Educating "the Emperor's subjects" Besides relying on the army-controlled media, the colonial authorities also employed a vast popular mobilization network to transmit pronouncements downward.This network included local notaries and census secretaries (local government functionaries), who were figures of repute in their neighborhoods.
教「皇民」認識戰爭殖民地的宣傳管道，除仰賴軍方掌控的媒體外，還包括當時已具規模的民間動員系統﹘ ﹘在鄉裡素孚聲望的保正、保甲書記、街莊役場員（鄉鎮公所辦事員）等。