Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-16
laps May Try Fake
Peace Move as Trap,
Grew Warns Nation
Says They May Pretend
Defect in Effort TO
Cotch U. S. Off Guard
BY the Associated Press.

ES the Associated PreSS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-Japan
may try to trick the United
States again, this time with a
"jujitsu" peace plot. former Am
bassador Joseph C. Grew warned
today.
In an address at the Women s
National Republican Club luncheon,
Mr.. Grew predicted that the jap
anese viii pretend defeat, if neces-
sary. to catch the United States off
guard with sudden, smashing blow.
Mr.. Grew, who as Ambassador in
Toxic in January, 194l, warned his
Government of planned surprise
mass attack at Pearl Harbor" 10
months before it took place, ex-
planned the possibility of 'jujitsu"
peace maneuver as follows:
I'm my various talks around the
country I have repeatedly stressed
the view that the japanese will not
crack That is to say, the Jap
anese military code does not admit
of surrender even when it is the
only alternative to humiliation; but
this does not mean that the Japa-
nese will stand up to be shot down
to the last man when some other
alternative presents itself, such as
running away to fight another day.
Clue to Tactics.
The japanese art of self-defense,
jujitsu. gives us clue as to what
these tactics are likely to be. The
essence of this art is that by letting
the adversary take the initiative and
by giving way and Stimulating de-
feat the adversary may be lulled
into dropping his guard; then, when
the adversary has advanced too far
and is off balance, he is destroyed
by quick recovery and lightning
attack where he Is weakest"
In the purely military field. Mr..
Grew, said. there is little danger
now that the japanese will be able
to fool this country's armed forces
with some military application of
those principles.
II do feei, however" he added,
| that the American people and the
people of nations united with them
in, war on Japan should be fore
warned against the possibility of a
lujitSu feint in the realm of diplo-
macy-namely, a peace offensive.
The japanese are capable of pre-
pairing the ground for such an often
sive with elaborate care. That is to
say, the military leaders might begin
by bringing forth from retirement
some former statesman with a liber-
al label and placing him at the head
OF a puppet civilian cabinet.
How Japs Would Set Scene.
This step would be heralded as
representing the overthrow of mill
tary dictatorship in favor of liberal
ISM The scene would then be set
Tor peace move. There might be
an announcement that Japan was
ready TO conclude peace on a fair
and just basis. If the United Ma
| lions were willing to rise to the bait
before awaiting at least the clearing
OF the japanese armed forces from
the territories that they have seized
so much the better for Japan.
But even If. the United Nations
should insist on such withdrawal &C
prerequisite to a peace parlev such
japanese move would still seem IN
us authors worth while if it should
| nave a chance of deceiving some of
the peoples among the United Ma
/ ions and rendering them lukeWarm
toward the further prosecution of
the war"
/ The only safe course in guarding
against such moves, said Mr.. Grew
| Will be to keep in mind the Presi-
dents words to Congress on De-
cember g, l94l. that We will not
only defend ourselves to the utter
most, but will make very certain
that this form of treachery shall
never endanger us again"
/ Not only Japan but Germany NAV
try some such maneuver, he added
| and victory therefore must be COM
/ plete before the peace can begin to
be won.
Treatment of Women Cited,
/ Mr. Grew addressed a special ap-
/ peal to his audience to remain alert
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