JAP PEERS
ELIMINATION FROM'.PUBLIC LIFE (Rec. 9.0). NEW YORK, January 28. The Kyodo News Agency at Tokio stated: Sixty members of the Japanese House of Peers, or almost halt of the total remaining after the series of arrests of members last year as war criminals, have decided to resign voluntarily. This means avoiding a. purge under General MacArthur s directive, forbidding any associates of the former military people to remain in public posts. Those intending to resign include fifteen Impel ial Princes, all hereditary members of the Upper House.
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Grey River Argus, 30 January 1946, Page 3
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