Furthermore, he summoned the persons concerned as soon as he returned to Japan, and gave them a strict order of prohibition on establishing trading company, and declared at a supervisors' conference that Sumitomo must not begin any trading business. |
そればかりか、帰国すると直ちに関係者を呼び出し、厳しく商事の禁止を申し渡し、さらに主管者会議の席上「住友は絶対に商事はやってはならぬ」と宣言した。 |