JAPAN’S PREMIER
DICTATORSHIP AIM EMPEROR A PRISONER? STRONG BID FOR POWER (1.30 .pin.) ' NEW YORK, Aug. 10. The Japanese Prime ■ Minister, General Tojo, is striving to establish himself as a dictator, says Mr. Robert Bellaire, the former manager of the United Press of America at Tokio. He added that General Tojo had made the Emperor Hirohito a virtual prisoner in the Imperial Palace, and had even denied him access to the daily newspapers. General Tojo is endeavouring to build up his personal popularity as a means of becoming Japan’s first Shogun, with power eclipsing the Emperor’s. General Tojo’s picture appears in the daily newspapers, showing him kissing babies, talking to young students,' and even assisting elderly ..women across the street. Mr. Bellaire *saw 'Geneva! Tojo opening the Diet and was struck by the cocksure, almost defiant, manner with which General Tojo-treated the Emperor.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20859, 11 August 1942, Page 4
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