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Evening star., 1943-12-23

the problem is when the war ends: that
II nothing is done, or half-wa measures
are taken the problem will continue to
plague this country, and particularly
the people of the West, for years to
come
The japanese have been herded into
relocation camps since the attack on
Pearl Harbor. Two of these camps are
in California When the war is over,
they will, in all probability, move back
10 the Coast States. They have prop
erty there. The climate suits them and
they like farming. No matter what
offense they may have committed. these
people cannot be deported ordinarily.
Mr. johnson insists that, holding the
whip hand at the conclusion of the
war. this country should write into
treaty with Japan provision for their
deportation to Japan, at japanese ex-
pense.
Experience has shown that the jap
anese are not assimilable Further, the
laws OF the Western States prohibit
the marriage of Japanese and whites.
They remain, therefore, distinct group
that cannot amalgamate with other
citizens in the same way as the various
European racial strains do. Where
these groups of japanese have settled,
there has always been friction Part
OF this friction is due to racial feeling,
and part to the fact that the japanese
standard of living is lower than the
American, enabling Japanese workmen
to underbid Americans for jobs.
he
deportation of Japanese, aliens and
citizens alike. who have been proved
disloyal to this country in time of war.
Mr.. johnson maintains Japan, if we
insist upon writing 1t into a peace
treaty, can be compelled to accept these
people. Also, through proper process,
these citizens can be denationalized
There is no reason, If they have been
disloyal, why this country should give
them protection. The WRA has admitted
there are several thousand of the jap
anese who have openly avowed their
allegiance to Japan. They say they
Evening star., 1943-12-23
The Resilient Italians

Caught in the raging battle be-
tween our advancing Allied forces
and the slowly retreating Nazis, many
an italian city. town and village
the latest San Pietro-has been
reduced to a blackened shambles,
but the people of Italy. from the
Naples area southwark, have been
showing remarkable resiliency.
The war has rolled over them with
such weight and such fury that one
would expect, for example, to see
them brow beaten and stunned into
kind Of coma leaving them totally
indifferent to political develop
ments. Yet the exact contrary ap-
pears to be the case. Thus, in Ma
Piles, large theater has just been
filled to overfiowing by a great gath
ering of Neapolitans fired with in
tense enthusiasm for the elimina-
tlon OF every form of Fascism in
their country and for the re-estab-
lishment of a free and self-govern-
ing way OF life. In Naples, too, the
Italian Committee of Liberation
only few days ago vigorously criti-
clzed the Allied military govern
ment for banning a similar conven-
ton and strongly insisted that there
must be freedom of speech and of
public meeting" if liberated Italy is
to get on with the job of reordering
itself.
The mere fact that this protest
has been registered and widely pub
licized without any AMG hindrance,
taken together with the fact that
there have been many unrestricted
public rallies behind Allied lines,
would seem to be proof enough that
freedom already obtains for Italians
wherever the Nazis have been eject
ed and wherever such gatherings
are not likely to affect the security
of our forces on the battle line. But
that is not the remarkable thing:
the remarkable thing is that the
battered people of Southern italy
still are blessed with enough political
gusto to make the most of their lib
Grafton and to be impatient with any
measures threatening to circum-
scribe it.
And just as the long years of
Mussolini's misrule and the bitter
ravages of war have thus failed to
kill their spirit, the physical de-
struction wrought by battle has ap-
parently not left the Italians desti-
tute OF ways and means of main
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MAJ. George Fielding Eliot

in their hands. the leaders of Germany
might think that they thus were clos
ing the gates of mercy for all Germans.
leaving no German any recourse save
a desperate resistance to the bitter end.
The problem from our point of view
cannot, however, be solved merely bv
recognizing these possibilities. but by re-
solving to be on our guard against
enemy attempts to produce disunity
among the Allies and by refusing to be
led into hysterical countercharges and
threats.
But If we actually are confronted by
illegal acts Of outrage against the
prisoners of war now in German hands,
we shall have to deal with a most pain
ful and delicate problem. 1t may be
thought that Stalingrad and Tunisia
nave given the Allies enough German
prisoners, so that we can carry out re-
prlsals. But reprisals against prisoners
OF war are expressly forbidden by the
Geneva Convention, and though Ger
many repeatedly has violated the terms
OF that convention Though signatory to
IL with certain reservations the moral
position OF the United Nations with re-
spect to international law is such that
we should consider the consequences of
our acts very carefully before under
taking reprisals even against German
outrages. Reprisal is, In fact, justified
only If Its effect be deterrent, and
against those who have placed them
selves In any case beyond the pale Of
humanity. no reprisal that we could con-
ceivaoly carry out would be likely to be
deterrent.
Remember that the Russian act was
entirely legal. On the subject of war
crimes dncluding the killing or Ill treat
ment of civilians) the rule is that com
manders ordering the commission of
such acts, or under whose authority
they are committed by their troops, may
be punished by the belligerent into
whose hands they may fall" This GER
tainly appears to be the case regarding
two German officers and the German
non- commissioned officer executed at
Kharkov; the fourth man was Russian
traitor, concerning whom the Germans
Evening star., 1943-12-23
Creche in the Wood

(church Of the voyageurs, Bale ComeaW.
Here is no manger for the Child,
No byre, nor cattle house,
His cradle is the forest Uild,
His bed OF balsam boughs.
Circled and sentineled by groUes
OF hen,lock, fir and pine
Shy ,Doodldnd creatures stand about,
Instead OF ass .and kline
ODer the Babe, in prayer ropt
Watches the Mother Maid
Her blue coDl stippled green, wheye
light
Pierces the ledues' thick shade.
No Magi ride from far, rich gifts
OF n1yrrh and gold to make
A red-cldd Doydgeur kneels there
With salmon from the lake.
Oh, holy tDilderness! on, scene
OF blest simplicity!
Prin,eDdl forest guards this crcche
Where sleeps Divinity
MAIZE v. CARUTHERS.
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tanning a reasonably tolerable eco
nomic existence. According to one
reliable correspondent, at any rate,
much of the area south OF Naples
enjoys at least the appearance of
near -normalcy in the ordinary small
trades and shopping outlets. Food is
not rationed; bakeries, meat mar
ketS. candy stores and ice cream
stands still seem to have enough to
meet moderate consumer demands.
Moreover, there is plentiful supply
of key rings, knives, kitchen gadgets,
cheap trinkets and similar items
long since become scarce in Britain
and America, and dry goods estab-
liShments are not wholly without
things to sell. Nor do the neatly
dressed Italian women appear to be
suffering any great lack Of silk
stockings.
All things considered, from the
standpoint of political spirit and
material well-being. the people of
Southern Italy seem to have held up
hearteningly we'll. They have a
natural lustiness. and they know
how to make little go far, and this
augurs brightly for their future. In
a way, the story of San Pietro sums
up the matter. Here was a town
literally reduced to rubble by bombs
and artillery shells. Yet when our
troops moved in, the ashen- faced
inhabitants came up from their cell
lars to cheer and offer wine in cele-
bration. A people like this cannot
be held down, no matter how great
the terror they have seen with their
eyes and felt In their flesh and
minds.
Evening star., 1943-12-23
Mr.. Landon's Views Considered
As Result of Observation.


/ have read your editorial, Poor
Substitute in which you speak of
ALT M. Landon. former COP standard
bearer, and the position he has taken
in regard to the Republican partys
attitude on foreign policy
Well, it may be that Mr.. Landon has
a spark of real democracy left in him
and that he may not take kindly to
the new form of democracy that the
internationalists are trying to fasten
upon our people.
1t also is possible that Mr. Landon
has interpreted the result of the elec-
tions of 1912 and 1943 correctly, and
sees why such men as Senator Norris
and six or seven international Senators
and dozens of Representatives were de-
feated, and why Ham Fish, whom I do
not think is brilliant statesman, was
elected in spite of the fact that the
powerful Democratic machine and some
of the Republican leaders waged one of
the most bitter campaigns in their
effort to defeat him. WE'D.
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Remarkable Performance

The Nations civil air lines can
be everlastingly proud of the great
lob they are doing in the war. Ac-
cording to the Office of War Infor-
nation, they are operating only
half the number of planes they had
at the time of Pearl Harbor, yet
despite this and despite the fact
that third of their men are in
the armed forces, they are not
merely flying more passenger miles
than ever before but are also carry
ing twice as much cargo and mail.
And wholly apart from this, they
are playing highly important
military role under the direction of
the Army and Navy. Their contri-
button in this respect has received
little publicity up to now. but the
owl has just made it clear that
their service is affecting the course
of key battles-so much so. for
example. that our counter-offensive
in the Aleutians would have been
postponed for months" had they
not been available to transport spe-
cial troops and equipment quickly
and in great quantity" Even as the
enemy was striking at Dutch Harbor,
their planes were landing at the air.
port there with urgently needed
materials.
The full story of their wartime
achievements will probably not be
told for some time to come, but the
owl has revealed enough of it to
make clear that our eighteen
domestic and three international air
lines are turning In truly remark
able performance. No less than our
railroads and our giant industrial
Evening star., 1943-12-23
This and That
Bu Charles E. Trdce1DeH

What time is it?" some one called
downstairs to Templeton Jones.
We'll, let me see replied Jones,
taking out his watch.
My watch says IS minutes to II, but
1t is minutes slow.
The clock here in the living room
says half past II, but it is fast, as l
recall.
Then this little one in the dining
room puts up its hands for IL 40 and
I have forgotten whether it is fast or
slow.
Whats that-it's slow?
I'VE will put it at :43, then, Just to
be on the safe side
What does my alarm clock say?"
There was slight pause. and the
sound of walking feet
Finally there came voice. proclaim
ing the alarm clock to take its stand
for 11:l5 o'clock
But I set it back % minutes. myself,
day before yesterday" called Templeton
Jones.
He consulted his watch again.
IF my watch says IL As, but it is 5
minutes slow. that ought to make it
11:50, if my watch can be believed
But it normally runs minutes
fast a day. Now let me see-I haven't
set it for at least three days, so that
ought to make it minutes ahead
The question is, ahead Of what?
"As for that alarm clock, as recall,
somebody set it an hour ahead. just
after had set it an hour the other way.
II
eff 7 take the clocks, and my watch,
and add the times, and divide by a
that ought about to give the right
time, as I see it from here"
Just then the noon siren sounded.
'All of our timepieces are wrong, evil
IDENTIFY went on Jones, placidly But,
of course, they are all wrong, and the
siren is wrong, too, really because they
are all an hour fast, on War time.
ITS getting so that it is impossible
to know the exact time, anywhere. Let's
lay it on the war.
*+
There is clock I see on my way
downtown. 1t has said am for the
last six months.
up against.
1ucIC Lo dDUIIlci UlIc Gildt
runs five minutes ahead of my watch.
Now let me see-if it runs five minutes
ahead of my watch and my watch is
five minutes slow, and normally runs
three minutes fast day, it should show
the correct time some day in 1916, ac-
cording to my calculation
Don't you remember that old watch
that had habit of stopping for an hour
or two and then suddenly deciding to
run again?
That was watch with CUTS I'd say.
When it got enough, 1t quit, and when
it rested up, 1t went on again, just for
the fun of it.
Remember how we went to call on
the Smiths that time. trusting to that
watch, and got there after they had all
gone to bed?
Il think it was Alexander Pope who
said that no two watches keep the same
time, but that every one trusts his own.
If this war keeps on. nobody will
be able to trust his own watch, and
especially his own alarm clock.
We'll have to have that one in my
room fixed. Just about the time 1t gets
to running nicely for "a hours on one
winding. it suddenly decides to run only
half day
Maybe it has been listening to the
war news, and decided that it should
get some attention, too."
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makes strange picture, because Mr..
Dewey Is, on the whole, considerably
more mysterious than the Moscow Dec
larations. He is almost the only leading
figure in American life who has said
nothing whatever about Moscow, or
Cairo, or Teheran. But Mr. Landon
finds the Moscow Declarations an
enigma, and Mr.. Dewey clear. He holds
to this view concerning Mr.. Dewey,
though Mr.. Dewey rarely seems to feel
any obligation either to support some
great development or to attack it.
Mr.. Dewey treats history like the
weather, and as if the only problem it
raised were what sort of topcoat he
ought to wear in order to get around
best in it.
Herbert Hoover is also shutting
about ftfully in the political sky He,
too. turned up in Manhattan the other
day with Mr.. Landon and Mr.. Dewey.
When number of good. solid Repubh-
can newspapers attacked Mr. Landon
for attacking the Moscow Declarations.
Mr.. Hoover issued a statement explain
ing what Mr.. Landon really meant, and
how he really approved of the Moscow
Declarations. and how he really was
not against them, but merely wanted
more information and more light and
CLARITY etc
Evening star., 1943-12-23
A Glorious Mess

Come and get it," sang the mess
sergeant at field camp in Italy.
Special treat-hot cakes" Filled
with the usual skepticism of the
American soldier, nevertheless the
men came. They had to eat, and
perhaps miracle might occur, and
they would like the food. They did
like it. In fact, never in their mill
tary careers had they had such de-
licious hot cakes. For once, mess
sergeant and cooks could mingle un-
armed with the crowd, in perfect
safety. They could, that. is to say,
until next day, when the truth came
out, and sad-faced string of dis
appointed mules waited vainly for
their grain mash, delivered in error
to the sergeant who had made a
glorious mess of it.
Evening star., 1943-12-23
Gould Lincoln

want to go back. But once the war Is
over, they are likely to sing a different
tune. To go back to defeated Japan
Will not be so pleasant. They may
change their minds and suddenly be-
come loyal Americans"
We should not let them change their
minds said Mr.. johnson. discussing his
program Of legislation. In this matter
our country should be firm. Japan bv
sneak attack and without provocation
or warning murdered almost 4 900 Amer
leans. Certainly any person who con-
doned that and who now is loyal to
Japan is unworthy of citizenship and
our protection. The legislation pre-
serves every right and no japanese who
Is really loyal American citizen need
have any fear of being deported. II
we take weak and vacillating posi-
ton as to the bad eggs we merely will
win the contempt of Japan, as we'll as
OF other nations and peoples A firm
hand in this situation will also show
other subversive elements that we will
not tolerate anything of the kind"
japanese immigration into this coun-
try has been limited and prohibited for
years, first by "gentleman's agree
Inent, made by President Theodore
Roosevelt and the japanese govern
ment and more recently by exclusion
legislation. This country has lust re-
pealed its Chinese exclusion lavs-as
sign OF friendship to China-and ad-
mitted Chinese to the quota immipra.
ton system along with other nations.
1t will be a cold day, however, before
any such treatment is accorded to the
japanese. Indeed, Mr.. Johnson's nro-
posal Is the exact reverse.
*+
1t may be that if and when this
legisiatlon is written the deportation
OF alien japanese WIN be confined tn
those who have been disloyal tn ,bis
country on the ground that the depor-
tatlon OF others would work hardship in
the breaking up of families. If that
course were followed. however. it would
not meet the real need of getting rid of
as many unassimilable people as pos-
sible p''
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for our strategy in regard to other
war zones.
The political arrangements at Te-
heran and Cairo still are . matter of
guesswork for every one who is not in
the inner circle of men who attended
the conferences. They will be kept
deep secret for some time.
But 1t appears certain that as far
as military matters are concerned
definite and complete agreement was
reached between the Allied leaders that
a second front In Western Europe and
nowhere else Is essential If we are to
win the war In q reasonably short time
There has been no controversy about
this matter. The military. naval and
air strategists have pondered the future
with realistic mind. The Italian
campaign Is Just another diversion
which might pin down a certain number
Of Nazi divisions which otherwise would
be employed in other areas.
For while 1t was believed that
campaign in the Balkans, as advocated
particularly by the British, might have
many compensations But 1t is realized
even by the British that in the final
analysis such an undertaking-which
would require heavy ground, naval
and air force-would yield only meager
benefits and would prove only another
diversionary operation.
The Germans already are groggy from
the punches they have received in the
last IL months. Minor blows might have
the effect Of awakening them. 1t is
believed that only powerful punches
from the east and the west in which
Evening star., 1943-12-23

nave no night to say anything II in
revenge for this legal act of the Russian
government. the Germans commit
nlegal acts against Allied prisoners of
war theoretically the Allied eoyern-
hents may take measures of reprissI
against hostages held for that purpose.
as a matter OF law, they may probably
1aKe measures OF reprisal against r5ris-
ohers OF war, despite the Geneva Con-
Vention, because the Germans will first
nave violated the Geneva Convention.
= +
But let us consider very carefully he
lore we set our foot on this bloody and
treacherouS path: let us consider
whittier it may lead us, in dealing with
an enemy who knows no restraint of
conscience. of decency, of any regard
whatsoever for the humanities. 1t NAV
lead us from reprisal to counter reprisaI.
until we find ourselves engaged in a con-
test to see whose firing squads and hang
men can be busiest and we NAV find
the whole moral foundation of our Just
and honorable cause undermined by
the shocking acts to which we have
been led, one step at a time. in a vain
attempt to keep up the savageries of a
~ "Ai' niioNS iiot tiiC IlcdIlulK OI JuS-
tice or honor. We might find our own
people, and those of our Allies, turning
in sickened disgust from such a spec
tacle; and we would soon lose the mem
ories of the justification for our acts,
while the acts themselves would be-
recalled against us by generations yet
unborn.
The war might indeed lose It's present
character of struggle between .the
forces of right and justice and those OF
tyranny and wrong, and degenerate INTO
mere bloody struggle for survivalsbe-
tween two groups of savages, the moral
force which is so potent weapon In
our hands today might become a bruken
blade. These are risks which we wilisdo
we'll to ponder, as we consider whether,
after all, the worst reprisal we can
inf1ict on the enemy is not his defsat.
his overthrow and his subsequent pun.
ishment at the hands OF impartial
justice.
Z tcopyrisht, 1s4s, n. z. Tribune, Inch
Evening star., 1943-12-23
Maple Sirup Vanishes
Because of OPA Interference,

% the Editor of The Star
For years l have been a regular GUS
toner of one of the best maple sugar
houses In Vermont Recently I sent an
order for my usual years supply. In
stead OF the sirup I wanted, was told.
IN the bluntest terms, as follows: Il am
sorry to say have no sirup for sale .
The OPA pegged both the buying and
selling prices on maple sirup, but re-
fused to allow for extra costs involved
IN processing and handling top quality
Slrup. They also refused to allow for
individual handling of orders such as
yours always are. Frankly, was losing
money on every Slrup order so l had
to quit. When and If the OPA changes
It's mind, will Immediately let you
know"
Perhaps the OPA has served some
purpose besides providing jobs for the
mediocre and stupid at better pay than
they could get elsewhere, and perhaps
1t may have done its mite to hold gen.
eral imitation back. But for the life of
me l can't see anything but meddle-
Someness in interfering with a luxury
product. We, who can afford to buy
such things, and are accustomed to
using them, are not making any fuss
about few cents more in the price per
quart. We know more about why such
an increase is legitimate than the OPA
seems to know. Also, We would not
do either more or less buying because
CT such an increase The net result of
OPA's profound wisdom has been to
drive out Of business a firSt-class con-
Germ with an old reputation for fair
dealing, and to deprive users of its
product of their favorite luxury.
Ny vote will go to no New Dealer
Occurrences of the sort described do
the administration a great deal of harm
fortunately! INDIGNANT,
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1t appears that the reports that either
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower or some
British general like Sir Harold Alexan-
der will head the invasion forces origi-
mated from the fact that there will be
some delay before Gen. Marshall takes
over effective command. This delay is
inevitable.
Although invasion preparations have
advanced considerably some details
must be taken care of from this side OF
the ocean. Weather conditions will
make major attack impossible in the
next two or three months. Conse-
quently, Gen. Marshall will remain in
Washington, where besides working out
details for operations in Western
Europe, he will continue to perfect plans
Evening star., 1943-12-23

reaction, as might
have been expected,
is a threat to retail
ate against helpless
prisoners now in
their hands: and it
is notable that they
t hre e a t e n this re-
taliation, not against
r us S ian prisoners
but against Anglo
American airmen
The in t e n t, Of
course, is obvious: to
induce the Amer
lean and British
Governments. and
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totally false issue of defense of the Re-
publicans right to criticize
II they have abandoned that right,
these calloused ears of mine are un-
aware of it,
X
Mr.. Landon stops in Manhattan, too,
where. after having attacked the
Moscow Declarations as mysterious. he
then beats tin pans and blows horns for
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey as the next
Republican candidate for President. 1t