The Archive · 1937

STORM BREWING

Tokyo, Jan. 22.

Following the Diet session, bot! sides engaged in mutual recrimina ions, the "Army claiming that M: Hamada slandered the military, anc the parliamentarians contending the Gen. Terauch's remarks tended curb free speech.

Meanwhile leaders of major polit: {eal parties and high Army and Navy officers. held special meetings to con sider the situation.

The "Big Three" of the War Omice Gen, Teraucht; Li-Gen. Yoshijir: Umetsu, Vice-Minister of War; anc It-Gen. Rensuke Isogal, Director the Military Affairs Bureau, met. immediately after the adjournment of the session to consider Mr. Hamada't remark.

These officers, Domei learned, regard Mr. Hamada's address as "un:

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