NEW JAP. CABINET
NATION ORDERED TO DISARM • PROMISE OF FREE SPEECH (Rec. 12.20 p.m.) NEW YORK, August 17. Prince Higashikuni, in his first official act, ordered the. forces to lay down their arms and refrain, from outbursts of emotion, says Tokio radio. The new Cabinet, after its first meeting, announced a three-point basic policy—-respect for the Constitution, control of the military, and maintenance of order. It added that the policy was personally given by the Emperor when he called on Prince Higashikuni to form a Cabinet. The Prince, in a broadcast after the meeting, ordered the people to guard against emotional outbursts, and live up to .the letter and the spirit of the Imperial rescript. He promised that free speech and fair public opinion would be encouraged, and liberty of sound associations would be endorsed. Efforts would be made to put into practice the Imperial order to maintain friendly relations with the rest of the world. The greater the sufferings and hardships the Japanese must endure the more glorious would be the new Japan emerging from the present national crisis.
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Evening Star, Issue 25565, 18 August 1945, Page 7
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