SEEKING TO BECOME DICTATOR
PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN EMPEROR A VIRTUAL PRISONER (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) New York, Aug. 10. General Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan, is striving to establish himself as dictator, says Mr Robert Bellaire. former manager of the United Press of America at Tokio. He added that Tojo made Emperor Hirohito a virtual prisoner in the Imperial Palace and even denied him access to the daily newspapers. General Tojo is endeavouring to build up 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 General Tojo opening the Diet and was struck by the cocksure and almost defiant manner with which General Tojo treated the Emperor.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 11 August 1942, Page 2
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