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Tokyo was on edge. Assassination was in the air. Sentries guarded the homes of Cabinet Ministers. In his office, Tokyo Chief of Police Fujinuma nervously paced the floor. Finally he grew so nervous that he rushed to the residence of Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito, Premier of Japan. There he excitedly begged permission to remain personally on guard...
Each armed with a dagger, two Japanese patriots presented themselves respectfully and simultaneously last week upon the doorsteps of Premier Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito and of War Minister General Sadao Araki...
Japan's Retort. In Tokyo, after the usual consultation with Prince Saionji, "Last of the Genro" or Elder Statesman of Japan, Premier Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito & Cabinet adroitly decided last week, according to their Press spokesman, "to put the whole matter up to the Assembly." They advised the Privy Council and Emperor Hirohito that if the Assembly adopted the Report then Japan must refuse to accept it and withdraw from the League. For good measure the War Office spokesman said that Japan would intensify her offensive to take Jehol about the time the Assembly is expected to vote...
...Saito Next? Touchy Japanese patriots boiled afresh last week at rumors that Premier Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito recently "affronted" Emperor Hirohito by speaking out of turn and ahead of His Majesty at the Imperial New Year's Banquet. In or out of turn, what Premier Saito spoke was a eulogy of his Emperor, yet zealots of the Imperial Banner Immortality Association began to distribute a "proclamation" which many a Japanese considered a death threat to Saito...
...higher and higher to astronomical figures, have slipped through the frightened Imperial Diet and House of Peers with lightning celerity, whether Finance Minister Korekiyo Takahashi had the money or had to borrow it. The new Premier has been a General's jewel. He, easy-going Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito (retired), has constantly deferred to the military caste, represented in his Cabinet by Lieut.-General Sadao Araki...