Police Make Sudden End of "March on Rome" Affair Tokyo, Feb. 18.
Considerable excitement was caus sed in Tokyo yesterday afternoon when a large body of anti-Com. Taunists, clad in khaki, raided the headquarters of the Minseito and the kal, the two strongest political in Japan, to reinforce their demand for the merging of the groups into a strong "National Party."
The demonstration failed ax all the Jeuding members of the parties wert In the Diet and. did. not return unt the demonstrators had been elected by the police "trhe: anti-Communiats occupied the premises for. seven hours in. their wait, to. meet the leaders of the parties.
"This fs Mussolin's march Rome," they said, "and. we shall not ove, nti we are. assured of the Ewakening of the political parties."
On heating of the Taid, the secretories of the Minseito and. Seiyukai tien. immediately conferred "with the. Home Minister, Admiral"
Suetsuge The result of a two-hour discussion was the mobilization of 300. police nen, who dispersed. the demonstra-{ore after: making 418. arrests Gaimusho Explanation The spokesman of the Foreign antee, on the basis of a police report, Said that, sbout 280 members of the Bodyoyo Kokudan, or Anti-Comintern National Defence Society, which was Graanized.on January 1 wilh non-Porllamentary members of the Minfesto and. Seiyukai Parties, went in two. groups. to the headquarters, the two Parties st 9: pim. yesterday.
The troup which visited the Min= selt headquarters, said the spokes-fan, withdrew at 730 pin. while thos who entered the Seiyuksl build-Ing withdrew at 030. pin.
ili purpose of their visi, according toa statement of their leaders wwao {to accelerate the movement. for the formation of a new poltleal party which would represent s united front For the nation in face of the present "The afar, the spokesman soi, was purely an internal matter of the two Political "parties and. had no other Press Comment Commenting on the episode, the "och Shimbun recalls the "earn palm for the organization of 9 na-nat or totalitarian party" Leto in 1000 stared by Prince Ten, Admiral Yamamoto and Mr. Toyama Mitsuru the mystery man behind political Affairs and. how Mr. Kojiro "Tomita Snd hie, Takeshi Azuma, leading tnembers of the Minseito and Seiyue Wai, respectively, later organized. solation, for' realising loser co-Gperation between. the two political veThe paper also refers to the joint ties.
meetin, of Parliamentary members or the "Minseito ond_Selyulal on Februnry 16, which passed a resolu. tion demanding the disbandment of
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