The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-20

from the Imperial presence" Domei said.
 Important News Looms
 Another Domei dispatch said that important news" was expected later tonight. but did not indicate its nature.
 The wording of the Demel dls- patches indicated that Japan for the first time in history may have two premiers at the helm of the goy- ernment at the c0untry's admit. tedly grapest hour.
 If SO. this would indicate that Hirohito had decided to force the Army and Navy to share equal re- sponslbility for the defense of the homeland against American air. sea and ground forces gradually tightening a stFanglehold on Japans home islands.
 f0nai, long a proponent of friendly Japanese American and Japanese British relations, was forced from the premiership in July 1890 by Japan's extremist nlili- taFy clique. which then proceeded to put it's fayoTite, Tojo, into the government as war minister and IS months later engineered his eleya- ton to the premiership. Yonai also was known to have opposed Japans tTlpaTtite alliance with Ger many and Italy.
 kols0 retired from the Army in July 1888 and was made Oyerseas affairs minister in April 1889, then governor general of Korea in June l9s2, An advocate Of southern eK- pansion for Japan, be has been re- garded as prOp0nent Of caution insofar as Japanese poliey elsewhere was concerned.
 Both Koiso nd Yonai are 6l years old.
 T'he fall 0i the Toi0 government and the commissioning of the two 'moderates" to form a new cabinet was interpreted in both Washing ton and Chungking as . sign that Japanese peace moves may be forth- coming,
 Though Washington urged caution as 10 expecting any immediate en- emy bid for negotiated peace, Chinese experts on Japanese affairs said iD cbungking that the events may fofesbad0w JapaD's uDe0ndi- tl0nal surrender before Germany e0ilanses, The Chinese expected the new cabinet 10 begin a peace 0l- fenslYe" toward the United States,
 Announcement % the designation of the Admiral and the general to form a neg cabinet followed earlier Domei dispatches reporting that Hlr0hli0 had 00nfered with Marquis k0lehi kld0, l0r1 keeper or the pgiyy seal and aD0theF "m0deTale," Tues day only . few hours after the TOjO cabinets resignation and QuRSv toned hlm with yiew t0 forming another R0YeTnmeDi
 kld0 conferred wlth former pger mleTs 1f Japan, including Yan0i and T0l0 Tuesday evening and presuIgr ably Telayad ibelF accommodations 70 the emperor,
 The bespAelaeled, mnstaehed J0j0 thhNh# NfNWNNN8 VI NW efNA@h IVY tack 0D Pearl Harb0T, vas the secs 0nd Of the three Axis waF lords to fall from power as Alllad armies rec leDtlessly closed iD 0D ihelT h0meT lands
 Even as benll0 Mnss0llni was 0ustv cd from the premiership 01 IlRly 00ly one Eeek after the first AmeFs taan air raid an llAsna naia mas forced tl0ln the premiership Of 1apv an while American snpeft0flfe6ahs were pressing SD aerial offensive aaalDsl Als home islands and AmorT lean sAa and ground forces were ekE banding theiT f00th0ld ID the Mas Fianas, 0nly 800 miles from Tokyo,
 Radio 5llf0Tms Saps
 The Japanese people weTe not told Of the resignation Of the T0jo eas blnat unlIl g, nl, egl, today, Bben Tokyo radio was heard reporting Co a home broadcast that Whlla the aeVeTnmaDl had firmly established An ninVlnelble esTaiegle stTneinre,p the e0ulieYs0fiensiy Of the unItNd RiatRs 'has further increased in lD, tanslty aId the war situation has become more critical"
 The home broadcast added that kldo was .n0W carefully t1lnklne about selections Of the leader Of the succeeding cabinet, whieh H going ta shoulder the responsibility ef the current critical siinAtl0n,'
 p0mnie Initial aEln0lineeinnfii 0f the falI of the Tolo cabinet was