The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-25

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 Since previous arrangements had been made, there was no hitch in the procedure, which was on Q timetable schedule, except for slight delay at the gate. American Sentries there examined my pass, issued by the U. s. provost marshal, and called their officer of the day to scrutinIze 1t and question me rec garding the purpose Of my mission.
 During this ,interlude, two steel. helmeted American seIltries With bayoneted rifles peered into the windows of the car. In which was sitting as their commanding ofticsr talked with me. Upon my assurance that l was scheduled to have tea with the emperor ct 1 o'clock, which hour was rapidly approach ing, the offlcer finally permitted me to proceed,
 American planes flew over the palace grounds during tea and their immediate proximity overhead was distinctly noticeable inside the au. dience chamber.
 Approaching the palace as we passed Q point opposite the main edifce my escort doffed his hat After we entered the palace grounds all attendants we encountered bowed deeply and gravely'
 The route from the main on. trance of the building, where we left our car, was up Q flight Of heavily carpeted stairs, thence through many long corridors wGh lowing attendants ct frequent in- tervalS.
 All those ct tea were dressed similar to the emperor except my self who wore the regulation U. g.. war correspondents uniform. Hiro.. hito's manner was courteous, not distant nor upstage.
 The conversation flowed rapidly through the interpreter without constraint, Hirohito laughed ire. uuentiy, smiled broadly and nodded his head as the interpreter trans- lated into English or Japanese what had beeh said
 The talk, In addition to the ofa. cial questions and answers, covered Q wide range of topics, many just polite conversation.
 The emperor, noting that this was my first visit to Japan, asked my impressions. told him and replied that this was not 0 very good time 1 to get the best impression Of the country.
 We also discussed golf, baseball and biology, which Hirohito said was not c speciality with him, but hobby. It is known that the ef1ls peror had e biological laboratory before the war in which he con- ducted his own experiments.
 Several times during the conVer. sation the emperor emphasized his desire for everlasting peace and spoke of his desire to do everything he could to effectuate peace.
 Regarding freedom Of news, Hiro- hito said in his written replies that this iS Q highly desirable objective. He also said that free interchange of news among nations would be the greatest safeguard against interna- tional misunderstanding.
 After tea, cigarets were passed, but Hirohito didn't smoke any. I did.
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 Finally expressing the wish that my stay in Japan would be enjoy- able, the emperor indicated that my audience was finished We all rose He left through the same wide doori he had entered the room aS oil the Japanese bowed lowly. The emperor responded with c bow.
 About halfway down the lonI corridors, I wass uusslfieerre1Ad uusslfieerre1Ad briefly int another room where the text of thl questions and answers were hand cd to me.
 Then l stepped into c waiting ca and drove down the gravelled road ] way through the great gates, pas galuting Japanese guards and Amer lean sentries. We were outsid the palace grounds and driving int. the ruins of Tokyo.
 Following is the text of the writ. , ten questions l submitted to tn Imperial household and the writtei answers from the emperor whicl were handed me aS l left the pal ace.
 . QuIz 1. Would your Imperial Majest ], care to speak Of the future Of Ja ? pan?
 Answer: Now that Japan ha l started on the new road of peac 6 his najestys most hopeful na
 ton will succeed in arriving [ , that desired goal for which he VI [ employ every means at his di1 [ posaL The emperor would like [ Q ask the people of the United Nc
 tons to observe the future trend (
 Japan closely. The nation is now Q . an entirely new fcetlng and VI