The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-28

Gen. Joseph Of course.
Stilwell Nippon's post
war fix prom
ises to be different from Germany's.
The latter country If and when
Herr Hitler is beaten. can be hashed
up into quite a multiplicity Of too
small states TO be formidable, con-
sidering them separately And they
probably can be kept separate. fol
they have a good many dislikes OF
one another In fact. quite few OF
them were absorbed into the Reich
only forcibly. and doubtless would
be glad to be yanked loose. Adolf
did a pretty effective job Of feder-
ating them for present purposes,
but il was a one-man stunt, and
there may be nobody else available
who can do II over again, once he 5
bumped off or locked up or chased
into exile or some such thing.
The Japs. though are a cohesive
crowd from end 20 end Of their
archipelago. Chopped into Little
supposedly independent groups,
they certainly would have con-
slant tendency to melt back into
national solidarity.
Furthermore, they are not de-
pendent, for leadership. upon any
exceptional, lone and recent individ-
ual. They get their fighting inspira-
ton from their Samurai, or milf
tarists, who are a sizab bic numerical
element-altogether tso large a
class to be eXtinguished, and dating
back before historys dawn. Free
quently they are referred TO as an
aristocracy, and it is true that the
aristocracy membership IS picked
frorn the Samuar's ranks, but the
cults a lot bigger than that And
when 1t wants a war, it pulls one
of, no matter who objects.
One Bomb, Hitler's End
Herr Hitler could be attended to
with one bomb-well placed; not q
bungle. like the last time it was at
tempted. After that, maybe Ger
many WOu4u De OSCClil-
Making quick work Of the Samu-
raj. though, would involve z massa-
ere unprecedented since Noah sur
yived his food. The only practical
way OF pacifying those islands per-
manently would be by means OF a
civilized but strong occupation of
them. keeping the Samurai under
subsection until their ultimate dis
indignation, which v ould take a
matter Of generations, it's a cinch.
The non-Samurai masses should be
comparatively easy to handle, with
out the Samurai TO stir them up,
but the occupation would be quite
a chore.
So when General Stilwell. with
his Yankee and Chinese, arrives in
Tokyo, he's only made start on
his task.
I wouldn't suppose the United
States would care, if it can be
avoided, to police those Samurai
until, gradually, they evaporate, in
about 100 years. But the Chinese
might. Japan's in their dooryard.
It's geographically convenient for
them, and possibly they will sense
some commercial advantages they
would gain BY managing its eco
Monies.
Absorption by China:
President Sun Fo Of the legisla-
tive department OF Generalissimo
Chang kai-sheks Chunglling gov
eminent has mentioned the world
wide desirability Of having Occi-
dentals, like the United States,
Britain. the French and the Dutch,
quit their governmental. rather
than commercial colonizing in
Asia and on its adjacent islands.
He wants Philippine independence,
which We have already promised.
He wants independence for India,
which the peninsula may get. as a
result Of Sir Stafford Grips visit
there. He wants independence for
Indo-China. which the Japs recent
~ NDDh away Aigiu dlit@s IlG
wants Korean independence from
Japan, which will necessitste lick
ing the Japs, which will be highly
satisfactory to everybody but the
Axis folk. And he wants, from Hol-
land, Dutch East Indian independ-
ence-if any Of it's left after to-
days war.
Sun, however, doesn't specifically
say that he wants Japans indie
pendence preserved.
He rather implies that he be-
lieves in Nippon's absorption by
China Apparently he would prefer
not to have It scooped in by an DC.
cidental power. but seemingly he
is favorable to having it gob5led
by the Chinese. partly for China's
defense and partly for It's CONNER.
cially valuable possibilities.
Well, il isn't such a bad idea.
The Chinese barring their Boxer
uprising. about 40 years back. have