The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-30
By JAMES R. YOUNG

hyOlOs
A japanese Emperor is enthron'
ed with the name OF a new era.
Hirohito's regime carries the H.
tie of Showa which translates
Peace and ENLIGHTENMENT.
Master OF ceremonies for the en-
thonement was the late Premier
General Baron Giichi Tanaka,
Trainer OF a document outlining a
Japanese totalitarian sphere to en-
compass all military, economic. po-
litical and diplomatic AFFAIRS OF one
half the worlds population and one
fourth the worlds surface, from 81
IBERIA to Australia, the Philippines,
the Dutch Indies, India, Malaga ans
China.
II was this conquest which
brands the Emperor's message Aug.
IA as an outright lie. He told his
subjects in the imperial rescrlpt
radio address that II was FAR from
our thought to infringe upon the
sovereignty OF other nations or to
embark upon territorial aggrandize-
ment."
Japanese diplomats repeatedly
and Indignantly for the past decade
disclaimed authenticity OF the Tan
aka document but subsequent
events proved that the Emperor
and his British and American train
ed advisers quietly laid the plans
which they inaugurated Sept. IS,
~ nn1N0hNnnAd
peace" exactly two years after his
enforcement. His forces invaded
Manchuria.
II has been claimed by senators,
educators, clergymen and diplo-
mats that the Emperor has not been
responsible for Japanese aggres-
sion, that the Emperor in good faith
can sign a treaty which his army
and navy would honor.
Actually the emperor has been a
part OF every plot. In consultation
with his advisers he has signed
treaties and he has declared wars.
All policy planning has been dis
cussed and approved IN his pres
ence and signed with the very seal
which we now demand he use 10
confirm acceptance of the Potsdam
declaration.
For generations japanese profess
sors and propagandists. many or
whom we're educated In the United
States have Greater falsehoods so
successfully that certain sincere
minded Americans have become
supplemented in accepting speci-
fic Nipponese untruths as historical
facts.
At home the japanese fabricated
a cult OF divine worship which
teaches that the center OF the uni
verse is Tokyo, that over the world
Is an eight cornered canopy called
Hakko Ichiu. These same Japa'
nese succeeded In fostering In some
American minds the belief that the
Emperor is immune because OF his
religious position.
What then Is the stupid excuse
and the justification for the display
Of excess caution and timidity by
our senators who are unwilling 10
discredit this evid dynastic sys'
tenn?
While I was being held in soil
tary confinement in a japanese
prison a year before the war, our
ambassador to Japan, Joseph c.
Grew, now Under-Secretary OF
State and Senator Taft, worked Wig
orously to secure my release.
am indebted TO these two gentle
men for their efforts which perhaps
saved my life, especially Mr.. Grew,
who came in person to the jail to
provide me with a large and warm
seal-skin seal-lined overcoat which
| am sure kept away pneumania.
But on the Emperor issue | am
in disagreement with Mr.. Grew
and Senator Taft. Senator Taft
believes that in allowing the Emp
error to remain on the throne
would speed sterilization with q
lot OF the moderates In Japan with
whom we can do business"
There are no moderates in Japan,
Senator Taft, and / hope we never
do business with the Japs again.
automatically or commercially
We should have demolished the
spiritual significance Of the Emp
error system with an atomic bomb
on the Palace and block busters
on the 220 Chinto military shrines.
Americans cannot conceive Presi'
dent Truman going to the Wash
ington monument. bowling and then
reading his message to Congress
before he appears in the Senate
and House, but that is the manner
in which the Emperor on Aug. II
prepared his radio address; II was
mandatory for him to read his re-
script in the Chinto Shrine room OF
the Palace in order that he could
report to the ancestors on his I'm
perial decision.
BY our acceptance OF Japanese
terms for the Emperor to retain
his prerogatives, all their futile ny
pocrisy remains with the privileges
and trappings Of deceitful Japanese
royalty.
We have told the Japanese they
may in future select their own form
of government. In this we will pre-
pare them for an eventual renewal
OF an economic and diplomatic
struggle for 1t is the thought OF
every Japanese that his empire is
destined to rule the world.
Millions Of Japs who have sur
vived the war are filled with veng'
eance and vindicitiveness. Since
we have permitted them to retain
their Emperor they will revive the
spirit OF loyalty and national ami
mostly for on that the Imperial sys-
tenn rests. They will interpret de-
feat according to their yardstick.
Our military defeat Of their forces
will not make them renounce their