The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-29
OKADA ALIVE, STILL PREMIER;
OUTW|TTED Insurgents GIVE
UP TO HIROHITO'S TROOPS
Censorship Relaxed, City
Starts Slow Return to
Normal Life.
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buildings in which they had been
at bay for three and one-half days
while regular army men tried to get
them out without firing on them.
The final order from the emperor
did not mention the officers. There
were indications that, when the
rebels disregarded an earlier final
order TO surrender from the army
high command, the officers were
formally dismissed from their posts
and outlawed.
Solution Is Sought
The immediate course of govern
ment, and the real effect of the
officers gesture-for it was a
gesture rather than revolt, because
they had no hope of success and
knew it-remained to be determi 'ed
High army and navy officers, pol
iticians and princes of the blood,
talked among themselves in search
OF a solution. The Okada govern
ment was still in Office and the
first thing to be decided was
whether it should remain, whether
1t should resign, or whether it
/, should be reorganized with a larger
army representation.
1t also remained to be determined
whether the revolt would have the
effect which the young army ex-
tremists o '-ltended-to strengthen
the military tradition and to hold
back that ever pressing surge of
modern liberalistic spirit.
Wide Army Sympathy
There was no doubt that the Off
GERS, even if they were to pay with
their lives, would have wide SYM
pathy among army men who were
ready to shoot them down at COM
mand. Their revolt was planned
and executed only to aid the army,
and from the first they all knew
that their offense could not be for
given officially.
Third TO be determined was the
effect on foreign policy-a more
positive" Or aggressive policy as re-
CARDS China, relaxation or inten-
sification of tension on the frontiers
OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Russia and
Its satellite republic, Outer Mon
golla, are the neighbors--and pos
sible alteration of sentiment as re-
CARDS overseas nations which have
interests in the Pacific.
Army authorities prepared for
f1rm action in the early hours of
the morning. It was apparent that
after long delay, they were ready
TO Shell the rebels from their posi-
tons in buildings in central Tokyo.
Traffic Is Suspended
Traffic over wide areas was sus-
pended. No entrance was permit
ted to the southern part of the
Kojimachi ward, near the Imperial
Palace, where rebels were still hold
ing out despite previous announce
mentS of compromises.
A last resort was decided upon to
avert the necessity of firing on men
who revolted only in pursuance of
patriotic ideal, bent on promoting
their countrys welfare and without
hope Of personal profit or glory
An officer called the rebels and
snapped:
"You are ordered in the name of
the Emperor to surrender"
No one on either side knew what
was going to happen. Control of
central Tokyo by regular army
troops became even more stringent.
An order was issued from martial
law headquarters forbidding the
transmission of any news dis
patches at all from Tokyo. All
foreign telephone communication
WIS again suspended No market
reports went out. Over the radio
there was only the periodic official
martial law headquarters broadcast.
Rebels Finally Respond
Within a few minutes response
came to the high commands order.
One hundred and fifty enlisted
men about the Sanno Hotel crowded
cut into the street and gave them
selves up. Twenty in the Akasaka
quarter southwest OF the Imperial
Palace left their fellows and went
out to yield to the regulars. Soon
afterward 120 more in the Akasuka-
Mitsuke quarter nearby surrendered
peaceably.
AT 1870 p. m. came the news:
Refugees from the danger zone
can not return home yet but they
are free to visit relatives and friends
outside the zone.
Street cars and motor cars may
now move in the suburbs
Soon after 2 p. m. midnight
E. S. To the martial law command
announced:
"All the revolving troops surren-
dered by about 2 p. m. The situation
is entirely calm"
At 4:10 p. m. (2:10 a. m. E. S. To
restrictions on traffic in the main
part of the city were removed.
The roar of traffic was resumed
and people in the danger quarter
began to hurry homeward. Bus and
railway services in The city restarted.