Montana labor news., 1944-06-29

ATTACK j. 5. BANNED
FROM N. Y. Times
Here is an amazing story. 1t reveals
for the first time how Japan's plan to
attack the United States. made in 1927
was discovered by a noted journalist,
how he tried to get it published IN 1851
how a great newspaper syndicate sup
messed it after visiting the japanese
embassy in washington, and how other
great newspapers, including the New
York Times, for other reasons, threw the
story down.
The facts which follow come to In
Fact from the journalist in question:
Victor Rine of Boston, the SAINT Far
East expert who on November %, l94l,
eight DAYS before Pearl Harbor, sent q
telegram to CordeIl Hull, warning him
that according to the Tanaka Memorial
Japan's plan called for the attack on the
U. S. before the final assault on China
and before Japan could control all Asia
bv her planned attack on Russia.
Document Betrayed by Japanese Official
The Japanese plan was, first, to destroy
the 9-Power-Treaty by which the u. ,
had guaranteed the territorial integrity
and political independence Of China and
secondly. the japanese ruling families
eheads of bands and industries early
foresaw the necessity Of defeating Jht
United States in war. thus eliminating
this country as a Pacific sea power be-
fore all ambitions might be realized
For the first time in world history
vast secret plan of conquest had becomi
known in every detail many years IN ad
vance. 1t might easily have been Upset
had not certain politicians and, espe
cially. our own corrupt press, seen fit
accent the word of Emperor Hirohito an
his miltarists that the plan was a forg
erv. rather than the painstaking proC
of an American writer that the plan
the genuine creation Of a Japanese pr'
mier in collaboration with the emper'
and his ruling class.
The plan had been in operations, pl
became known in 1927 in writing in Il
form of a memorial-the Tanaka Mem
rial. 1t was exposed with help OF
mercenary official in Imperial Archivt
Tokvo) by the governor of Manchuri
Chang Hsueh-liang; in 1881, it was wild
" distributed by the Chinese nationals
-..ra---,ovA of Chfqnu Kqi-Clek.
But Tokyo called it a forgery in
communicate. November 6, 1881. It.
American press echoed the official ia
anese word forgery! To this day t.
word forgery has not been divorced fro
the Tanaka Memorial. It persists in o
press. China and Russia alone amol
the nations recognized the Tanaka M
mortal as the exact Japanese plan Of CO..
ouest and were thus able to be guide
The U. S. had to be surprised by Pes
Harbor.
One American writer risked everythil
in producing proof contrary to the II
perial world and offering the same fiji
to a great American newspaper sync
cate, and then to the no less great Nc
York Times and to others. The head
the syndicate made some show OF d
tributing the series, but after a visit
washington and a conference with t
Japanese ambassador he promptly su
pressed the facts. 1t took the writer
question six months after Manchuria W
attacked and occupied to convince M
York Times editors that his stuff was
to print. and even then to his chagI
he again discovered that the Japant
ambassador was to have the last word
the matter.
Victor Rine. who documents all TIT
statements, says the Memorial came
his hand, as to many others, in 1881,
the facts c%orroborating it he had gal
cred in China and Japan in 1929, d.
ing the Tanaka premiership. He p'
lished them in his book in 1881, after
became clear that it was futile to publ
the facts in newspapers.
Nj. Rine still has in his possession
tiers from Richard H. Waldo, head
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate, also p
Usher of a syndicated Washington
umn known as The National Whirlij
in which Waldo refers to his vsiit to
Japanese Embassy in Washington J
before his suppression of the Rine
ticles. Mr.. Rine has Autographed col
produced in Mcclure office Of the or
nal series along with glowing words
approval and satisfaction written
waldo and his editor. A shrewd
smooth newspaper executive, Waldo +
made sure the story was authentic
well worth advertising as the grea
disclosure of the decade"
When statesmen of the syndicate be
reporting Tokyo's forgery hoax in
fered with their sales, Waldo was fur
IL was then he went TO Washington,
upon his return his attitude compile
changed. Why? Mr.. Zine wanted
know. Manchuria was in the hand'
Japan: Shanghai was under fire wn'
sale murders by the thousands. IL
early 1882. japanese brutalitles' deS
tons, chicanery we're reported IN the
pers. Events were qorroborating