Evening star., 1942-11-01
japanese Government
Is StreamIined 10
Strengthen Power
(
: Even Greater Domination
Of Nation by Military
* Clique Is Seen

By the Associated Press. ="
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-A drastic
etreamlining Of the Japanese gov
frnment to strengthen Japan's
Fighting power" and probably fore
ehadowing an even greater domina-
lion of the nation by the military
Clique headed by Premier Gen.
Hideki TOTO was announced by the
Toxic radio today.
More than ever, Premier TOTO ap-
peared to be emerging as Twen-
tieth Century recreation of the
6hogunate which ruled Japan for
700 years.
1 The creation of new super-min-
Etry of Greater East Asiatic affairs,
qnif1cation of administration in such
overseas territories as FormoSa,
Korea and Sakhalin with that of
Japan proper, and a sweeping re-
organization of government bureaus
ind departments was announced in
general terms by Premier TOTO, who
Declared the present conflict would
petite the the destiny of East Asia
FLOR 1000 years to come
/ Bureaus Abolished.
! Calling the measures "epoch max
Ing Domei News Agency said the
consolidation involved the abolition
of 81 bureaus and II departments of
Government besides the overseas
ministry, the powerful Manchurian
Affairs Board and China Affairs
Board and the East Asiatic and
South Seas Affairs Bureaus of the
Foreign Ministry.
The official gazette will publish
tomorrow 78 imperial ordinances
and two cabinet DEGREES affecting
10000 officials and creating "a new
bureaus and one department, Domei
said.
Late tonight a Toxic broadcast
heard in New York said Minister of
State Kazuo Aoki had been named
first minister of East Asiatic Affairs,
taking over the work of the defunct
Overseas Ministry, Manchurian At
fairs Board, China Affairs Board
and East Asia and South Sea At
fairs Bureaus.
The Home Ministry will take over
centralized direction of civil ad-
ministration in Formosa, Korea and
Sakhalin as well as Japan proper,
it was said.
Political Organization.
Premier TOTO permitted almost
two months to elapse between the
time of declaring that the new min
istry would be set up and announc-
ing that the change had become
effective. Presumably the interim
had been spent in difficult political
negotiation. One of the reasons
for the resignation of Foreign Min
lister Shigenori Togo on September
] was reported to be disagreement
with the plan which removes from
the Foreign Office all authority in
China, Malaga, Burma, the Neither
lands Indies and the Philippines
and deposits it in a sort of colonial
Office.
Brilliant victories have been won
at the initial stage of the war of
Greater East Asia. and the basis
has been firmly established to sub
jugate the United States and Britain
through military operations as we'll
ss through construction, TOTO as
serted.
Our empire is now set to win
out in the current unprecedented
great war which will decide the des-
tiny of Greater East Asia for 1000
years to come by further strength
ening our invincible position, by
continuing our bold offensive and
by carrying on grand scale construc-
tive work"
L earnestly hope our people will
understand all the intentions of
the government, he added, in ap-
parent reference to the changes the
wholesale shifting of officials in
wolves.
A shortage of administrative per-
sonnel apparently was one reason
for the Government shuttle, for Toto
indicated pool of government Off
cials would be created by the reor-
ganization to be used throughout
Japans conquered territories.