JAPAN’S NEW PREMIER
CHRISTIAN LEADER GEN. MACARTHUR’S VIEWS (10 a.m.) TOKYO, May 25. General MacArtlmr. commenting on the election of Tetsu Katayama as Japan's Premier, said the appointment emphasised the middle-of-the-road course of Japanese internal politics, showing how far Japan had progressed on the' way to free government. "For the first time, Japan is lead by a Christian who, throughout his life, lias been a member of the Presbyterian Church. This reflects complete religious tolerance which now dominates the Japanese mind and the complete religious freedom which exists throughout this land.”
General MacArthur added that Katayama's election has added significance from an international standpoint inasmuch as three great Oriental countries, China, the Philippines and Japan, am now led by Christians.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22339, 26 May 1947, Page 3
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120JAPAN’S NEW PREMIER Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22339, 26 May 1947, Page 3
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