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...western democracies were determined to wedge their philosophy into the document. Under Truman's leadership, that philosophy was recognized in references to free access to the news of eastern Europe; to "free and unfettered" elections in Poland; to a democratic Germany. Some of those checks would be hard to cash. Even so, the three signatures on them meant something to a world recovering from one totalitarian menace and fearful of another...
...time rationalizing the sacrifice. Wrote Laski last year: "If the Communist Party of the Soviet Union left the central principle of its faith to the chance decision of an electorate . . . that would be as remarkable as a willingness on the part of Western democracies to see without repining the access of socialist parties to the state power...
...lords. For the war lords hold the three key posts at court: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (Marquis Kido, military puppet); Grand Chamberlain to the Emperor (Admiral Hisanori Fujita); and Imperial Household Minister (former Finance Minister Ishiwata, long a military stooge). They decide who is to have access to the Emperor, what he shall do, what documents he shall approve by affixing his seal...
...Access ... by all foreigners is now difficult; it will require but little more to render it impracticable. . . . Secrecy and mystery characterize everything. Nothing is made public that is worth knowing. You will find no two individuals agreeing on the strength of the army & navy, on the amount of the public debt or the annual revenue. In my opinion it is not intended by the Government that these things should be known...
...first try to get the plan out of the country, beards such Black Dragons as Baron Tanaka (John Emery) and Colonel Tojo (Robert Armstrong) in their ultra-ceremonious dens. He gets framed by the Japanese police; makes the romantic acquaintance of a half-Chinese beauty (Sylvia Sidney) whose access to high places stirs his suspicions; unmasks the crookery of a fellow-journalist (Rhys Williams); helps drive Tanaka to harakiri. For comic relief he makes a monkey, again & again, out of his feckless shadower (Leonard Strong). He uses judo, to thrilling and protracted effect, to chop down huge, shaven-pated Heavy...