"Such countries as Soviet Russia, Germany and Italy are under dic fatorial" "administration," Baron Wakatsuki said. "The peoples over: there have no freedom of speech, no freedom to form organizations. Politics is in the hands of a few dictators. The people are distracted.
"Under such conditions, there can't be any real development of national ower or real happiness for the peoples. "If there should be any section ihe paaple io ihe country who consider adoption of suet itieal form, we would have to definitely reject, their ideas for defence of Japan's constitutional polities and for the welfare and happinces of the State snd people.
"This would be the responsibility of our statesmen, and, at the same time, it would reward' the efforts of the late Mr. Hamaguchi who fought his gallant Aight for firm establishment of responsible polis and then el."
Seiyukai and Minseito party leaders took advantage of the interest aroused by Baron Wakatsuki and, on the following day, in a joint meeting, agreed upon the following brief platform:
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