Reticence Of Jap. Diet Disappoints
TOKIO, November 16. The Emperor's message opening the special session of the Diet yesterday was purely formal and was one of the briefest on record. This was disappointing to observers, who expected special instructions to the Diet on account of the general belief that the session will be the most important in Japan’s history owing to the unprecedented crisis, particularly in connection with Japan’s strained relations with America. The Emperor’s message did not even refer, as is customary, to gratification at the nation’s more intimate relations with the treaty powers, or to the perennial policy of making efforts for world peace. The Diet broke away from precedents by opening directly after the Emperors message had been presented. The Prime Minister (General Tojo) and other Ministers reported on the "China incident.”
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Northern Advocate, 17 November 1941, Page 6
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