Chapter 228 – The Manchurian Incident (6)

On September 19, everything had been set up to perfection, and all that remained was to sit back and wait for the results.

When morning came and we woke up, history had already begun to move.

The Wakatsuki Cabinet turned the helm toward expanding the incident.

It seemed the Wakatsuki Cabinet had been in overnight talks. Persuasion from elder statesmen in various circles, maneuvering by some ministers centered on the Army, pressure from the opposition parties, and movements within the business world all combined, and Prime Minister Wakatsuki finally gave in.

Foreign Minister Shidehara, too, reached an agreement on the condition that cooperation with the great powers remained the overriding premise, and that Japan would respond only to requests from a local autonomous government.
However, the Japanese government would not initiate any action on its own. The condition was