The Archive · 1937

Western Democracy Unwanted

Japan Has Own Unique Government

Tokyo, Mar. 7.

Japanese parliamentary—polities need not follow the example of western democracies, where contend ing parties alternately reach power, the opinion of the Premier, Gen, "I do not sce the need of adapting to Japan political formulae borrowed from abroad," he said. "Japan has unique form of government."

The Premier made these declarations in the course of a long expose of his views yesterday following the passage of the Government's record appropriations bill by the budgetary committee of the Lower House, vittually assuring the unamended enactment of the measure.

"So long as political parties exist, not only to promote their own me terests and to carry out their petty intrigues, 1 believe that they may remain,"" the Premier said, Gen, Hayashi noted that, the feeling of animosity between the army and the political parties, which had reached a high pitch atthe time of the formation of his Cabinet early last month, had been curbed in recent works, "T believe that both sides are ready to reconsider their attitude he stated, The Premier said he intended to appoint Ministers of Communications and of Bucation as soon as he found suitable candidates, The posts are now being held concurrently by the Prime Minister and another Cabinet member.

The creation of an Economic Genral Staff and of a "brain trust" was under consideration as part general administrative reform," Gen, Hayashi said—Domel.

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