Commenting on the episode, the "Hochi Shimbun" recalls the campaign for the organization of a na tional or totalitarian party late in 1936 started by Prince Ichijo, Admiral Yamamoto and Mr. Toyama Mitsuru, the mystery man behind—political affairs, and how Mr. Kojiro Tomita and Mr, Takeshi Azuma,, leading members ofthe Minseito and Selyu-Xai, respectively, later organized an association for realizing closer co-Operation between the two political parties.
The paper also refers to the joint meeting of Parliamentary members of the Minseito and Seiyukai on February 16, which passed a resolution' demanding the disbandment of all existing Parties and the organization of a single powerful Party.
The "Hochi Shimbun" believes that the movement for Great Japanism recently launched by Baron Hiranuma, President of the Privy Council, Gen. Sadao Araki, a former Minister of War; Mr. Ryutaro Nagai, Minister of Communications, and Mr.
Suehiko Shiono, Minister of Justice, also has a bearing on yesterday's events.
The "Kokumin Shimbun" points out that the division of opinion in political circles regarding the National Mobilization Bill has given a powerful impetus to the movement for the organization of a new political party.
The agitation for disbandment of existing political parties, observes the "Kokumin Shimbun," is older and stronger in the Seiyukai camp than in the Minseito fold—Reuter,
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