Evening star., 1945-09-25
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rately the Japanese scene. I assured
him that I would"
The lack of ceremony in the i'm.
provised throne room, Mr.. Kluck.
holm said. contrasted sharply witt
the pomp and ceremony he encoun.
tered outside
Outside the walled inclosure ;
the correspondent reported, sit tool
not only written pass but tn,
presence of a military police head
quarters officer to get me by tn,
armed khaki-clad American guards
and blue-uniformed imperial police
with visored caps, halted us agair
by heavy wood gate and wer,
present along the stairways anc
halls of the imperial household
ministry"
Mr.. Kluckhohn said he had sub.
mitted list of written questions te
the Emperor and that Hirohito hao
the answers already prepared
Food, Housing Main Problems.
The Emperor told the correspond
ent that food and housing were
Japan's two paramount problems
Once the japanese people have beer
fed and clothed, he said, it will be
comparatively easy to carry out the
needed reforms in Japan, which ht
said he thought would make for ths
general peace of the world.
Hirohito said it was his earnes
desire that the necessary change
in Japan would be carried out il
line with the general will of tn
people expressed through consti
tutional procedure.
The Emperor also said he conf
IDENTIFY hoped that Japan in du,
course would regain what he termed
her rightful place in the communit,
of nations through peaceful con-
tributions toward the enhancement
OF culture and civilization.
Mr.. Kluckhohn's final question
was: Does the Emperor himself
not feel that the latest weapons o1
war have made thoughts of future
wars intolerable?"
ITO this" Mr.. Kluckhohn said
"the Emperor replied that he die
not believe an enduring peace coulo
be established and maintained al
the point of the bayonet or by the
use of the weapons of war
THE solution of the problem OF
peace will lie in the reconciliation
Of free peoples, both victor and van
quished, without recourse to any
armaments,' he said
The correspondent said the EN-.
peror was questioned as to whether
he felt or hoped that the Japanes,
themselves could make whatever
changes were deemed necessary tt
bring Japan back into the concer
Of nations again and eliminate tn,
possibility of future wars.
I'm reply" Mr.. Kluckhohn con
tinued, ''he had this to say: Tn,
Emperor had no doubt that his peo
Pile would prove themselves capable
Of making the necessary changes t.
bring japan into the concert o
nations again and eliminate tn
possibility of future wars. He wa
gratifled that no mishap of i'm
portance had marred the occupation
by American forces of considerable
areas of Japan's homeland"
The interview, Mr.. Kluckhohl
said, was arranged with utmos
difficulty"
Il knew that the Emperor was tn,
subject of controversy in the United
States and in the Allied world gen
orally and felt that what his idea
were and how he looked and talke,
were therefore of the highes
Importance.
Took Two Weeks to Arrange.
Il had once met Prince Fumimar'
Konoye, vice premier of the presen
government, in Washington. tool
the subject up with him. He sal,
that he favored the idea of an audi
ence, but that it wsuld be extremel.
difficult to arrange and would TAX
time. Actually it took two weeks.
Il communicated directly and il
writing both with Prince Konoy
and with Mr.. Kase, former secre
tary of the Japanese Embassy IL
London, secretary to former Foreigl
Minister Yosuke Matsuoka when h
went to Berlin and now director o
the Third Division of the Board o
Information.
The matter had to be referred t.
both the premier and the foreigl
minister. When former Foreigl
Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu re
signed, Mr.. Kase had to start tn
whole matter over again with tn
new foreign minister. Shigeru 70
snlda. Mr.. Yoshida, was informed
approved the statement that tn
emperor delivered to me-"
The audience itself, Mr.. Kluck
holm said, was brief. Arriving a
the imperial palace, he was ushere
INTO small drawing room at pre-
csely 9:45 am, and waited ther
until precisely 10 am.
Preceded slightly by a major
oono," Mr.. Kluckhohn continued
I proceeded down the heavily car
peted hall to the throne room. Ther
the major-domo dropped behind.
stood just outside the threshold an