The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-14
Japanese WarLords
 Giuen Bitter PLY
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the Panay disaster, that the Presl- dent had taken personal charge of the crisis. He was instructed to hand saito 0 memorandum stat. ing:
 "That the President Is deeply shocked and concerned by the news of the indlScriminato bombing Of American and other iion-Chinese vessels oti the Yangtse, and that he requests that the Emperor be 80 advised"
 Photostatic copies of the Presi. dents memorandum of instructions to Hull were given out on White House instructions, These revealed that tho typewritten text Of the first paragraph originally had read that the President Suggests that the Emperor Do 30 advised" Of MT. Roosevelt'S attitude. The word Suggests" was crossed out and iil the Presidents own handwriting was written in the word ''requests" that the Emperor Do 50 advised.
 Chief Executive Angry
 Publication Of the photostatie copies of the memorandum, bearing the Presidents informal signature, IT. D. R." in flowing hand, was considered additional indication of anger and impatienee over the Panay incident. American officials considered the demands presented to saito the strongest this govern. fnent has presented to any foreign government in modern times. The sting in them lay in tho fact that MT. Roosevelt directed them to tho Japanese Emperor who, In Japan, 's traditionally c sacred parsonage, aloof from political and govert- mental affairs.
 The Japanese army and navy, however, act directly under his au- thority and. presumably, his super. vision. They are, to oil exteilS and purposes, independent of the politi. col government.
 Bitter Pill tO Swallow
 It was considered here that the President had given tho Japanese militarists c bitter pill to swallow in pointing his demands 50 that on apology from tho Emperor would Do required. This, 1t was believed, would involve for the Japanese gen: eral staff and high naval command the greatest "logs of face" that Jas pan has suffered since she became ono of the dominant military and naval powers, because 1t would draw the sacred parsonage of the Emperor into world affairs and hufiiiliate him by compelling him to apologize for acts Of his military and naval forces.
 Don't Like Apologies
 The Presidents demands. offlcialD intimated, voiced MT. RooSevelt'S impatience with the facility With which the Japanese civilian govern tnent and military leaders offer apologies and expressions of regret for repeated outrages and assaults upon the rights of other nations and their nationals in China, and then proceed to new and graver incidents of tho same character. HIS demand for an apology and asSur. ances against c repetition of any similar attack in the future, direct from Emperor Hirohito, it was said, was designed to put ari end to what this government has come to regard aS Q travesty on world peace.
 The demands were supported py the blunt indication that this gov- ernfnent is not satisfied with the round robin of apologies made yes. terday by Japanese officials m Tokio, Shanghai and Warrington, representatives of the civil, military and naval authorities'
 Not Through With Affair
 Mr. RooseveltB message prosented 10 saito by Hull contained the in' formation that the United states n not through with the Patiay affair; the facts are being assembled atld viii shortly b6 presented to the Japaiiese government" the Press dents memorandum said. Tn the meantime it D hoped the Japanese government viii Dc considering definitely for presentation, to thu  "(aj yuii expression Of regret ana ,roffeg Of fulI CoinpenSatic1.
 "(b) MethodS guaranteeing against . repetition of any similar attAck n tho future"
 AS ais indication that further lctlor might Do expected from tliw