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their heroic death at the hand of foreign occupants, The force
of these traditional powers is bewt showm in the increasing demand
for an Imperial rule based on the traditional forces of the
countrys This is not, as cettain foreign correvpondents suy,
fascism or something of the live, It is only the instinctive re»
tum of the Japanese of a form of govermeéement whieh well fits their
tradition end national feclings, The forces ddianding such an
evolution are today very great, But if they should not succeed
then the situation would rapidly deteriorate towards Comunisite
This Communist dancer is very real. 1% was best drama=
ticed in the recent riots in the country, which showed adnirable

elsctions 3,5 million votes where registered for the Com-unists 4
that Communist dominated Unions have 3,5 million members. ‘he
power of ‘these Conmunists = whose underground organization is very
ercat too ~ is $rimarily based onAliied policies following the:
occuy en tion of Japan, At that time the Commmists were given many
inportant Jobs, especial iy in poueee it is only fairly recently
that the trend was reversed, the suffering of the Becple helped
their work, together with the natural revüision of sentiment
aceinst the oecupants And finally some of the Japanese soldiers
back from the USSR have become ‘srevely infected with the virus,

The Communists have a strong propaganda seteuny backed by the
Janunése Droadeasis from Pei} ping, Shanghai, Tientsin : na of the
H5hts Far Bastem stations, This propaganda now follows the main
lin ne tr pie trade with china would sh nudh inerease Japan's e2 ‘ports
i standard of living of the population could be . “reatly
inerea ieee öhósé Beeadoucte blame the Americans and their Japanese
friends of this situation and never mist to put fin a.plug for
Japenese Netionalisn against foreim intertenttőn, Despi te the.very
gravity of the Communist danger, it can be said Wnat the present
regime holds the. situation well in hand \wabth a. ettmans and reliable
police, provided “two things do not happen.; : égy sudden economic Cols
apse or a definite feeling on the part 6 section of the pom
pulation, that "here is no altemetive t tne ‘present si. tuertion
bút Cora mani SM e If one day the old nation ist. aiements should
unite with the, Coumupists, then ‘the situation sim as yecome unte~ .
nable for the West. . as

fhus it should be understood; that the present parliemen¬

tary regime ig ondy one of transitions, It will be fodiowed by tia
ditional Imp Sag rule, which is what the great bulk oxi che popu=
iation par ég t if this should be prevented, the. a ae ser of
a letionalist-Cormunist tie should not be overlooked, in| es

#ts would be most likély to seize pOWers)
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