[1] The members declared themselves committed "to strive for the stabilization and enrichment of the life of the Japanese people in conformity with the new trends of the postwar world.
"[2] In December 1918, the group was formed in order to sponsor public lectures.
[3] Its founders included Yoshino Sakuzō and Fukuda Tokuzō.
Reimeikai's membership supported universal suffrage and freedom of assembly.
The group came together "to propagate ideas of democracy among the people.