Army Does Not Want Ugaki

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 24, 29 January 1937, Page 7

Army Does Not Want Ugaki

JAPANESE CRISIS AT CRITICAL STAGE United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Thursday, 9.50 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 27. The Times* Tokio correspondent says the Emperor may intervene on behalf of General Ugaki, who may ask him to order the Army to appoint a War Minister. The Press does not support this as there is no recent precedent for thus involving the Imperial authority in a quarrel with the Army, whoso opposition is insurmountable because it arises from the High Command’s personal opposition to General Ugaki. General Ugaki reported to the Emperor through the Lord Privy Beal, Yuasa, whom the Emperor heard in complete silence, that the Chief of the General Staff, a former War Minister, and the Director of Military Education rebuffed him by telling him that all his three nominees for the War Ministry had refused the post. The newspaper Asahi hints that the washing of dirty linen may be imminent, alleging that General Ugaki was responsible for impairing the unity of control of the Army and was involved in planning a dictatorship through the so-called “ Young Officer Plot.” Genera! Ugaki’s friends deuy this. The patriotic underworld is excited. Three ruffians were arrested when they had almost reached General Ugaki in the confusion attending his return from the palace. Other patriots have been cautioned for publishing threats. Subsequently an armed party, believed to be Fascists, forced their way into General Ugaki’s home and attacked him. His bodyguard beat off the intruders before Ugaki was harmed. A number of arrests were made.