Montana labor news., 1945-06-28

sides some strategic islands, Truk, the
impregnable naval base, has been neu-
tralized and bypassed and Japan itself
is practically under a naval blockade.
The initiative has passed from japanese
hands to the United States and now
the uestion is: what is our next move
and what to do with Japan after her
defeat.
We don't want the Japanese TO doml- |
nate the world on the one hand, nor Go
we need Japanese labor on the other
We don't want to destroy the Japanese
people nor drive them out Of Japan
proper. instead we want to drive them
back there where they belong, where
Admiral Perry found them.
While it is true we are destroying Jap
anese cities and factories it is a neces-
sary military measure and will make
more work for the Japs in The postwar
period. They can do that much better
without a navy without airfleets and
troublesome submarines, in fact, they
can demobilize for useful work.
Japanese should not be prosecuted as
race but, where they have violated
civilized customs and forced themselves
on other people, they will have to be
pushed back where they belong. We are
, now in a position to invade either Japan
proper or China where Japan has her
, main bodies Of troops, in either case
| Japan is apt to make her last stand In
r Manchouka and East China.
It might be her lot to be driven out
J, of China and her outside possessions tc
e. be isolated and blockaded in her home
= land. she would be a tolerably gooc
e nelghbor there. We have not yet met
f the Japanese main army but with The
Red army on one side and with om
S troops on the other we could make shor
work Of it in no time,
e The Japanese political strategist'
S banked good bit on such slogans as
il asia for Asiatics" and "Co-prosperity
e. promises which helped to turn British
e mistakes into British defeat in TIN
d Orient but ther own cupidity also turnet
r the native population against them
+ selves. Instead of looked up to as
il superior race the Japanese people vii
&c forthwith be looked upon with suspicion
and hate
le Road to China Open
l. Okinawa firmly held opens our roa
Ig to China despite the strategic Formos
ia island in the China sea. We bypasse
Id Truk. potentially the strongest naval bas
Id in the world but with its serious weaF
n, ness shared by Formosa: short on battl
to ships and fighter planes, by the san
x token we can save it for moppng l
a on our return from China.
an BY going into China we will have 10
,e- of local help and the japanese empl
mt will be split three ways, isolated III
N three separate groups: japanese hom
an land. all parts of China and the DuO
us East Indies. and finally when Russ
loins up the japanese empire Will d
integrate rapidly.
lr's When the time is ripe for the US
re- to take a hand outer Mongolia, holdl
be- the most strategic position and haVl
rid a military alliance with the Soviets a
me, a deep hatred for the Japs, will also "a
ize. a leading part in a military strategy "
nat worked out.
ties A strong force of Mongolian tro'
ing supported by Reds could take the id'
ally tical route that the Japanese sixth ar
Far took when it was annihilated IN Il
invading outer Mongolia and go
the from there TO outflank crack Japan
iore armies in Manchuoka while Heo -
be- from Khabarosk would relentlessly dE