It is predicted here that the two Jgreat Japanese political parties, the [Seiyukai and the Minseito, will' ight violently, as they did in he Autumn' Jand Spring of 1936 and. 1937, against the Army's plans for the formation Jof a new Party on Fascist lines, which, in effect, would reduce th Diet to a "rubber stamp assembly.
is thought that these' two parties will have the support of the Japanese people in this fight.
Close observers do not expect that the ministry will last long.
Chinese circles in. London, inter viewed by Reuter, state that it "makes Ino difference to us who is in power in Tokyo—we will ght on just the "It is possible, however," they add, that a more extreme Japanese Gov" Jernment is better for us, because it will hasten the chances of a popular revolt in Japan."
Reuter.
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