Prince Konoye has been persuaded to remain in the Cabinet because of his immense popularity among the people. There is no military figure io match him in personal appeal among the Japanese.
The Army has been criticized strongly because of its inability to wind up the China war and this has placed it in a position where its suggestions are apt to be turned down because of record of success in ing nearly every effort outside of the purely military. This has resulted in a feeling that, since the ex-flirting with Fascism has such meagre results, a turn-toward conservative government is advisable, General Sadao Araki is another outstanding Japanese figure who was supposed to have Fascist leanings. He Minister of Education in the decided to rewrite and tone down sec"
Konoye Cabinet and carried over in tions of the Japanese answer When Baron Küchiro Hiranuma the same capacity in the Hiranuma Cabinet. as selected as Premier to succeed But like, Baron Hiranuma, Gen Prince Fumimaro Konoye those who were content with surface indications interpreted the selection as evidence t Japan was headed toward Fascism ki is not developing in the Fascist ould. Instead, he is known among those who know him as a kind-hearted, genial old man who wants nothing more than to be known as the best Baron Hiranuma had been knowe at one time as Japan's leading Fascist Education Minister Japan ever had.—United Press.
Prague, Mar. 25.
The commander of the Slovak forces at Presov has announced that an armistice has been concluded between the Slovak and the Hungarian troops, and that fighting has ceased.
The news comes in a despatch from Presov, and adds that, neverthe the Hungarians are still fortifying villages on their new front, and are expelling the inhabitants The mixed Slovak-Hungarian Commission, established to deal with the situation that led to an armed clash, will meet on March 27. Meanwhile, mino; engagements between Slovak and Hungarian troops have occurred in eastern Slovakia.—Reuter.
Border Delimitation Negotiations Paris, Mar. 25.
The Hungarian Government has proposed to the Slovak Government the appointment of a joint commission for the delimitation of the Slovak-Hungarian frontiers, according to a dispatch from Bratislava The proposal was immediately accepted, and a commission will leave on Monday for Budapest to begin negotiations, according to the same source.—Reuter,
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