Word: suzukis
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...like Prince Konoye and Baron Hiranuma-were pushed into the background by swashbuckling generals and admirals, like Kenji Doihara, Hideki Tojo, Isozoku Yamamoto. Hirohito's most intimate counselors in the Imperial Household, nobles like the Marquis Kido, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, and ex-Grand Chamberlain Kantaro Suzuki (now Premier), were denounced by chauvinistic young officers as bad influences around the throne. Some of them were murdered in the bloody mutiny...
Said Premier Suzuki: "I am determined to fight through this war with all I have...
...English-language broadcast from Japan, Premier Admiral Kantaro Suzuki was quoted as saying, "I must admit that Roosevelt's leadership has been very effective and has been responsible for the Americans' advantageous position today. For that reason I can easily understand the great loss his passing means to the American people and my profound sympathy goes to them...
Perhaps, as some Allied observers hoped, the senescent figure of Baron Suzuki was a front for a negotiated peace. "The Jap Cabinet shake-up," cracked one, "is really a plea for mercy...
...plea for mercy came from Premier Suzuki. Shaking his vanishing mane, the ancient mariner broadcast to his countrymen: "Developments do not warrant optimism ... in the present momentous crisis. . . . But I am ready to die in leading the nation in carrying on the war and crushing the enemy...