Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-18
0uadrumyiraie Rule
10 Speed Expansion
Looms for Japan
Konoye and Three Others
Make Up Inner Cabinet
In TotoIitorion Regime
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
TOXIC. July 1S.-Japan was
headed today for rule by q NATIONAL
istic quadrumvirate expected to
cater to the arny's demand for ex-
pansion in Asias South Seas and
to install a totalitarian- like one
party political system at home.
Premier-designate Prince Fumi-
marc Konoye announced Japanese
policy henceforth would be formu-
lated by an inner cabinet of four
men, at least two Of whom have in
the recent past attacked the United
States for its unwillingness to recog-
nize Japan's new order" in East
Asia.
After the quadrumvirate has for
mulated its program, other cabinet
members will be appointed to At It.,
Prince Konoye said.
The inner group is composed of
Prince Konoye, American-ed educated
Yosuke Matsuoka as Foreign Min
lister, 1t. Gen. Eiki TOTO as Min
lister Of War and Vice Admiral
zengo Yoshida as Navy Minister
all ardent Nationalist.
First Meeting Delayed.
This group was to have held it's
first policy formulating meeting this
afternoon, but postponement until
tomorrow was made necessary when
bad weather forced down In Korea
. plane in which Gen. TOTO was re-
turning to Japan from Manchukuo
No one was hurt.
Hardly had the group been named
when a spokesman for the Admiral
ty described as "uncalled-for inter-
vention In the wrong place" the
statement of United States Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull Tuesday
objecting to closure of the Burma
road to China as unwarranted OBJ
stacle to world trade.
The spokesman said agreements
for closing supply routes to China
were reached with France and
Great Britain as matter of stra-
tegic necessity, after which Mr..
Hull. who was third party, issued
. statement taking exception to the
arrangement"
AS a matter Of fact. the spokes-
man said, the Burma agreement
with Britain Is not yet entirely
satisfactory" He said that when
the dry season returns the traffic
suspension must be frightened" indi-
eating further Japanese demands
might be. expected when the current
three months rains are finished.
Traf1ic is normally decreased at this
time.
Sketches Of Konoye's Aides.
Here are brief sketches of the
men aristocratic 48-year -old Prince
Konoye chose to help him build
q more nationalistic Japan:
Matsuoka-age go, educated in
grammar schools of Portland, Greg:
high school Of oakland, Calf, and
graduated with honors from Uni
versity of Oregon law school in
1902: open prepayment of strong ma
tionalistic policies, campaigning for
fascism as early as 1894; long career
as diptomxt, popularity capped IN
1882 when, as chief delegate to
League OF Nations, he withdrew
Japan from membership In the dis
pute over ManchuriA. 1'---- a.
1t. Gen. Tojo-age IS, resident
officer in Germany in 1919 and an
open admirer Of German military
methods; chief Of staff of japanese
Army In. China 1878; vice min
lister of war In 1859; recently in
spector general of military aviation.
Vice Admiral Yoshidz-age IS, re-
tanned as navy minister from re-
firing cabinet of Admiral Yonai;
former chief of staff and COM
mander in chief of combined fleet;
visited United States tn 1895 as
commander Of training squadron.
Joined in Criticizing u. s.
Matsuoka was one of group Of
prominent Japanese who on Novem-
Der 2, 1899, signed statement say
ing the United States desired y kind
Of peace in the Far East which mot
only Is undesirable but impossible to
maintain" The statement asserted
the United States was attempting
to perpetuate q system (which ig-
nores the desire Of all peoples Of
the world to develop by fairly shar-
ing all the fruits and opportunities
offered by Mother Earth"
A year before, on November 70,
1888, 1t. Gen. TOTO, then vice min