JAPANESE CRISIS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 346, 29 January 1937, Page 5

JAPANESE CRISIS

WAR MINISTER. UGAKI’S CABINET. Emperor May Intervene To Force Appointment. Press Association—Copyright. London, Jan. 27. The Tokio correspondent of tihe Times says the Emperor may intervene on behalf of General Ugaki, the new Prime Minister, 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 Imperial authority in a quarrel with the Army, whose opposition is insurmountable because it arises from the high command’s personal opposition to General Ugaki. The newspaper Asahi Shinbun hints that a washing of dirty linen may be imminent, alleging that General Ugaki was responsible for impairing unity of control of the army and was involved in the planning of the dictatorship through the so-called young officer plot. General Ugaki’s friends deny this. The patriotic underworld is excited. Three rufflians were arrested when they had almost reached General Ugaki in the confusion attending his return from the palace. Other patriots were cautioned for publishing threats; Subsequently an armed party, believed to be Fascists, made its way into General Ugaki’s home and attacked him but the general’s bodyguard beat off the intruders before he was harmed. A number of arrests were made.