In an official statement, giving the reasons why the Government considers an immediate revision of the: Peace Preservation Law indispensable, Dr. Hara, Minister of Justice, declares that the Japan Communist Party, tis a branch of the International Communist Party of Russia, receives its order from a body that aims at world revolution, and for the promotion of this object, seeks to establish a dictatorship of the proetarint, 'This cannot for a moment be tolerated by Japan, in view of her history.'
The Minister of Justice then ainues that penalties should be preseribed with due regard to peculiar national conditions, and where penalties have been found to be inadequate, heavier ones must be provided for the maintenance of peace and order.
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