'The resignation of 500 officers of {the Imperial Japanese Army—among {them some of the highest in rank—a remarkable gesture of disciplined devotion to the Emperor. No-one Jean imagine that any' but a hand-{ul of these officers had a direct Jshore in the tragic mutiny of last month. "Yet they have looked upon a definite charge on their loyalty. To vindicate. the Army's: sense of discipline and patriotism, they have voluntarily withdrawn {from the service to which they have given their professional ability and whole-hearted enthusiasm. Thus they feel that the stigma which may Ihave been east upon the Army by the action of the mutineers is effectually removed. The resignations should Ido much to strengthen the position lof the Government now formed under Mr. Kok! Hirota with the co-opera {tion of the Military and Naval chiefs.
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