Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly.

What sort of government is it that permits so many children to go to school hungry, without even a morsel of food in their stomachs? It cannot be! It must not …

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.

We have no hesitation in declaring that we are a military nation- in the cause of Kodo and the highest morality.