Meanwhile, there is a growing demand on the part of the. public that the Government and the War Office shall take the nation into their confidence as to what really is this "secret service money," how much it amounts to, the source from which it is derived and to what uses it has been put. This poi phase of the agitation is becoming so acute that there are rumours that General Ugaki, Minister of War, purposes to issue an order to Division Headquarters throughout the Japanese Empire to make public the nature of this "secret service" fund. It is also said that General Yamanashi is gathering evidence whereon to make a state: ment in the Diet that will set. all resent accusations and aspersions at rest, On the other hand, the War Office believes that discontented officers high in the service—and the names are mentioned of General Machida,. Lieutenant-General_ Tshimitsu ' Lieutenant-General Taki yama and Lieutenant-General Shiki have been pulling the wires and have instigated Mikamé to bring this charge to the public courts. The Wer Minister, it is reported, is considering the advisability of disgracing these officers by asking the Throne to divest them of their military rank. The Foreign Office, it is strange and interesting, is absolutely opposed ' to letting the public into the mysteries of this "secret service fund."
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