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JAP. MOBILISATION Complete Cleavage In Konoye Cabinet United Press Association.—Copyrietit. Rec. 1 p.m. NEW YORK, Oct. 17. Japanese mobilisation is being rapidly pushed ahead, reports The Times Tokyo correspondent, Mr. Otto Tolischus. Prince Konoye's Cabinet fell, he says, because of a complete cleavage in Japan orf two major issues: (1) Whether Japan should reach agreement with the United States at the cost of substantial Japanese concession. <2) Whether to line up with Germany and make the Axis Pact an active alliance.
Prince Konoye and his supporters evidently staked everything on the peace message to President Roosevelt, but the slow progress of the negotiations, coupled with a continuation of what is termed British and American encirclement and new German victories in Russia, caused such vehement demands for immediate action that Cabinet split wide apart.
Leading Japanese newspapers insist that unless the United Slates is ready to recognise Japan's immutable policies, agreement between the two countries is well-nigh impossible.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 247, 18 October 1941, Page 7
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