Seikichi Fujimori

“ The Koreans had poisoned some well; they had thrown bombs into some building where refugees were gathered; and a Korean had been caught carrying a load of bombs; another had murdered some Japanese, but had been caught red-handed and surrounded by a crowd of Japanese, who killed him by inches. ...
The honest lieutenant’s sense of justice was aroused by this ignorant, exaggerated talk. To his knowledge all these “plots” and “atrocities” were absolutely without foundation. On the contrary, persecution and slaughtering of Koreans by the Japanese were a horrible fact. ”

“ Close observation of the inner working of the Higher Command led him to see that it was bound hand and foot to the moneyed classes. The army existed not to defend the people of Japan from outside invasion, but to further the predatory imperialism of those whose well-being is rooted in the poverty and destitution of the Japanese people as a whole.
When the deep realization of this truth came to him the lieutenant no longer had any desire to serve in the army. ”

“ He turned and saw two guards; behind them pressed a cloud of ex-service men.
“What do you mean, shouting at a superior officer?” he thundered back at them. The two guards recoiled a little, but the black cloud at the back did not heed him. ”