Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-10

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that remained was 10 or y
hours IN which 10 20 10 Pearl
Harbor and 20 throught the ac-
tons OF destroying themselves.
The submarine itself il n
dinky trinket Of war. It's III
feet long, just big enough 10
carry two torpedoes. 800 pounds
Of nitroglycerine. and enough
storage batteries to run the
boat $50 miles.
The commanding office r
stands In the coming tower
It's only Is inches across at the
hatch and. once inside. the Of
ficer has only ; feet. inch Of
head room, ~ he has 10 he
\ small, even for a Jap.
Fartbor back in tho engine
rooms the mechanic ,only the
TWO men are needed CraWlS
through tho paSSagcwayS which
arc 50 low that he never can
stand up a. all There's room
for hun 10 lie down on top Of
the batteries. though There,
IN his crampcd space he keeps
the motors gong and waits for
the commander 10 blow the
whole works 10 the floWery
kingdom OF his ancestors.
Theoretically. the submarine
fires its two torpedoes. Then
the submarine nestles beside or
underneath ship, the comman-
der pushes button, and the 300
pounds Of nitroglycerine blow
up ship. submarine and crew a
glorious end, 10 the japanese
way OF thinking.
IN the case Of the submarine
vhlch Is mere today. the JapS
evidently couldn't find any
American ships 10 attack. i
didn't even fire 2 torpedo
United States forces the dav
f'er Pearl Harbor, found the
submarine caught on reef
Later. they found the CoTman-
der IN the water alive bur with
only part Of his dignity. lie was
% his underwear
The mechanic wasn't found
10 must have drowned. pre,um-
bly, With NlpponeSe happiness
IN Dis heart
But how much did the sub
marine commander really want
10 die?
At his funeral services, he
fore setting out in the sub
marine. he had been deCked in
!. his dress uniform. with his
ceremonial sword. or Samurai,
AZ his side. Then, he was Sprin-
kled with perfume 40 that he
would smell nice when he met
his ancestors in another half
day.
What were hI> thoughts when
'he Pearl Ilarhor attack ended %
he hadn1 been able 30 fire q
shot for hI, country And be
couldn't go home lie dldn
eaNc enough power 10 got home
ANYWAY hc mo- douh, v0.Iin
have been welcome because Of
lcIally he was dead
Wen. We don't know what he
thought, hut We know what he
did. He slipped out Of his uni
form. hut buckled ON his sword
and re, DIVER When he Was
fShed out Of the ocean, ne was
>till wearing his shorts and his
>idcarmS.
After being captured he
asked 10 borrow an American
officers pistol with which 10
sill himself
The Americans asked why he
hadn't killed himself with hS
sword or his own pistol while
no still had them The Jap had
no answer Perhaps there Is no
stigma 10 = japanese IN being
alive. maybe tho disgrace IS be
ne caught alive
Merely know what rOtt-
hlooded means the Japanese
adopt ought 10 be the hest pos
Slhle wav 10 sell war bonds,
which, 81 course, is the purpose
~ bringing this boat To Detroit.
II still doesn't explain why
the little brown men hold life
40 chcaply. nor does II give III
any clew as 10 when-if ever
they may get new scale Of
values. Certainly. II they value
their own 80 little. II takes no
great imagination 10 guess what
they would do 10 VS. N we let
them conquer.
But while they toss away
lives without qualm they are
prudent enough with material
things
This submarine must have
been planned Ions long IN adj