The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-27
Japan Army Chiefs,
 Rebels Compromised
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of the news of the rebels captured centers, showed that the men of the third infantry regiment. of the first division, which participated in the revolt, had done their work efficiently.
 The places which they held, the premier's residence, the general staff property and the new diet grounds, are In the center of the city's heart across the moat from the emperor's imperial castle. The American embassy is just to the south. As the compromise was reached, three groups of leaders were considering the situation - arm yand navy officers of highest rank; the civilian political figures who for centuries have been locked in c fight with them for supremacy in administration and royal princes who met with Emperor Hirohito ct the palace. Each group was coa' siderlng It's own ideas of the !Sasl1e- diate future of the government, in. tending to recommend Q course 10 the emperor.
 Was Acute Crisis
 It was on acute national crisis duo to tho boiling over of extremist army spirit after the liberal VIC. tory in the elections, which grought to the front again the now danger. ously acute rivalry of the army men who believe they ought to pc supreme and the civilians, more and more attentive to tho idea of de. rnocracy. Whatever tho outcome. it was indicated that tho young OH" cers who led the revolt would sup. nit to formal arrest and stand trial, perhaps long Imprisonment, for thoir coup. They had foreseen this, as had many of their predecessors who gave the!r lives for their ideals. lt Was not 50 clear what tho immediate political result would be as regaros formation of Q permanent cobinet or a possible council of state. . Rigid Martial Law
 All Japan was under the most rigid martial law while the leaders, with divergent ideals, discussed tho problem of the co,lntry's future after the bold attempt by young army exs tremiSts motivated by . VOW to elifn- inate liberal leaders, ct Q coup py man assassination. A censorship TO. stricted news dispatches to material approved by the army under the state of martial Jaw. The first neet ateafned into Tokyo bay at 6 D. m. (3 Q, m, EST), the great ships with their pagoda.like fighting zIiasts to anchor first, the smaller units to distribute themselves between the floating Actresses and the city it. self. Tokyo Bay is ct tho mouth of the eumida river. The second fleet ct tho same time was approaching Osaak, tho great industrial city in western Japan.
 Army in Control
 The army under Gen. kohei Ka. ghii, commander of the Tokyo gars rison, was In complete control. Sur" render of remnants of the soldiers who attempted yesterdays coup was expected soon.
 Leaders Held Meeting
 As the fleets assembled to put To. kyo and osaka under their batteries, the leaders held their meetings. At the Army club assembled the army and navy chiefs. It was held signiti. cant that among them were Gen. KuniShige Tanaka, president of the Mei-Rin -kai right wing organixa- ton and Admiral Kanji KAto, "elder statesman" of the navy, the senior of1eer and successor In prestige to Togo of Russian. Japanese war fame. (The Mei.Rin-Kai, formed after tho Manchurian campaign of 1881, is TO. gardod as iwldly iiationalistic or. ganizatlon, the epitorhe of Japafi's own typo of fascisni.) Both Tanaka and Kato were invited to give their views regarding Q new government to succeed that of the late Premier Keisuke Okada, one of i've high japs afieso aSsassinated by the rebels. At the other meeting were surviving cabinet ministers of the civilian group and other political leaderA Acting Premier FutTiio 0oto, home secretary, was among them. He ofs fered his resignation, along with hiu fellows, yesterday when t was de- cldod to impose martial iaw, but at tho omperor's request, he retained the temporary prime ministry pend. ing formation Of c formal cabinet.
 Emperor Becomes Active
 While the national leaders diss cussed their country's fate, nm. peror Airohito became active ct his imperial palace. First he talked Go Prince Chichibu, his younger bFoths or, then to Prince TakAFnatsti, tho third brother; then to Field MarshAl Prince NAghimoto, head of the royal house of Nashifnote. The suggestion was made At once in well informed Naln N1Nwa Al4Mh Aiam nszzssaama zessn1a& Nn