謹んで惟るに我が神洲たる所以は万世一系たる天皇陛下御統帥の下に挙国一体生成化育を遂げ遂に八紘一宇を完うするの国体に存す。此の国体の尊厳秀絶は天祖肇国神武建国により明治維新を経て益々体制を整え今や方に万邦に向かって開顕進展を遂ぐべきの秋なり。
然るに頃来遂に不逞凶悪の徒簇出して私心我慾を恣にし至尊絶対の尊厳を藐視し僭上之れ働き万民の生成化育を阻碍して塗炭の痛苦を呻吟せしめ随つて外侮外患日を逐うて激化す。所謂元老、重臣、軍閥、財閥、官僚、政党等はこの国体破壊の元兇なり。倫敦軍縮条約、並に教育総監更迭に於ける統帥権干犯至尊兵馬大権の僭窃を図りたる三月事件、或いは学匪共匪大逆教団等の利害相結んで陰謀至らざるなき等は最も著しき事例にして、その滔天の罪悪は流血憤怒真に譬え難き所なり。中岡、佐郷屋、血盟団の先駆捨身、五・一五事件の奮騰、相沢中佐の閃発となる寔に故なきに非ず、而も幾度か頸血を濺ぎ来つて今尚些かも懺悔反省なく然も依然として私権自慾に居つて苟且偸安を事とせり。露、支、英、米との一触即発して祖宗遺垂の此の神洲を一擲破滅に堕らしむる、火を見るよりも明らかなり。内外真に重大危急今にして国体破壊の不義不臣を誅戮し陵威を遮り御維新を阻止し来れる奸賊を芟除するに非ずして皇謨を一空せん。
恰も第一師団出動の大命渙発せられ年来御維新翼賛を誓ひ殉死捨身の奉公を期し来りし帝都衛戍の我等同志は、将に万里征途に登らんとして而も省みて内の亡状憂心転々禁ずる能わず。君側の奸臣軍賊を斬除して彼の中枢を粉砕するは我等の任として能くなすべし。
臣子たり股肱たるの絶対道を今にして尽くさずんば破滅沈淪を翻すに由なし、茲に同憂同志機を一にして蹶起し奸賊を誅滅して大義を正し国体の擁護開顕に肝脳を竭し以って神州赤子の微衷を献ぜんとす。
皇祖皇宗の神霊、冀くば照覧冥助を垂れ給はんことを。

昭和十一年二月二十六日
陸軍歩兵大尉　野中四郎
外　同志一同

STATEMENT OF INDIGNATION

We respectfully contemplate that the cause for our country to be a divine state is founded on the national polity, supremely ruled by our Emperors of the unbroken dynastic line, whereby the whole nation shall evolve and advance and eventually aim to unite the eight corners of the world.
The superb dignity of the national polity has been continuously refined from the beginning by the legendary ancestor of the Imperial line, through the creation of national institutions by Emperor Jinmu and the Meiji Restoration, and now is the time for it to spread and extend toward the whole universe.
Nevertheless, in recent times, the lawless and power-hungry have caballed, giving free rein to their self-interest and greed, denied the dignity of the Emperor, carried out arrogant and presumptuous acts, caused unspeakable suffering to the people, preventing their evolution and advancement, and as a result, our nation faces intensifying international humiliation and crises.
The masters of evil destroying our national polity are the elder statesmen, senior ministers, military factions, bureaucrats, political parties and so forth.
The London Disarmament Treaty infringement of the supreme command of the Emperor, the dismissal of the Inspector General of Military Training, the March Incident trying to usurp supreme military authority and the countless conspiracies intertwining the stakes of wrong-headed scholars, communists, treasonous religious groups are the most obvious examples. These extreme vices are impossible to elaborate fully and our anger is reaching bursting point.
Kon’ichi Nakaoka, Tomeo Sagouya, the pioneers of the Ketsumeidan who risked their lives, the explosive 5-15 Incident, the shining example of Lieutenant Colonel Saburo Aizawa are not without reason. In spite of frequent warnings, at times violent, the unrepentant and shameless villains, fuelled by their self-interest and greed, are still furtively enjoying worldly pleasures.
Relations with Russia, China, Britain and the United States are volatile; it is clear as day that a possible collision might completely destroy this divine country inherited from our ancestors.
Faced with such grave and imminent dangers, both domestic and overseas, unless we exterminate all the mammons and immoral subjects who are destroying our national polity, remove the villains obstructing imperial authority and the Showa Restoration, the Emperor’s masterplan would come to naught.
Just as the Imperial Command to mobilize the First Division was proclaimed, we in charge of the Imperial Metropolitan Garrison, have sworn to countenance the Showa Restoration, pledged to risk our lives in public duty, and thus, prior to our expedition to a far off land, cannot but feel deep anxiety about the offensive domestic situation.
We shall properly pursue our commitment by exterminating the treacherous ministers and military factions surrounding the Emperor and destroy their nerve center.
Unless our absolute duty as trusted retainers and foot soldiers of the Emperor is faithfully fulfilled, we cannot avoid being ruined and sinking into obscurity; therefore, those of us sharing the same concern have aligned our ways, risen up to execute the villains, to redress the Cause, to devote our body and soul to endorse and extend our national polity, and as a result, shall offer our true hearts as subjects of this sacred land.
Holy spirits of our imperial ancestors, be our witness and afford us divine protection.

February 26 in the 11th year of the Emperor Showa
Army Infantry Captain Shiro Nonaka et al