There were some 900 men Involved In these raids. They were Joined early in the morning by the 1st and Regiments, and by the Chiba artillery, while in the afternoon the ment, and other detachments hod fraternized with the' rebel whose total strength then was 2400 men, Increased to 3.000 by evening, The Chiba Aviation Corps. also was landing by. In Tokyn Bay were three cruisers from Yokosuka, and smaller naval units had entered the harbour, landing marines.
The altitude of the landing parties Yed {0 considerable speculation.—Tt was anticipated at one time that they would attempt to clear the city. but the Naval Chief of Staff,—Prince Fushimi, was in the Palace all day, and the only orders received by the fect were to avoid a clash with the rebels. Men of the Ist Division, under General Uehara, had hastily' thrown barbed wire barricades round the Imperial Palace grounds. and all approaches. to the Palace were closed. former Minister at War, Gen. Kawashima, Minister 'Wor, and Gen. Masaki,' formerly In-sector-General of Military Edueation, were among those holding Palace conferences in the morning.—AB offer was made fo the rebels as a result, the understanding being that Gen. Araki would be commanded to form a Cabinet. This suggestion was rejected, n remarkable ultimatum be-Ing, Issued over the name of Capt. Ando. an Atlack Foitea The attack on Viscount Makino and Prince Salonft fortunately was folled, 'Telephone calls reached both resldence some few minutes before the trucks arrived. 'The Shidzuoka police escorted the Genro away in a fast car, while a, coolie saved Vis~ Count. Makino's1i8e, 'This man carried the former Lord' Keeper of the Seal into" the hills behind he house, the Viscount riding pick-a-back' through the—blindins now-storm which began {ofall the early morning. He was a mile or two away by the time the rebels arrived, and they vented their disappointment on the villa, which they Hddied with machine-gun fire, bombed, and then burnt, By day-break, when Tokyo awoke for except in the Government centre end around the official resldences there had been no 'We demand the complete overthrow of the Government, of the Genro, Elder Statesmen, and _polittclans, and corrupt business Interests who' are profiting by the national crisis," ron the ultimatum. "Unless lemand is met, we shah forced to continue the Aight agains the Left Wing elements in the army, and wipe out the capitalists."
The offer of a Cabinet headed by Prince Konoe was also rejected, the rebels in turn suggesting Admiral Kato or Baron Hiranuma, 'The ultimatum shows. the, leaning of the extreme section of the Arm towards opposition to the industrial sts, This Is explained in some Jquatters by the tact that the Japan-jose soldiers gets only seven sen pay per day' (seven cents approximately), Jand there has been a custom to circulate envelopes among people living
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