The Archive · 1939

Assisting the Emperor

"In the political structure we have today. i that apart from matters related to the prerogatives of supreme command of the Emperor, he (the Prime Minister) is the centre of all of great authority.

"It often happens, however, that this position of authority is seen the people to be overshadowed some other force. It is seen that the Prime Minister or Cabinet is not the centre of national administration but is being moved about some other force, outside the cabinet. I have no that it is part of of assisting the Emperor in the conduct of state affairs for a prime minister to resign should.he find himself in a position where he is being hand over the cabinet to the force that has attempted to drag the cabinet about

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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