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...eyes of the world were on the House as the bill came finally to a vote. The 20 other American republics watched; the President watched from his sea conference with Winston Churchill; Adolf Hitler's representatives and Emperor Hirohito's observers waited. If the bill failed to pass, most of the half-trained U.S. Army would slowly dissolve as draftees and guardsmen went home. The nation would have to start again building and training another army...
...Baron's bedside swarmed big shots from Prince Konoye down. Emperor Hirohito sent a basket of fruit. In Japanese court etiquette this meant that the Son of Heaven held hope for his recovery. Had the gift been imperial wine, it would have implied that the Baron's sukiyaki was considered cooked. The Baron took the hint: at week's end he was reported to be rallying strongly...
...last week, in the midst of feverish preparations for war, the Cabinet of Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye suddenly resigned. "Filled with trepidation" (according to polite formula), Prince Konoye backed out of the presence of Emperor Hirohito with orders to continue the administration of affairs until a successor could be found. While foreign correspondents in Tokyo were trying desperately to puzzle out what this meant, just as suddenly Prince Konoye emerged as his own successor, threw together a new Cabinet. "I am struck with a sense of great awe," observed Prince Konoye with high humor, "because of my poor ability...
...Army shake-up was announced Emperor Hirohito conferred for two hours with War Minister Lieut. General Eiki Tojo. Next, the Son of Heaven received Navy Minister Admiral Koshiro Oikawa, questioned him for nearly an hour. Then for two hours more the Emperor listened to Prince Konoye. Apparently Japan was almost ready to strike. But where...
Uncertain Japan still struggled to revise her foreign policy in the light of the new facts of that war. For hours an imperial conference, graced on this momentous occasion by the presence of the Emperor himself, wrestled with the problems of statecraft. The conferees emerged with their decision. But the decision was a secret...