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Evening star., 1945-08-15
Hirohito

BY curious and sardonic twist of
fate the Emperor of Japan now is
world figure in new sense of the
phrase. The surrender of his coun-
try to the Allied powers was an
nounced by Hirohito personally. In
order. to tell humanity at large and
his own people particularly about it,
he had recourse to the facilities of
radio. His voice therefore has been
heard in millions of homes where
previously he was more of myth
than man. A multitude of his
contemporaries, it may be said, has
become acquainted with him.
Hitherto, the Emperor's dual role
of autocratic ruler and demigod was
stressed. Hereafter, he is to appear
as a person. When General Douglas
Macarthur meets him he will find
him small, frail, near-sighted,
somewhat tongue-tied individual,
forty-four years old and looking
rather more of his age than less.
He has ruled Japan since November
Is, 1921, when he was designated
regent for his incapacitated parent.
The date of his ceremonial ascen-
sion of the throne was Christmas
Day, 1926, since which time he has
been in effect a clustered inmate of
the imperial palace in Tokyo. His
only contact with the public was
that which briefly occurred when he
paid formal visits to the shrines of
1se and YaSukuni. Most of his
routine duties were performed in his
private apartments in the palace
compound. His knowledge of for
eign countries is limited to the
British Isles, the Netherlands, Bel
gium, France and Italy, which he
included in grand tour in 1921.
The Emperor was married on
January 26, 1924, to the Princess
Nagako, eldest daughter of Prince
Kuni. He is the father of five
daughters and two sons, the heir
to the imperial dignity being the
Kotaishi or Grown Prince" Akihito,
born December %, 1898. In the
event of any accident to Hirohito,
it would be with this child of eleven
that General Macarthur nominally
would have to deal. Meanwhile,
there is every reason to expect that
the Emperor himself will fulfill all
the commitments implied in his
acceptance of the Potsdam declara-
ton. In the very nature of things,
he cannot delegate his responsible
tiles. Nor would he be likely to wish
to. His religion is that Of ancestor
worship, and he will be mindful OF
the spirits of his one hundred and
twenty-three royal predecessors
watching him during every moment
of his present ordeal
Evening star., 1945-08-15
A Conodion Floq
From the Winnipeg Free Press.

From the Winnipeg Free Press.
Australia, New Zealand and South
Africa adopted distinctive flags years
ago by placing the Union Jack in the
upper corner next to the pole and hav-
ing also on the flag their own special
emblems. It would be serious refiec-
tion on the Canadian people If they
could not agree on the design for the
fly Of the flag. No new flag would suit
everybody, but proposals could be in
vited from all quarters and q parlia-
mentary committee or commission
could make. the choice. To be Ca
madam means more today than ever be-
fore, and every one will agree that the
lack of Canadian flag is an absurd
situation that should be ended with the
least possible delay.
Evening star., 1945-08-15
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,vn

The official news of Japan's surrender
was received in Washington with an
explosion of joy after long and tedious
hours Of irritating waiting and nncer-
tainty. Never in the memory Of the
oldest and most experienced diplomats
has there been a situation to equal that
which prevailed in Washington yester-
day.
The japanese were believed to be play
ing diplomatic shell. game"-here it is
and here it isn't. President Truman
breakfasted heartily on receipts OF what
appeared to be positive information that
the Japanese note was on its way to
Bern Later it appeared that the note
dispatched to the Swiss Foreign Office
had nothing to do with surrender. But
no one could say for certain whether or
not another note, shorter and more to
the point, also was sent to Switzerland.
The White House was puzzled; the
State Department was aghast and most
of the newspapermen who had to stand
by wondered whether another atomic
bomb would not really hasten the mind
of the Japanese diplomats.
Some observers even today wonder
whether the surrender of the Emperor
will result in a complete cessation of
hostilities on the entire Asiatic theater
of war. Most of the "old hands" on
japanese conditions are inclined to be-
lieve the real trouble lies in the attitude
of the generals who do not yet want to
swallow the bitter pill of surrender.
The question Is being asked now
whether in this day and age, the word
of the Japanese deity" will carry
enough weight with his hard-boiled
military subordinates, particularly those
in command of the forces on the Asiatic
mainland, to enable the Allies to give
the cease fire" order all over Asia.
In a land ruled by dictator, blind
obedience exists principally when the
dictator is successful. Italy, Germany
and the other members of the Axis went
to pieces and their leaders lost the
heretofore blind obeisance of their
people as soon as things turned against
them.
In Japan. however. the imperial in
stitution has been in existence for a
long time and people had been trained
to obey the emperor god" for genera
tions. But the war has developed a
special mentality among the military
commanders who take little stock in
"deities' when the question of saving
their own scalps is concerned. Thus
Evening star., 1945-08-15
Continuing the Droft

There is one paragraph Of Pres
ident Truman's statement last
evening on reducing but continuing
the draft OF young men for military
service which all of us should keep
in mind:
In justice to the millions of men who
have given long and faithful service
under the difficult and hazardous con-
ditions Of the Pacific war and elsewhere
overseas, a constant flow Of replace
ments to the occupational forces is
thought to be imperative.
The reason it should be kept in
mind is that suggestions for imme-
date end OF the draft, already
emanating from Chairman May of
the House Military Affairs Commit
tee and others, would, if adopted,
prolong the stay overseas of men
who deserve now to be brought home
and mustered out as fast as trans
portation facilities and the problems
Of occupation permit it. For the
time being, every man indicted into
the service will speed the release of
these men.
When our occupational needs and
other commitments can be more
clearly defined, machinery will, of
course, be set in motion for the
changeover from a conscripted to
volunteer military establishment.
That will take some time. But the
problem now is to get the boys home
who have borne the brunt of the
fighting. The source of their re-
placement is the draft
Evening star., 1945-08-15
Peace in Our Time'-Or Ruin

war, and the last headlines OF the
last edition OF the last newspaper
will tell the last story of the world
the story of its flame tortured, man.
made finish.
This time the survival of the whole
OF humanity depends on how we'll
and how earnestly we wage the
peace.
Evening star., 1945-08-15
Never q Lost War?
From the Halifax Herald.

Sceptics and cynics, sadly too many,
blandly assert that we always have
had wars, and we always. will have
wars" Such conception If held and
voiced by enough people can easily lead
to spirit Of defeatism and cynical
fatalism SUFFICIENT to wreck interna-
honal conferences and q world peace
table. Further, it is conception that
is utterly false. There won't always be
wars" Why? Simply because modern
war. with its diabolically clever and In
creasing ravage Of destructive weapons,
cannot exist together with civilization;
one must destroy the other. In other
words. there cannot always be wars
because next war" would be the last.
Evening star., 1945-08-15

This is as good time as any, per-
haps, to remember that Mussolini
was wrong in many other notions
but not in that which he expressed
at Naples on October 26, 1922: "At
the turning points of history, it is
force and force alone which makes
the crucial decision"
Evening star., 1945-08-15
The Alternative
From the Victoria Colonist.

They are old-fashioned words, but the
world will have to take them out of
the dictionary and brush them off-ne-
gotiation, mediation, conciliation, arbi-
tration and juridical settlement. Only
after all five have been tried can ma
tions say that their affairs can be settled
only by war, and then it will be the duty
of other nations to prevent that war.
That is how peace one day will come,
and that is how it must be maintained
In this kind of world, there is no other
XaY.
Evening star., 1945-08-15
Identifies Totalitarian DANCER

Identifies Totalitarian DANGER
To the Editor of The Star:
Your remark that in the future any
totalitarian state will be a constant.
deadly menace to the rest of the world
is the wisest statement I have read or
heard since that awesome event of Hiro-
shima. The foreign policy of this coun-
try and Great Britain will have to be
dominated by two facts: First, they
would be able to destroy each other and
must therefore elaborate and maintain
a common attitude in international re-
lations. Secondly, they can control all
laboratories and workshops in Germany
between the Rhine and the Weser, but
they cannot control a single laboratory
or workshop between the Weser and the
Pacific Ocean. Everything discovered
and invented in this huge space will be
at the disposal of the most perfectly
totalitarian empire on earth.
Most probably, only a limited time
will pass until the new weapon can be
copied by team of Russian, Eastern
German, Polish, Czech and Austro-
Hungarian scientists. In other words,
we are on reprieve. Everything depends
on whether we succeed, during this
respite, in eliminating totalitarianism.
The history of Hitler and Mussolini
has shown that no man can become and
can remain real dictator at home If
he Is not allowed to act as a dictator in
foreign affairs as well. That means
that foreign powers can overthrow a
dictator without intervening in his do
mestic field. If the United States and
Britain are able to play their new card
well and swiftly, then Potsdam was
Stains last appearance as a dictator
on the international stage.
In many ways, Potsdam was defer
ment of many vital decisions. In pos
session of that new weapon, America
and Britain ought to be able to prevent
Europe from becoming an Asiatic
peninsula and to prevent Russia from
harvesting the fruits of their Far East
ern victory. DIR. FRANZ KLEIN,
New Rochelle, N. Y.
Evening star., 1945-08-15
Truth vs.. 'Gad8ets'
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
I am glad that Newbold Noyes the
younger has not eschewed eff it's in
The Star, it's true!" His interview
with H. H. Plus XII is the kind which.
/ think, will help to keep us on the
level OF sanity, despite the increasing
production of gadgets which do not
seem aimed at bringing peace to the
mind or heart. J. A,G.
Evening star., 1945-08-15

The newly publicized atomic en-
ergy is said to come originally from
the sun. This is good news, now
that the sun is back again after last
month.
Evening star., 1945-08-15

The men and boys, the women
and girls who did most to win "this
double war" are too tired to cele-
brate. What they want most of all
is sleep, more sleep and-then a
civilized breakfast,
Evening star., 1945-08-15

The female halibut weighs ten
times as much as her mate, the poor
fish.
Evening star., 1945-08-15

do, the United States must assume
prime leadership. 1t must do so be-
cause it is by far the richest and
mightiest country in the world. 1t
must do so because it is the keeper,
at the moment, of the most dreadful
secret that man has ever held. This
is the secret of atomic energy. In
it's good aspects, it holds out the
promise that humanity can enter
upon the finest and most prosperous
epoch in its history. In its evil as
poets, it means nothing less-liter-
ally-than that the human race now
has the power to destroy itself and
its planet.
If the dark memory of the horrors
of the Second World War is not
enough, if the great promises of in
ternational collaboration are not
enough, then this single stupendous
fact-this fact that man has at last
learned how to wipe out his race
should certainly be enough to make
the peace born today permanent
one. For should that peaee come to
an end a generation from now, then
it is entirely possible, and perhaps
even probable. that this earth and
all life on it will come to an end, too.
That is the sum and substance Of
our future. As nations and as hui
man beings, we shall either live
peacefully together in this new to-
morrow, or we shall almost certainly
all die together in Anal suicidal
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-07

these: Are they getting anywhere
at all In San FrRncisco2" Or, Are
the Russians playing ball?" whats
wrong out there in Frisco?'
Even here In Washington, where
many have an indirect connection
with the proceedings in San Fran
cisco. there is a general atmosphere
OF apprehension, II not despair.
This is unfounded By the facts IN
my opinion. The objective OF the
conference will be reached. A
charter will emerge. No one at
the level OF responsibility expected
perfect one. An imperfect one
will work II the spirit of the var
ious delegations is preserved and
the people OF the nations support
the charter. Just as much reason
exists for enthusiasm as greeted
the Dumbarton Oaks plan. The
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-07

able words" have been uttered
The high purpose is not frequent
ly enough exposed or expounded
in a way TO captivRte public inter
est. On the first day, the colorful
setting was gloriously right but the
CO ,emony, itself, lacked the spark
that one world figure, of the
Roosevelt or Churchill type. could
have ignited. The very fact that
either would have been a contro-
yersial figure only would have
helped arouse the intense feeling
desired.
A special apprehension about
Russia was expected. We Just don't
understand the Russians, therefore
We are suspicious. They speak a
different language that Is more
than mere words.
But Molotov did play ball. He ac-
cepted amendments. He was a
good loser over the Argentine Issue,
and the defeat was not made easier
by the clumsy Stettinius denial for
delay on the vote requested by Mo.
lotoy. Even Vandenberg, the man
about whom the Russians are most
skeptical, was joshing a responsive
foreign commissar' by the time he
left.
Denying a failure at San Fran
cisco is not taking a Pollyanna
attitude. All was not serene. Ma
turally, in the plan-making stage
the proposals OF many nations must
be melted into a compromise. Eric
ton was expected. But even as
cold, calculating, unsentimental a
man as John Foster Dulles, one OF
our best advisers, was not as con
cerned about finding the perfect
answers as keeping the spirit in
tact between the nations for CO.
operation.
Maybe what is needed to allevi-
ate this "blah' reaction to the CON
ference is for some one TO attack
II fiercely-then the vast amount
OF support and faith In the charter
for-peace could be rallied in de-
Tense.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-07
Casualties

Army Dead-Europeon Regions
Beam, Lucian M-Detroit.
Covey, Claude E-Hastings.
Derhammer, Robert T-Vicksburg
Dickinson, James F-Fennville
Goddard, Dorun H-Saginaw
Lamarre, Henry E-Alpena.
Army pead-Psclfic Regions
Dandanesu. Rober. Flint
Fales. Harold H-Lincoln Park.
F~'yTN>v,1swatd e Eees0 Harbor
Giberson, Haroid B1-Claytoh.
Sotnik, John J-Detroit.
Tacey. owen bay City.
Thompson, William L.-Hershey.
Yerlan, Oryille D-Owosso.
Navy Dead
Broughton, Kenneth W-Flint.
Fox, Don-Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-07

emerging charter Is Just an expan.
sion and Qualification OF the Oaks
pattern. Even the few "of little
faith" In San Francisco are not as
glum as | have found the average
American at home to be. And this
is serious, as no plan will work un.
less supported by the will OF the
people.
The reasons for the bleak re-
Spouse are many. Partly, the fault
lies in the press coyerage. Dis.
unity" is news, so the more abund-
ant unity" is underplayed. But
after all. no delegation went home
in a hun as would have happened
II the disunity seriously hamper
ed major detectives.
Another reason was the sad lack
OF great personality TO dramatiZe,
to electrify the delegates and the
various nations. No flaming quot
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-07
Michigan in
Washington
Nv ESTHER V. W. TUFTY

By ESTHER V. W. TUFTY
The gloomy reaction Of the coun-
try TO what has been and still is
going on In San Francisco to Sc
cure a charter TO maintain peace Is
very alarming and surprising 10
this correspondent. just back from
daily contact with the earnest work
OF the delegates from the 40 ma
tons.
The people | talked 10 travelling
back East across this big country
asked-obyiously expecting nothing
optimistic such questions as
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-07
SAFETY LINES RATloNED

Columbus, O.-Rationing has hit
home in a lot of ways, but now
the Ohio State Department OF High
ways has announced that white
lines down the middle OF streets
will be rationed because Of the
shortage OF white paint. Instead
OF the conventional white safety
lines, ersatz black markings will
be used.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-07

season OF unsuccessful operation.
the Diamond Ledge Gold Mine Co.
dismantled It's shafts and moved
away
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-07

Raymond Reeds farm. He says
the freak bird Is healthy and well.
proportloned.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-07
DIDN'T PAN OUT

Doublin, n. H.-Gold was dlscov.
.red here I'm 1915. but after one
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-07
alleged eossLeR LUSCIOUS

West Andover. Mass.-A four.
legged turkey has been Matched on
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-07

rs q VoiVS sensoiioni The breod
ihot'S Toned for warm, sweet, oven
freshness ihois Aovor-poeted,
velvei-erUmbsd, eoldsn-ervsisd. rs
Cloeked-Fresh -siays fresh longer. Buy
more ihon one loaf Of O time d. enjoy
better bread OF big, big soyings.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1945-10-18
Gin 8etrlt,1

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felt Wonoten nod Dem Sal 9'or in
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&egimbal, babe es mebrere @rl6ei-
nungen oes I'll. Sron5istus in ibrem
bel6eioeuen Seim nabe BEL Der
Suelle gebabt. - Die fir6li6en 8e-
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1945-10-18
Sabresfeier

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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1945-10-18
WQuQA nnd alien GiQH

BORDEN baben cine unteriu9ung
eingeleitet uno bos @rgebnts mar,
oaB bie 8ebauptungen bes Mdodens
al5 erfunoen erflGrt tpuroen.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-22
SOLDIERS WALL0P
CAROLINA, rs

CHAPEL HILL, May 21-R-
Camp Butner's hard-hitting base
ball nine handed the University OF
North Carolina seven to five de-
feat here today.
The Soldiers, led by Elmer Valo,
former outfielder for the Philadel-
phia Athletics, opened the scoring
in the first with one out, and add
ed another in the third. The Tar
Heels, tying up the score il. their
half of the third, took temporary
lead in the fourth, but Valo's two.
run homer in the fifth put the But
ner team out in front to stay.
Butner added a fifth marker in
the sixth. and scored the two win.
ming runs in the ninth when Har'
ris and Rawhn hit successive
triples and relief hurler McEkraf
walked three men to force another
run. The Tar Heels tailed once
in the sixth and once in the ninth.
Carolina will meet Duke here
Wednesday in the first game of 3
four-game series.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-22
NATIONAL SC0RNS
ALL-AMERICAL0

CHICAGO, May 21.-(F- The
National Football League today
gave an editorial brush-off to the
we'll financed All-America Confer.
ence and other proposed postwar
rivals.
An editorial in 'Touchback"
the National loops publication for
servicemen, declared:
attempts to organize opposi-
ton were inevitable. They have
been tried repeatedly. not to men
ton futilely, in the past.
But present efforts appear to
be especially ill-timed.
Despite the vaporizing Of well
meaning neophytes, there is moth
ing to indicate that there is room
for another major league.
athletic enterprises become
major leagues only by public &C
ceptance and acclaim over a long,
hard haul; not by ambitious de-
claration around conference
table"
The editorial obviously was aim
ed at the All-America Conference
which at recent meeting here
made a bid for a peace pow-wow
with Commissioner Elmer Layden
of the National League. Layden de-
clared then his league would rec
ognize a rival only after it "gets
football and plays a game"
The editorial, first public ex'
preston by the 25-year-o1d Nation
al League on the organizational
progress Of rival circuits, criticiz-
ed fabulous offers made to Ma
tional Leaguers and National Lea
que prospects in an attempt to
get them under contract" The All
America has signed a score OF
former college stars previously
claimed in the National League
draft.
Far from the mainland in fox
holes and out-of-the-way bases,
these offers unquestionably appear
exceedingly attractive" the edi'
torial continued. ''But they are
only so much paper, merely a
promoters promise, unless when
the signee presents himself tor
collection there is a team for him
to join and opponents for that
team to play.
ITO date none OF the proposed
organizations has any idea when
it can operate, if ever" Other
proposed leagues include Red
Oranges United States Football
league and Chick Meehan's Trans
America League.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-22
C0RSAR, MARINE
GAME POSTPONED.
NEGOTIATIONS Underway To
Play Camp Davis Or
Other F asst Club

f. Bert Kite, manager OF the Will
mington Pirates, announced late
last night that the scheduled game
between the Pirates and the Paris
Island Marines has been called
off by the manager of the Marine
club. However, arrangements are
now being made to bring another
team here for the game Wednes-
day night.
The Marines were unable to
make the trip because Of the COM
mander's new order that the club
could not travel outside of radius
of 300 miles to play baseball, ac-
cording to. word received by Kite
from 1t. H. H. Fischer, athletic
director at the base.
Kite was busy last night trying
to make arrangements with Cap
tain Ken Kavenaugh of the Camp
Davis nine for the game to-1nor-
row night. Kavenaugh said he
would definately advise the Will
mington manager early Tuesday
morning if the Camp Davis club
can make the trip here. Kite said
he was in contact with several
other fast clubs in southeastern
North Carolina and was almost
sure" that the Pirates would play
one of these clubs at Legion Stad-
ium tomorrow night at $50
o'clock
"In the event Captain haven
augh can bring his Camp Davis
club here for Wednesdays game
the Pirates will meet some real
competition as the Davis club has
many outstanding players on their
rooster" Kite said.
The lineup for the team selected
to play the Pirates will be an
nounced as soon as detail are ar
ranged.