The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-06

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succe ssor the
least bit. It's no secret that rela-
tons between Washington and To-
kio haven't been particularly pleas
ant for quite awhile past, but they
probably would have been distinct
iy unpleasanter il 1t hadn't been
for the tactfulness Of Nippon's dip
lomatic representative in the Unit
ed States. Presumably he was re-
called for making too many allow
ances in favor Of the American
viewpoint toward Jap policies on
the other side Of the Pacific. 1t
would seem to follow that he lost
his Job to make room for an in
dividual who'll make no allow
ances whatever.
Occidentals who have some ac-
ouaintance with the Japanese gen.
orally speak Of them as very nice
people-mostly. But they all make
an exception as to the Japanese
military class. This latter aggre-
cation is widely rated as outright
internationally murderous-impos-
sible to deal with in civilized terms.
Horinouchi isn't militarist, but
the militarists are in control of
the Toxic government today.
Poor Insurance Risk
The ousted ambassador isn't even
regarded here as a hrst-class life
insurance risk when he gets back
home. The Jap militarists have
quite a habit of "liquidating" high
UP civilians whom they don't APP
prove Of. 1t isn't done formally
lust a mere matter Of assassina-
ton. It's fatal, though.
To be sure, the military bunch
can hardly liquidate the whole list
of overseas representatives they're
lust recalling. There are too many
of
They include every ambassador,
minister and consul general in the
western hemisphere and in Hawaii
and the Philippines. II would be
a considerable chore to bump of
the entire roster.
However, Horinouchi is said to
be an outstanding offender.
A majority Of the others ap-
pears to have been canned as sim
ply inefficient, but 1t seems that
Horinouchi is charged with having
been rather actively anti-militaris-
tic. Furthermore he's occupied an
especially important post. Hes
known as Jap liberal, too.
Possibly Nippon's retiring rep
resentative in Buenos Aires will
need to be attended to. ahead of
anybody else but Horinouchi.
The story is that Toxic, trying
to Japanize South America, count
ed especially upon the Argentine,
which is rather lukewarmly Yam
kee and mildly pro-Jap, to swing
the rest Of the New Worlds Latin
republics the mikado's way. But
State Secretary Hull Grabbed this
game at-tte- Havana conference,
and the Jap militarists accuse
their Buenos Aires man Of having
bungled his job Perhaps he
wasn't seni-malicious, as the mill
tarists evidently think Horinouchi
has been. but he failed to deliver
The goods, anyway-and that's bad
enough. from the militarists' angle.
As tn Hawaii
There's considerable talk OF hfth
column possibilities in Hawaii, due
10 the large Jap population there.
The territory is strictly watched
by the FBI.
It's a long time since l was in
Honolulu, but even then Califor-
mans were mentioning the place
as a potential Japanese danger
point. When I got there. though,
I found that the local white folk
weren't a bit worried. I inter-
viewed Governor Frear. Pooh,
pooh" he said. The Japs we've
got here came because they didn't
like Japan. They're about the
most loyal Americans we've got.
There are a lot Of Chinese, too,
10 Offset EN-. The Chinese GER
tainly aren't pro-Jap.
Ragged Edge Of War
Hardly needful to remark, the
Japs are pro-German and pro-Ital-
ian, since they're totalitarian. like
Berlin and Rome.
Yet, funnily enough, they're on
the ragged edge Of war with Rus
STA, which is totalitarian likewise,
and hooked up. with Germany,
though on doubtful terms with
italy.