Evening star., 1936-02-28
Japan
Continued From First page.)

Wednesday, the 1000 rebels main
tanned their grip on government build
1ngs, including the premier's resi-
dence, against a force of more than
1000 loyal troops.
"a cabled dispatch from the Toxic
correspondent of the Los Angeles jap
anese Daily News earlier had said the
insurgent troops in the Metropolitan
Police Building have machine guns
trained on marines surrounding the
Navy Ministry Building, across the
street.
(The scene. the correspondent said,
vas believed to indicate the beginning
of the second phase of the military
uprising.
"a large detachment of marines,
landed at Toxic Bay, was sent to Toxic
on high speed trucks to augment the
guards assembled under the trans
mission tower of the navy ministry.
the message reported. 3,.
CHibiya Park, civic center of the
capital, was a. virtual no-man's land.
with trafic at q standstill, the cofre-
spondent said Imperial guard troops
with fixed bayonets formed q ring
around the Imperial Palace compound
and the seven gates to the palace
grounds were barricaded with machine
guns and barbed wire. he added.
Can Exchange Telegraph dispatch
said it was denied officially that street
fighting was under way, but added
graphically: "It is admitted that q
number of policemen guarding resi-
dences of high personases have been
killed during attacks made by in
surgents."
Censorship Again Imposed.
dispatches to the Associated Press
In New York indicate that a severe
censorship was renewed after the stu
alton again became acute. While mes
sages came freely during the period
after the rebellious soldiers agreed to
yield their occupied positions, sharp
curtailment became evident again when
the troops once more refused to re-
turn to their barracks.)
Emperor Hirohito persisted in his
negotiations for new government to
replace that Of the assassinated pre-.
nier, Keisuke Okada, with the i'm
perial princess and officers Of the army
high command now welding the pre-
dominating influences.
Under the insistence Of the insur-
gents that their militarist ideals of
government be fulfilled. Gen Araki,
strong man" former minister of war
and idol of the troops, was mentioned
widely for the premiership.
(An unconfirmed report from Toxic
to Shanghai through diplomatic chan
nels said Gen. AraH had established
military Dictatorship
Government authorities, most anx-
ious to avoid bloodshed in the heart
Of the capital likely to involve the
civilian population. were unwilling to
martyrize the rebels by employing
force against them to reassume the
occupied posts.
A peaceful. unheroic termination to
the crisis has been sought. to throw the
uprising in the light of q fiasco. A
heavy wet snow was falling, and gov
ernment officials hoped 1t. would
dampen the ardor Of the insurgents.
Several Americans, who reported to
the United States Embassy that their
movements had been restricted, were
advised to remain at home, until the
trouble was ended.
Americans Unharmed.
Thus far. no Americans had been
harmed in the rebellion which brought
death to four Liberal statesmen.
The foreign Office spokesman, Eiji
Anau, asserted the crisis would not
alter Japan's foreign policy.
Foreign press reports that the Jap
anese attitude toward China and
Soviet Russia would become more ag-
gressive as result of the militarist
uprising were denied by the spokes-.
man.
He said the military. movement
arose entirely from domestic issues,
but that rumors the insurrection was
caused by military disapproval Of the
governments allegediy weak diplo-
matte policies were without founda-
ton.
Other authorities, however. expressed
doubt of the value of this assurance
by the foreign Office spokesman.
pointing out that the nature Of the
next government was unpredictable.