JAPANESE FASCIST KILLS HIMSELF

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24093, 1 November 1943, Page 3

JAPANESE FASCIST KILLS HIMSELF

REPORT FROM CHUNGKING ' _ . CHUNGKING, Oct.aSO. g0 Nakano, aged 57, a leading Japanese Fascist, political theorist, and newspaper editor, whose ambition it was to become the Hitler of the Far committed hara-kiri after attend- ? meeting of Parliament, according to a Tokyo broadcast, which gave no reason for his suicide. I “ f ormed Chinese quarters suggest a * ano realised Japan’s hopeless position and foresaw the downfall of imperialism. They also point out that General Tofo is turning to a defensive policy, whereas Nakano. who was intensely anti-American and anti-British, advocated a policy of ruthless aggression. Nakano, who had been a member of Filament for 19 years, resigned in 1939. He was one of the leaders of the Japanese Throne Assistance Party. According to the Tokyo official radio. f General Toio. in a speech at the closJpg session of the Diet, said that Japan vas completely united in the war ef- ;<>« and had built invincible fortifications against invasion. The Diet adopted a resolution pledging the establishment of a new world order and the acceleration of efforts for the destruction of Japan’s longstanding enemies. Britain and America.