明治維新=暗殺政府Government by Assassination

暗殺政府

Government by Assassination

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这里有关于爱国杀人团体、军队黑帮、军队对日本命运的看法以及天皇的奇怪角色的真相。

在日本，军队拥有一种不受任何其他机构控制的自主权。 很久以前，拜厄斯先生就看到了这种豁免权的沉醉会导致战争，因此他花了很多年时间从神秘的日本人那里探究军国主义者是如何获得其梦幻般的权力的。

因此，他的著作对日本的意义就如同劳什宁的《虚无主义革命》对德国的意义一样。 该书从日本政治的基层开始，稳步推进，最终揭示出惊人的原则。 从根本上说，日本军队与黑帮主义紧密结盟。 为其从事肮脏勾当的所谓爱国社团不过是由杀人犯、勒索者和小偷组成的联盟。 拜亚斯展示了这些恐怖分子多年前是如何与某些欣赏他们的年轻军官团体取得联系的，以及后来几乎所有遏制军队权力的文职领导人是如何被暗杀的。

拜亚斯先生接着问，这样一个权力集团的基本纲领和哲学是什么，并说明它对外是侵略，对内是反动。 日本将成为战争机器。 其产品的 80% 将用于军队，而人民则依靠剩余的产品生活。 马克思主义的高效计划和中央集权将被使用，但被剥夺了民主这一令人痛恨的组成部分。 日本和德国一样，相信自己是一个有命运的国家，相信战争是有代价的。 日本人愤怒的自大狂集中体现在天皇和他的神圣血统观念上。 因此，拜厄斯先生用了几章的篇幅来讲述围绕着天皇的种种迷思。 最后，他对未来进行了有力而清醒的讨论。

1920-1930 年日本民主的衰落

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本书讲述了一个半民主政府如何被军事独裁政权取代的故事。

1867 年明治天皇掌权后，日本生活的许多方面都实现了西化，包括政治制度。 日本成立了议会，议会由选举产生，权力有限。

1912 年明治去世后，日本经历了现代派与保守派之间长期的权力斗争。 军方认为选举违背日本传统，外交政策应由军方全权负责。 持不同意见的平民政治家遭到攻击，在许多情况下甚至被暗杀。 即使是退休的高级军官也不安全。 多年来，一场国内恐怖主义运动消灭了所有反对军国主义政策的人。

这本书讲述了右翼阴谋如何占领日本、侵略中国，然后偷袭珍珠港。 遗憾的是，这本书仍然具有现实意义。

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HERE IS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PATRIOTIC MURDER SOCIETIES, THE ARMY GANGSTERS, THE ARMY’S IDEA OF JAPAN’S DESTINY, AND THE STRANGE ROLE OF THE EMPEROR.

In Japan the army possesses a kind of autonomy which immunizes it from control by any other agency. Long ago, Mr. Byas saw that the intoxication of this immunity would lead to war, and so he spent many years ferreting out from the secretive Japanese how the militarists gained their fantastic power.

His book therefore is to Japan what Rauschning’s Revolution of Nihilism was to Germany. Starting from the grass-roots of Japanese politics, it moves steadily toward the amazing disclosure of principles. At bottom, the Japanese Army is closely allied with gangsterism. The so-called patriotic societies which do its dirty work are nothing more than leagues of murderers, blackmailers, and thieves. Byas shows how these terrorists made contact years ago with certain groups of appreciative younger officers, and how consequently almost every civilian leader who curbed the army’s power was assassinated.

Mr. Byas then asks what the basic program and philosophy of such a power group can be; and shows that it is aggression abroad and reaction at home. Japan was to become a war machine. 80% of its product was to go to the army, and the people were to live on the balance. The efficient planning and centralization of Marxism were to be used, but stripped of the hated component of democracy. Japan, like Germany, believes that it is a nation with a destiny, and that war pays. The furious Japanese egomania is centered in the Emperor and the notion of his divine descent. Mr. Byas therefore devotes several chapters to the hocus-pocus that surrounds this personage. He ends with a powerful and clear-headed discussion about the future.

The Fall of Democracy in Japan, 1920-1930

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This book is a story of how one semi-Democratic government was replaced by a military dictatorship.

After the Meiji Emperor took power in Japan in 1867, many aspects of Japanese life were Westernized, including the political system. A Parliament was established, with elections and limited powers.

After Meiji died in 1912, Japan experienced a long power struggle between modernists and conservatives. The military took the position that elections were contrary to Japanese traditions, and that foreign policy should be the sole responsibility of them. Civilian politicians who disagreed were attacked and, in many cases, assassinated. Even retired high-ranking military officers were not safe. Over a period of years, a campaign of internal terrorism eliminated anyone who was opposed to the Militarists' policies.

This book is the story of how a right-wing conspiracy took over Japan, invaded China, and then attacked Pearl Harbor. Sadly, this book is still relevant.