'A request for approval of the ordinary and special budgets for 1939, in view of the "gravity of the present situation," was made Imperial' Reserpit today on the occasion of the formal opening, by the Emperor, of the 74th jon of the Diet.
Our officers and men," it added, "have conquered "and pacified important areas in China by overcoming great difficulties. However, to establish a new order in East Asia and secure permanent peace in East Asia, it is necessary that the national spirit should be elevated and the unified strength of the nation displayed."—Reuter. composed of those very persons desseribed im the Premier's statement as "far-sighted Chinese who share in our ideals and aspirations', It has in the last ten months accomplished much under the banner of anti-Communism and national salvation. We now find it about to take new large strides towards the creation of a new order, in concert with the "Provisional Government" of North China,
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