Evening star., 1936-03-01
Army Captain
Shoots Self to
SaveHOnOr.
"STRONC MAN"
is NOW SOUGHT
Premier's Hiding
for 31@ Days
Described.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Recent elections strengthened
rule OF "conseruative" faction OF
militant party in Japan. Result
yds outbreak OF piolence on part
OF extremist faction on Wednesday,
In wt,ich seperdl government OFF,
I etdls Uere dssassirtdted.
( After seUerat days of armed re-
bellion, howeuer. situation seemed
under control OF government yes
terday. Temperance of Premier
Oknda, first believed killed, gaze
added assurance OF peace.
Copyright. 1895. the Associated Press
TOXIC, March (Sunday)-The
alleged leader of Tokio's abortive
four-day revolt, Capt. Teruzo Ando,
shot himself in the head yesterday
and died.
He was said to have followed the
suggestion of martial law authors
ties that suicide was the only way for
him to keep his honor because of his
leadership Of the mutiny of army
ohicers and troops.
Premier Keisuke Okada, whom the
insurgents apparently believed they
had assassinated in their attempted
coup Wednesday, took the helm Of
government again, although in au-
thoritative quarters the opinion was
expressed he soon would be relieved
of his post.
Okada, the government announced,
had escaped with his life when the
rebels mistakenly killed his brother
in-law, Col. Demo Matsuo For three
and one-half days it had been gen.
orally thought the Premier was dead,
but the body which lay for many
hours in the snow outside his official
residence and which later was buried,
was that OF his aide, the government
taid.
Hid With Servants.
Although official secrecy was main
tanned as to the premier's where
abouts during the revolt, persons who
saw him after his temperance ex-
pressed belief he hid in the servants
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Wednesday and then went to his
private home on Thursday.
There, 1t was said, he hid until Fri
Gay. Then he donned his gold braided
uniform of a full admiral, proceeded
to the palace and reported to the
Emperor.
One rebel in addition to Ando was
reported to have attempted suicide.
He was Capt. Shiro Nonaka first
assistant to the leader, but it was
not known definitely whether he died.
The other 20 officers involved in the
outbreak were stated in reliable cir
cles to be held at military prison
on the edge of Toxic.
Authoritative sources stated that his
premiership must be terminated and
replaced by government headed by
"a man of great prestige and influ-
ence, capable of restoring the shaken
national morale"
Residence Guarded.
Today the massive buff brick walls
Of the premier's residence were still
1nclosed with bristling guard OF steel
helmeted infantrymen, with fixed
bayonets.
Scores of lesser officials resigned
today. among them Kazuo Oguri, chief
Of the Metropolitan Police Board,
whose force was ousted from its head
quarters by the rebels Wednesday
morning.
The government itself disclosed
Okada was still living as loyal troops
moved into the area of government
buildings which 1000 rebel soldiers
lad held since they attempted to over
throw the government.
! 1t was then that members of their
group shot down Admiral Viscount
Makoto Saito, former premier and
lord keeper Of the privy seal; Korekiyo
Takahashi. minister of finance; Gen.
1otaro Watanabe. chief Of military op-
trations, and Admiral Kantaro Suzuki,
lord chamberlain Of the Imperial
Court.
OF these shot down Admiral Suzuki
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