Evening star., 1942-07-20

officials in Toxic as we'll as in Wash
ington His story of how the jap
enese military and expansionist ele-
ments forced Japan into war; how
he himself gave up hope a year ago
and how Admiral Nomura strove to
the very end to prevent war is a
mastery presentation OF American
Japanese diplomacy.
Mr., Moore gives the impression
that Kurusu, the last-minute envoy,
suspected that the japanese would
attack suddenly, and that he came
to America in the hope that major
concession could be obtained from
the United States at the expense OF
China and that this would prevent
war.
Compromise Is Impossible.
Being an employe of the japanese
government, Mr.. Moore's position as
adviser was often difficult, but he
quotes from memoranda submitted
from time to time showing that at
all times he warned the japanese
they were misconstruing isola-
tionism in America and the alleged
unreadiness of the American people
to make sacrifices in war. Having
spent most of his life studying the
Far Eastern problem, Mr.. Moore's
conclusions are significant. The title
c
Leaders" With the permission OF
the publishers-Charies Scribners
Sons-the following extracts are
quoted:
ITO defeat the United States is
impossible for the japanese, Their
only hope is that the American
people will tire of the struggle and
agree to compromise. That I am
sure their military leaders think we
will eventually do. They thought
we would compromise to escape the
issue of war. But while they were
suffering hardships even before
beginning the conflict, our sacrifices
have been so far relatively unim-
portant. When Hitler is defeated.
the japanese people will have their
first great revelation of the struggle.
After that the end will be matter
of time, depending on many factors.
we must defeat the japanese.
We can no more compromise with
them than we can with the Ger
mans. A partial success on the part
of either will mean another war.
Both nations must be shown that
the sort of thing their armies led
them into will not be tolerated by
other nations. We could not now,
even If we had the weakness to do
so. compromise a peace with them.
Their military men are Prussian-
like caste and a compromise would
be equivalent to victory for them.
It would enable them to continue
domination of their own people and
prepare them for further aggres-
sions. While attack upon the mari
time provinces of Russia would be
the next aspiration of the army,
the Hawaiian Islands would be the
next goal of the navy. The Japa-
nese armed forces must be defeated
in this present war if there is to be
An assurance of peace on the Pa
cific.
Defeat to Free japanese.
"The japanese need the lesson
that defeat will bring. They need
to learn that the boasts OF their
militarists were vain, that war does
not pay, that the subsection of other
peoples is more costly than profit
able, and that they were better of
under the industrial system their
civilian leaders had SO laboriously
and ably developed than under that
of exploitation. They must learn
that they were not favored by their
gods but ruined by their militarists.
But the ruin will not be permanent; !;
1t will be only temporary. They are
people too gifted and too willing to
labor to be permanently suppressed.
They will be, indeed, when disil-
lusioned, a respected people. When
they themselves are relieved OF DOM
ination and deception by their mil