The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-27

They then decided that MT. Roosevelt would not compromise and the army leaders advanced the war schedule for the sake of sur- prise, partly because newspaper correspondents were predicting that the deadline would come in six months.
 Statements About Japs
 There still are many facts about the Japanese situation that cannot be reported but the following state ments in regard to what has hap pened behind the enemy propaganda and censorship screen in the Pacific may be made:
 1-This is a war of races as far as the Japanese army leaders are con- cerned and even Japanese liberals who had been friendly toward Americans in the past have been swept away by the nationalist tide.
 21Japan planned this war with careful consideration for her weak est points including vulnerability of Tokyo to fire bombs. Thus building of air raid shelters was restricted and fire fighting was promoted on the theory that if the people had no place to go during an air at- tack they would be better fire fight CTS.
 3. Best-informed sources in Japan expressed belief that for the time being the "undeclared peace" between Japan and Russia will be maintained purely because it is in- convenient for either nation to chal- lenge the other but that Japan will attack or try to outflank Siberia when and if the Red army Is de- feated in the west.
 4. There is general belief in informed sources that Japan now is attempting to avoid 8 direct attack on the Soviet Union by out-flanking the Russians in the Far East as a result of seizure of American islands in the Aleutian chain.
 5. Japans attention at present Is believed to be centered on break ing the Alaska Midway Panama de- fense line of the United States, al- though that program suffered a heavy setback in the battle of Midway.
 6. As far as I could discover any propaganda offensive against Japan will fail because the censorship IS tight enough to prevent the people from receiving any but official news and the only formula for American victory seems to be an old one "Git thar fustest with the mostest men,"
 z. LatIn American diplomats ex- changed at this port said that they repeatedly had protested against c;,ditions under which they were in- tened in Japan. Alfredo Lertora, Peruvian consul at Yokahama, as an example, said he had been in close confinement for six weeks in ! g small room in the Grand hotel And that the windows were closed and blinds drawn. Lertora said when he told police he feared a nervous breakdown he was permitted outside for an hours walk daily with a uniformed guard.
 Ralph Oliver Reiner, Presbyteri- an missionary born at Waverly, Neb., said that he was arrested at Keijo, Korea, and beaten with a rubber hose at intervals during 16 days when he was questioned about alleged spy activities. He displayed big welts on his wrists, back and knees. His wife is now at Berkeley Cal.
 Immediately after United States army planes raided Tokyo industry centers on April IS. the Japanese informed the U. s. embassy that if Tokya were bombed again ship would refuse to supply 1t with food
 AMERICANS GET NEWS Editors Note: Robert T. BeI-
 laire, former United Press man.
 Mger at Tokyo, reveals In the fol-
 lowing dispatch how the news
 came to Ambassador Grew and
 other Americans that the United
 States was at war with Japan.
 BY ROBERT T. BELLAIRE
 (Copyrlght lS42. by United Press)
 Lourenco Marques. Portugues East Africa, July 26.--(UP)-CDe [ Ilayed) Joseph Clark Grew was at breakfast at the Unite, states embassy Monday morning lDecember c, listening to his short