ORDER TO FIRE
Responsible Japanese Officer POLITICAL INFLUENCE BEING USED (By Telegraph—Tress Association—Copyright) Received Dec. 20, 10.30 p.m. NEW YORK. Dec. 20. Colonel Hashimoto personally ordered the motor-launch to fire on the Panay, according to a report published in the New York Times from a correspondent at Shanghai. Colonel Hashimoto is using his political influence to prevent punishment for his act, resulting in a grim battle at the present time within the Japanese Army’s high command, with the officers wondering whether General Matsui dares punish the colonel, who was the prime mover in the military coup at Tokio on Febraury 26, 1936. Apprehension is mounting in army and Government circles that if Colonel Hashimoto is not punished to the same degree as Rear-Admiral Mitsunami, all the foreign Governments will feel that the heads of the Japanese Army no longer are responsible, and will follow Mr Roosevelt’s example and address all protests to the Emperor.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 302, 21 December 1937, Page 7
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