JAPAN'S MUSSOLINI

Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1932, Page 6

JAPAN'S MUSSOLINI

GENERAL INSPIRED BY FASCISM

LONDON,, 'November 14

Japan has found 1 her Mussolini in General Araki, the Minister of War, says the Toki-o correspondent of tile 4 ‘Manchester Guardian;” Ilis adherents admit that Araki is inspired by the ideate, of Italian Fascism.

The military newspaper, “Kokumin,’ J declares that the general is launching a movement to purify politics. At the initial meeting* he said taait he regretted that the Diet was so unrepresentative of the electors that politics had earned the nickname of “monkey business.” The correspondent emphasises General Ataki’s reputation as a strong man, with his keen eyes and huge moustache, dominating al| the assemblies in which he is photographed. He is the idol of the military associations, whose membership numbers over 4,000,000, and of. the young. officers’ organisation's, a'member of which-mur-dered the late Premier, Mr Inuk'ai, allegedly as a sign of the nation’s disgust with the political corruption of the country. , The Diet must be rehabilitated in public esteem, said General Araki. The meeting decided to mobilise the exsoldiers’ societies, with the aid of ex-soldier financiers, in order to reform the Diet.