DOUBTS CAST ON JAPANESE ELECTIONS
Eeceived Wednesday, 9.50 p.m. TOKIO, April 9. Tlie larger Tqkio newspapers take a general.ly doubting view of the resulti of the prefectural elections in which the Conservatives virtually swept the poll. They express the opinion thai the feudalistic notion of respect foi Government ofticiais is still toq strong The New York Herald-Tribune, in an - editorial, says it would be foolish. tq believe that an Oritmtal oligarehy ha: ' become a deinocracy in two years. The Conservatives' victory illustrates once more the strength of tradition in/ 'Japan. It seems highly improbabk that many officials elected were men devo.ted to the ideals of democraey. A more reasonable supposition is' that most are men of precisely the same type as those who held office before Pear Ilarbour,
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 April 1947, Page 5
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