JAPANESE REVOLT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 122, 5 March 1936, Page 6

JAPANESE REVOLT

SEVEN GENERALS RESIGN. MEMBERS OF THE WAR COUNCIL AN UNPRECEDENTED EVENT. \TJnited Press Association—Copyright) TOKIO, March 3. "Without precedent in Japanese history, seven generals, military members of the Supreme War Council, who accept responsibility for the rebellion, have resigned, involving the retirement cf -General Araki Mazaki, who has long been identified with the Young Officers' Movement. Four others are known as the Imperial Army group, which maintains that the army must possess the right of direct intervention in national affairs. Other generals who are not resigning include Kawashima (War Minister), who belongs to the strict discipline group favouring army action through the "War Minister. The public is generously subscribing to the support of the families of five policemen who, it is now disclosed, were killed in the recent revolt.

THE PREMIERSHIP DECLINED. GROUND OF ILL-HEALTH. (Received This Day, 10.25 a.m.) s TOKIO, March 4. Prince Konoye (president of the House of Peers and a member of the Right parties) was appointed Premier, but pleaded for the Emperor's permission to decline on the grounds of illhealth. He has been summoned for further consultation with the Emperor.