Evening star., 1936-03-03
JAPANESE ARMY
. LEADERS RESIGN
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Sy the Associated Press.

TOXIC, March 3.-Seven OF the
highest ranking generals OF the jap
anese Army tonight asked permission
tofesign from the supreme war coun-
cil of the empire owing to feeling OF
indirect responsibility for last We'd
nesday's rebellion and assassinationS
Of government leaders.
They asked Gen. Yoshiyuki Kawa-
ef1ima, minister of war, to transmit
their Joint designations to Emperor
Hirohito, saying they felt responsible
for the conditions in the army which
had made the rebellion possible.
- The generals who took this action
are Senjuro Hayashi and Sadao Araki,
both often mentioned as possibilities
for the premiership; Noouyuki Abe,
Jinzaburo Mazaki, Giichi Nishi, Ken
kichi Uyeda and Count Juichi Te-
rauchi.
Deliberate on Premier.
The cabinet was convened in special
session today, and Prince Kimmochi
Saionji resumed. consultations with
elder statesmen In an effort to find
q premier to succeed Keisuke Okada.
The prince had been ordered by
Emperor Hirohito to give his advice
on choice of a new premier. He has
performed this task 13 times.
The fate of score of insurgent
officers, under the grave charge of dis
obedience to the throne, was the sub
ject of a conference last night OF
army members Of the supreme war
council
Six ranking generals attended the
parley, but gave no indication of how
drastically their subordinates who
slew four members of the government
last week and held out against loyal
troops for four days will be punished.
Twenty-four officers, three of them
retired, participated in the revolt.
Two of them went to honorable
deaths" through hari-kiri, the wife
of one officer chose death with him,
third is in a hospital from an at
tempt to kill himself, which failed,
and the others are in military
prison.
A government order dismissed Sec
ond Lieut.. Mata Yamamoto, one of
the rebels, from Infantry service.
Lieut.. Kenkich Aoshima and his
wife committed hari-kiri in their home
Saturday, following the ritual of the
Samurais.
=. The army disclosed that Maj. Chu
Katakura, attached to the war Office,
was shot and wounded by rebel out
post Wednesday when he attempted
to cross the rebel lines. He probably
will recover.
r~ Five Policemen Killed.
Five policemen were killed and a
sixth wounded in the rebel attacks Of
that day, the metropolitan police
board disclosed. Four were slain at
the residence of Premier Okada and
another at Yuguwara when he held
thesrebels at bay and permitted Count
Maxine to escape.
Officials known to have been slain
by ysthe assassins were Korekiko Taxa
fashi, minister of finance; Viscount
Makoto Saito, lord keeper of the privy
seal; Gen. Jotaro Watanabe, chief of
military education, and Col. Demo-
Matsuo, brother -in-law and secretary
Of Okada.
A letter from Myoko Noneka, "a
year-old widow of Capt. Shiro Nonaka,
apologizing to the Emperor and the
nation for her husbands participation
in last weeks abortive revolt, was pub
lished in local newspapers today.
Unable to Find Words.
Capt. Nonaka, it was announced
Sunday by the martial law headquar-
ters, committed suicide, following the
example of his chief, Capt Teruzo
Ando. alleged head Of the outbreak.
...'I am deeply sorry for my husbands
share in the recent incident" Mrs.
Nonaka's letter stated Il am unable
to find words to alopogize to your
august majesty (the Emperor) and the
citizens who suffered anxiety and
disturbance.
my powers are inadequate to ex-
press my sorrow at the deaths of the
high personages and the others.
II believe the spirit of my husband
whose body lies in coffin before me,
also sorrows for those who fell.
My head is full of confusion, but
still I am confident that my husband
died believing he served the country"
The japanese government today
Withdrew its first fleet" from its posi-
tion of readiness in Toxic Bay just
south of Toxic, to the mouth of the
bay, indicating its confidence that
further disorders in the capital were
unlikely.
The battle fleet was ordered close
to- the capital last Wednesday at the
time of the military plot which
brought death to three high officials
Of the government.
Although the fleet was Withdrawn,
It was concentrated at Yokosuka, the
naval base which is only a few hours
steaming from Toxic.
The capital tonight still was under
martial law, and detachments of the
regiments which were brought in to
suppress the rebellion were still placed
1nestrategic positions.
REBELLION ONLY FORETASTE.