Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-11

patriot has accorded you the
privilege of letting you help
him speak to the people of Toxic. Your share
OF the project will be simple. You will provide
He named the equivalent Of six thousand English
pounds sterling
The managing director swallowed hard at the
amount of money he would be expected TO con
tribute But he promised
The other messenger went to Commander
Yamaguchi, inspector Of aviation at the Yokosuka
naval base. you will be furnished with thousands
OF leaflets and score Of bombs You will take
them up IN one OF your planes and at the proper
time and place release the bombs TO attract atten
ton and the leaflets to make the message clear
Commander Yamaguch like the manager of
the department store, was appalled, at the priv
ege accorded him, but like the other man he
dared not say no.
But when the time came for them to carry
out their promises TO the Black Dragons the
department store head and Commander Yamaguchi
defaulted. They went, instead to the small wooden
house outside of Toxic known as the Shrine Of
the Little Great Dragon They found Mitsuru
Toyama at devotions before his small golden
private shrine He listened gravely, sympathe
ucally to Their peadngs and granted their prayer
He allowed them to disembowel themselves.
Frustrated for the time in his effort to speak
TO the people of Japan, Toyama turned TO action
He divided his fOllOWers-the number OF which has
never been know-nto bands of "god-sent
troops
One was to put to death nine notahles nclud-
ing Count Maxine and Baron Wakatsuki, who
hdd signed the London Naval Treaty,
The second band to capture the police
headquarters of Toxic. The third band was
assigned 10 break into the meeting of the National
Cabinet and murder every member. Other bands
were TO set fire TO different parts of the city.
Fortunately the police learned of the plot and
the Dragons found out that the police knew. The
project was not abandoned, ONLY postponed.
Meanwhile there another man for the
Dragons TO discipline He was Admiral Okada
of the japanese navy He had spoken out against
the pletterS and been given high place IN the
war ministry. His chief aide was General Nagata.
The Admiral came to the War Office for the
Inauguration into his duties. When the for
maties were over an aide hurried 10 the Admiral
and whispered to 60 at once 10 Nagata's office
The Admiral hurried there to find his adIutant
sprawled out in his chair his throat slashed. The
sword that did It was still in the hand of the man
that did it. standing over the dead man. II was
one of the Admiras own staff officers, a heuten-
ant-coone member of the Black Dragons. Before
the eyes of his chief and in the presence of the body
of his victim the Northumberland committed
hara-kiri
Keyed up to high pitch by their leader every
member of the Black Dragon Society became
source of contagion to spread his fanatic dream.
Hundreds. then thousands of young military and
naval officers became convinced that the political
atmosphere of Toxic polluted and must be
purified
In the dawn of February 26. 1886 three thaV-
sand soldiers and officers were marched To the
railroad station, where they were to be sent to
Manchukuo. They were commanded by Captain
Norraka member of the Black Dragons high
council At the railroad station the regiment sud
denly faced about. At a shouted order 1t re
formed into companies of sixty men each. The