Evening star., 1944-02-20

YIN $50 IS tHS assumed name
OF a 24-year-old Chinese natipe
eft Mdnchurid, one of the teW
witnesses OF eDents inside Japan
to reach Allied territory in recent
months. He 1Oas for three years
a student in a Toxic university.
After graduation last summer he
iOent to Japanese-held Peiping
and from there made his iDdy to
Free China. drriping a te,D days
ago in Chungking. The tollo,D-
ing article Uas Dritten for the
Associated Press.)
BY YIN TsO.
CHUNGKING. Feb. 19.-In a
Toxic theater near the Imperial
Palace I saw a packed house clap
in wild spontaneous burst of jubi-
liant approval of a newsreel indi-
eating that five OF the American
airmen who had bombed the Jap
anese capital on April 18, 1912, had
been put to death.
The newsreel, entitled "Punish-
ment of American Pilots Who
Bombed Toxic" consisted OF three
scenes. The first was a plane at an
airdrome. Out stepped an Ameri-
can airman in black jacket. blind
folded by black cloth. He was
led away by two soldiers. The same
thing happened to four others.
The second scene showed four of
the airmen inside speeding train,
still blindfolded There was nothing
to indicate their destination.
The third and last scene depicted
a stern-faced officer of the minis
try of wars information depart
ment reading a document. Slowly
and carefully, he read: "All Amer
ican or British pilots who bomb
Japan or territory under japanese
military occupation will be put to
death If captured
Regard U. S. as Principal Foe.
AS the scene faded out. the theater
shook with wildly excited hand
clapping, the same reception ac-
corded it throughout Japan.
The japanese regard America as
enemy number one.
They deliberately mispronounce
the word Yankee as "yangkwee, ;"
meaning foreign devil, and in many
japanese publications the character
for dogs" follows all references to
Americans.
The phrase "eat rice" is slightly
mlSpronounced to become "eat
American" Let's eat Americans
is now common phrase heard
everywhere in Japan, sometimes ac-
companied by pantomimic smack
ing OF the lips, occasionally with a
vengeful expression of determina-
ton
The japanese press alternately
portrayS Americans and Britons as
arrogantly insolent or cravenly alb.
ject. To illustrate the alleged abb
lection of the vanquished, one news
paper said that Sir Mark Young,
captive governor of Hong Kong.
when asked how he liked a lunch
box OF cold food had replied deli
clous.' This, the writer said, showed
how submissive once-proud for
elgners became under the impact of
all-conquering Japanese might.
Americans Declared Insolent,
On the other hand, a writer on
the Toxic Asahi said American
prisoners of war were naughty, in
solent. and shamefully unresponsive
to japanese kindness. He illus
trated his point by saying that in
prisoner of war camp in Japan
japanese soldier had offered an
American captive a cigarette.
Why do you think I gave YOU
this?" the Japanese soldier asked.
Because" the American replied.
you hope that when American
troops capture you they will give
you a big, fat cigar"
Equally insolent was a 2l-vear-
old American pilot captured in the
Pacific.
DO you hate the Japanese?" his
captors asked him.
Very much" he replied.
I'VE are going to kill you unless
you change your attitude" his cap
COTS CnFedCeneQ.
Il still hate you," the American
answered
This, said the Asahi in recountinp
the story, was only another evidence
OF the necessity for destroying
America"
Celebrate Var Each Month.
The Japanese used to speak of the
war against Britain and America"
Now they talk of America and
Britain" Their cartoonists, with
more repetition than originality, de-
light in portraying droves Of Ameri-
can and British prisoners, arms up
raised In surrender and faces dis
torted with terror.
On the eighth day of every month