Detroit evening times., 1945-08-11

here. amid reverberatlons from
the atomic bomb.
The prevailing impression is
Japan will get enough within a
few weeks (3 10 g., and anxi-
ETY. is felt because we have no
reconverSion program ready.
They anticipated the British
election result in complete error
and their record on the Nazi
surrender time was little better.
No precise report OF A worth
while character is actually yet
possible.
WITH complete assurance, il
w can be reported. however,
that published rumorS have in
Splred a preposterous concep-
tion Of the problem.
The story that Sato. the Jap
ambassador, approached Stain
before the Big Three meeting is
true.
But the ensuing reports that
he participated in a peace par
ley or made a peace offer"
show an absurd miSunderstand-
ong of what is plainly afoot on
the inside.
Sato is representative Of
the Japanese government, which
is to say, the military clique
which Mr.. Truman says must
60 before there can be peace.
Nothing could come from him
10 Moscow except a diplomatic
Pearl Harbor trick 10 drive a
wedge between Russia and the
United States-Such as a plan
10 award Manchukuo 10 Russia.
which Sato mentioned, accord
ing TO some accounts, but which
is known TO have been Sug-
gested earlier by Japanese gov
ernment authorities.
Behind the diplomatic by-play
Is the simple explanation that
the Truman administration is
reinforcing the atomic bomb by
stepping its psychological war
fare up intelligently, and the
Jap government is having diff
Guilty offsetting it.
u VIE Tokyo radio, two DAYS
L earlier land before the Tru-
man ultimatum was iSSued)
sent us a broadcast, saying,
should America show any sin
cerity of putting into practice
what she breaches, as for in
stance. in the Atlantic Charter,
excepting its punitive clause,
the japanese nation, in fact the
Japanese military. would
lfeW words lost in our record
ing) follow in stopping the con-
flict."
That this was not designed
10 bring peace, but was simply
using the American position for
Japanese war propaganda pur-
poses. was made evident when
Truman made his sincere rec
concentrations, and the Tokyo
radio then Learned authorita-
lively these would not be con-
sidered.'
Therefore I would say most
Of the peace rumors--in fact
all of them l have seen. really
have no genuine substance, but
are propaganda promotion VEN
lures.
THE Truman ultimatum was
Il conceived not only to thwart
the then current Tokyo propa-
Ganda line, but 10 satisfy strong
elements is our own country,
critical of the unconditional
surrender policy.
The ultimatum was in line
with the aggressive and magma
tive steps taken correSpondlngly
toward a completely new policy
preliminary 10 launching the
bomb - beginning with Adm.
Bull HalSey's calculated impu-
dence. shelling Jap cities, the
broadcast TO Japan by Capt,
ZachariaS, in the name of the
President. offering the alterna-
tiVes of surrender or complete
destruction and the pub | C
announcement by the air force
of the next 10 cities TO be hit.
This may prove more effec-
tive than the psychological war
fare against Germany. insisting
upon unconditional surrender,
without aggresSively demon
Strating its necessity success
fully TO the enemy.
Truman's developing change
Of policy has not fully satisfied
those Of our people who cannot
appreciate the pressure effect
of harsh peace policy, but l
do not think they understand
war--or the use of peace propa-
ganda IN warfare.
GENUINE consideration Of
VI peace can come only through
collapse and end of the Jap
military government and class.
Any proposal 10 encourage
that government to seek sur
render cannot be effective, is
not A valid war aim, is founded
on erroneous conception, and is
q demonstration of our own in
capacities and weakness on the
psychological warfare front.
Any step or word TO promote
confusion in that government, Ia
weaken it with its people and
TO encourage them to overthrow
that government Will shorten
our war.
Nothing else will.
/ never heard Of generous