War Minister Expounds His Philosophy Tokyo, Apr. 17. Renovation of the national a ministration must be carried onl, andthe myriad affairs of the State ist be made 4 harmonize with the hesuote of full armament. sale Minister of War, Gen. Sugiyama, in the course of an address before 600 senior elficers of: he Toyama Army In the nation's efforts to advances its fortunes, the Army, he declared, had become a pilot rather than just fa propuleive force, Gen." Susiyama emphasized the need ior morale as Well og general ce-operation between the army and the people. and stressed the urgency of tifying the strength 9: the 'After pointing to the tension existing" between Japan "and" "the 'Soviet Union and {6 the uneasy con dition of Sino-Japenese relations, he called "attention to. the. "lack' of Proper appreciation of the gravity of the situation on the part of the people" and remarked on the "want Present at" the meeting were Princes of the Blood, all leading oticers of the War Office, the Inspectorate-General of Military Bdueation ud the General Staff, and the com> manders of divisions
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