Evening star., 1941-10-20
Toxic Premier Urqes
Iron Unity toCope
With 'EncircIement'
Tojo Tells War OfficioIs
They Must Be Ready
To Sacrifice All
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Oct. 20.-Declaring Japan
national history. Premier Gen. Eik
TOTO today called for iron unity
among all the fighting arms and
the people to cope with the encir-
clement of Japan by foreign powers"
Tojo's appeal was issued in an
order of the day directed to the
war office in his dual role of Pre-
mier and War Minister.
He told war Office officials in an
address that they must be prepared
to sacrifice everything in order to
surmount the crucial hour" which
he said is facing Japan.
In Canberra, Australia, it was
reported that negotiations had
been completed for a united Pa
clf1c front composed of Britain,
the United States, China, the
Netherlands Indies, Australia and
New ZealandD
Premier TOTO, who returned to
Toxic by plane overnight after a
pilgrimage to the temple of the
Sun Goddess at ISe, Immediately
plunged into the task of revamp-
ing the japanese civil and military
administrations to bring them un-
der strict, unified control.
Gen. TOTO is the first Premier in
japanese history to use an alrplane
for the traditional obligatory jour-
ney to the temple of the sun goddess.
Police Bureau Shake-Up.
One OF his first moves as home
mlnlSter-a post he assumed along
with the Premiership and War Min
lStry-WaS an unexpected and
sweeping shakeup of the depart
ment'S Police Bureau heads.
BY "encirClement of Japan" the
Japanese understood their new
Prime Minister to refer to the mill
tary and economic measures taken
recently by the United States. Bri-
tam, China and the Netherlands
Indies and RuSsias part in the
war against the Axis.
The press generally insisted that
the new government was lot a belli-
cOSe ore although it was expected
to deal firmly with the empires for
elgn problems.
Discussing relations with the
United States. the influential news
paper Asahi said the new foreign
minister Shigenori Togo would con-
tlnue his predecessor efforts TO
deal with the cancer of the Pacific"
"a faVorlte current phrase for Japa-
nese-American friction-as an i'm
portant problem of the Gay. In a
spirit OF justice and fortitude"
The newspaper Miyako declared
the new government would not
challenge unnecessarily" but added
that 1t would not shrink back if
challenged by the other party"
Cabinet Held Not Warlike.'
The Toto cabinet is not a war
like cabinet and was not formed
with war in view" Miyako con-
tinued. If the world thinks Japan
is taking up arms it is mistaken"
The Japan Times and Advertiser,
Foreign Office organ, displayed
prominently Domei story predict
ing that the new government would
institute few changes in the nations
policy, but would carry it out more
forcibly.
At the same time the Times and
Advertiser, in a front-page editorial.
r1dlculed foreign reports character
izing the TOTO cabinet as purely
militaristic regime and declared it
had many principles in common"
with its predecessor.
Among these common principles"
the editorial listed swift conclusion
of the China affair and establish
ment of the East Asia co-prosperitv
sphere.
Only in methods of carving out
these two chief items Of policy -.
does the action Of Japan change"
the editorial went on. japanese
actions will be dynamic in strategy
If static in principle"
Cites Message to Roosevelt.
Applying this statement to talks
initiated by former Premier Prince
Fumlmaro Konoye with a view to
settling differences between Japan
and the United States, the Times
and Advertiser said:
1T should be understood, for ex-
ample, that the message Prince
konoye sent to President Roosevelt
was not personal expression by the
former head Of the government. 1t
was sent when the War Minister,
who is now Premier, was in closest
cooperation with the Prince"
Because efforts based on the
konoye note were not fruitful under
the former governments admins
tratlon, the editorial said. the new
CABINET might have to explore other
plans without necessarily abandon
ing former methods.
The comment in other japanese
newspapers was largely in the same
vein, with unanimous emphasis on
the main objectives outlined by the
Times and Advertiser, which were
characterized as Japan's contribu-
ton toward world peace within the
framework of her Axis commitments
Asahl, however, interpreted Shin
suke klshl's return to the govern
ment as minister of commerce and
industry as presaging a swing to-
ward greater state control of those
two fields.
Yomlurl expressed the view that
the Toto government would take
every measure for peace possible
under the circumstance" and ey-
pressed surprise that "anti-Axis
powers should be alarmed at this
time"