Tokyo, Oct. 12.
The Japanese Premier, Prince Fumimaro Konoye, said here today that Japan is facing a great turning point in her history and requires the cooperation of the entire nation for the achievement of Japan's purpose of establishment of a "new order in East Asia"
Addressing the inaugural meeting of the National Service Association, Prince Konoye declared that Japan now is in a period as serious and important as the Meiji Restoration. The National Service Association is the board selected by the Government io carry out the establish Japan's much-publicized tional structure."
Prince Konoye said that the purpose of the new national structure is to establish a new order in greater East Asia "through the promotion of friendly relations with neighbouring states."
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