6:34 a.m.]
56. Embassy’s 53, March 2, noon. Prince Saionji arrived in Tokyo on March 2 and is reported to have called various national leaders into consultation preparatory to formulating his recommendations to the Throne in regard to the composition of the next Cabinet. Many of the important Japanese newspapers editorially demand the formation of a really strong national Cabinet capable of stabilizing the situation. Conditions are still too nebulous, however, to permit any prediction as to the personnel of the next Cabinet. In the meantime, the Okada Cabinet which resigned en bloc on February 26 assuming responsibility for the insurrection is carrying on its duties as a provisional government.
Repeated to Peiping.