BEATEN WAR-LORD
TOJO'S ATTEMPT TO DIE
Rec. 12.30 p.m. TOKIO. Sept. 12. The Domei news agency reports Tojo as saying: "I am sorry for the peoples of Greater East Asia. I shoulder the whole responsibility. I hope they will not go amiss in dealing with the situation. The Greater East Asia war was a just war. With all our strength gone
we finally fell. I did not want to stand before the victor to be tried as the vanquished. This is my own case. I wanted to kill myself at one stroke. I first thought of using my sword to kill myself, but instead I used the revolver for fear I might fail and revive.1' When he finished speaking Tojo asked for water, and with the glass at his lips murmured, "I feel fine.' 1
Tojo told newspapermen he did not care what treatment his body received.
In the morning, according to one source, Tojo paid the last calls on his friends, in accordance with Japanese custom.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 63, 12 September 1945, Page 8
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