Show Be tate Hate Asks Death iF For or 3 Slayers of Japanese Premier I Penalty Sought for reme eme me Young Naval Lieutenants lieutenants Lieu lieu- tenants By GLENN BABB nARB d Press Staff Writer Sept 11 The The state deded deB de- de for fore ded B death sentences today lieutenants ace ac- ac naval e e J young oung leading ung seven fellow officers of Sud Sui Sushi Su- Su of ot Premier assassination the the Inukai in Ma May 1932 shi i imprisonment vas yas as cd d for LIfe Ife charged with p par par- rI r- r ee others accompanying in outrages I tion f for force lr lre sentences slaying six yc year six I of being accomplices e inS in m accused e ce conspiracy and arid three years years' Ira im- S for the tenth Demands for the unexpectedly brought one of the theor thet penalties avy climaxes of ot the or t naval at atthe the h be began an lith August 10 because all Japan wondered ass nerea whether the government extreme sen- sen Sid id ad dare to ask the w for the accused for whose sup sup- M Cf ultrapatriotic St powerful and art a movement seeking clemency has de- de on the grounds ground that that they hey motives Sedon on pure an and patriotic Premier fell mortally before belore the revolver fire of terrorists who entered his residence May 15 1932 Simultaneously is a 1 nv Toldo buildings were bombed LEA 1 HANDBILLS The terrorists left leU han handbills bills signed The Young Army and Navy Officers' Officers which expressed dis- dis uri with the political parties and the thersy and form for- for they handl handled d internal Ign m a. a affairs lIs Eighteen uniformed young men iere aire immediately arrested and so tf eat was the political uneasiness that Se ke he major ajor stock exchanges exchange closed and lie be cabinet resigned The Joe e prosecution demands do not present the final Judgment which lie court delivers after alter summations w 11 both sides and further delibera- delibera joni jOJU which may take weeks In the army court trying tring 11 cadets und of being involved in the ter- ter acts the procurator asked year licht-year prison terms for the ac- ac tied sed Prior to the procurators procurator's statement the navy court the defense at- at orney orner was permitted to present a of letters and petitions total- total 0 ag g more than demanding Some signatures were written Bitten in blood One group sent heir it r little fingers with a petition as of Intense feeling CRY ine The attorney read highly patriotic tod 54 sentimental passages from some someI 1 I l the letters and drew tears from He said he had thousands 5 other letters he intended to pret pre pre- ct nt t during his summation During the trial defense testimony wi u J introduced ed to the effect that fear Americas ambition was reason the of orthe erthe slaying and that the assassins assassins' stilves were neither fascism nor but increased nationalism Those for whom death penalties we ere asked are Seishi Koga alleged eI organizer of the conspiracy con con- Taku commander of officers who the premiers premier's home hoine and Isamu charged with having fired It t Inukai nub Life terms were asked for Hiroshi Yoshio Yoshin and hi all of whom con- con essed to being present at the assis- assis Imprisonment for six ix years ears u iU asked for Kilo Ito Haruo Oba Obad td ad d Hayashi A three- three tar fir term was demanded for Michio rikano Lieutenant second d dense counsel and a classmate of ot Koga told the court that ambition to dominate the their ir if U east justified the naval terror- terror its a. Th The lieutenant characterized the Washington ashington and London naval treats trea trea- ts es as the crystallization of Ameran Amerun Amer- Amer an un and British hunger for tor power PRINCIPLE America thereby obtained naval in the Pac Pacific tic and now she es wires tS to dominate the far east cast he In a textbook used used at athe athe he bena al naval academy at Annapolis there a statement that the Japa- Japa e ne tie s are a race yielding to a show of ot wee ree The London treaty was the of this American textbook find pI e. e The London treaty came in for tor con- con merable criticism by the defense Thus Lieutenant Shiroku Asada Asad a aval val aval aca academy emy classmate of ad Kuroiwa who acted as special ua l declared that this rig 1 treaty was the fundamental cause causee I the e terrorists terrorists' acts Lieutenant Asada charged that thal by the treaty Japans Japan's leaders national defense to the thet ther raint t of betrayal of the empire and r 4 that therefore the young naval Ulcers cers lost faith in their superiors r at a determined to use direct action or t e safety of ot the country Their patience broke he con- con LImed and d this explosion became inevitable b There are over churches in w united States Slates communicants num- num tr ff over 47 |