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Japan groped for a way to meet total disaster. In a "personal message," broadcast by Radio Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito told his people that they faced a crisis "unprecedented in scope in our national history...
...commentator declared it highly possible that the Emperor would invoke his supreme authority in the crisis. His powers would override all existing laws and exceed even the sweeping powers granted Premier Suzuki's Cabinet by the Imperial Diet (Parliament) last fortnight...
Said Radio Tokyo: "Personal government by the Emperor, based on the tradition and sentiment of the Japanese nation, is more deeply rooted than government by law and can meet more successfully what is occasioned by the gravity of the situation. [It is like] parental authority by which parents do anything they deem absolutely necessary for their children's welfare...
...ships of the imperial squadron were heading for the Adriatic port of Brundisium (Brindisi). The largest ship carried vast purple sails; its prow bore a golden lion's head. Lounging in a tent beneath the ornamented rigging was Augustus Octavian Caesar, Emperor of Italy, Gaul and the lands of the Nile. Lying on a pallet in the next ship was the Roman poet Virgil, coughing 'blood and clutching the manuscript of his unfinished masterpiece, The Aeneid...
...Veteran diplomat and courtier Tsuneo Matsudaira, 68, resigned as Imperial Household Minister. Ex-Ambassador to Washington and London, father-in-law of the Emperor's brother Prince Chichibu, the suave, gin-drinking, golf-playing elder statesman was regarded as one of the last "moderate" influences around the throne. He was succeeded by ex-Finance Minister Sotaro Ishiwata, good friend of the militarists...