Evening star., 1945-08-20
Maintenance of Peace
And Order Is Urged


financially and economically Grip
Piled and lacking even sufficient food
for its peoples on the verge of
complete internal upheaval, broad
casts from that island empire indi-
Gated plainly today.
The apparent fear of a public out
burst was voiced continually in
broadcasts recorded by the FEC,
both from the japanese Domei news
agency and the Tokyo radio, as
ofacials and newspapers alike ap-
pealed to the people for mainten-
ance Of peace and order"
Or. Chuzo Iwata, Justice Minister
in the new Japanese cabinet, and
as such the highest police ofiicial in
Japan, pointed out in / press con-
ference that the Allied conquerors
might take Z hand should local
authority fail. He warned that the
Japan "of the future will have to
face a considerably different situa-
tion than she did while she was still
powerful, militarily and financially,
because she is now defeated ma
ton"
Police Chief Echoes Views.
DR.. Iwata's views were echoed by
Sinya Saka, new chief of the Tokyo
metropolitan police, in his first ad-
dress to the Tokyo force. THE post
war maintenance of peace and
order will be drastically different
from wartime" Saka cautioned.
Premier Prince Naruhiko Higashi-
Kuni added his voice to the list with
the appeal to the people to main
tain strict discipline and equanimity
in the face of the current situation. u
The Tokyo newspapers took time
from their campaign to calm the
despairing people to tell leaders who
had plunged the nation into the
disastrous war they were henceforth
useless, and to indicate the govern
ment was experiencing difficulty in
handling elements of the militarist
clique
Grave Difficulties.
The Nippon Times considered
gravely the difficulties confronting
the cabinet in the maintenance o1
general peace and order and ther
observed that control of the mill.
tary" presented to Premier Higashi.
Kuni an even greater problem.
Throughout the editorial ran ar
appeal to the people to remain calm
and to carry out the terms for peace
laid down by the Allies.
The Tokyo newspaper Asahi urgee
the people to reflect seriously or
the grave mistake made in the pas
of following government Leadership
blindly" and urged all to participate
in the government henceforth.
Change in Thought Urged.
"Only in this way" Asahai added
"can a change in national thought
be effected and the Japanese natior
get out of the present darkness ane
despair into a world of hope ane
construction"
Paralleling Asahai's reference Il
the unrest, fear and despair o1
the people, the Nippon Times OBJ
served that the instructions giver
by Emperor Hirohito to Higashi.
Kuni when the Prince was ordered
to form q new government "indicats
the grave problems" which confront
the defeated nation.
Maintenance Of public order will
undoubtedly present difhcult prob.
lens in the days to come" the Nip
pom Times said, and added:
"The control Of the military pre-
sents an even greater problem. But
the imperial rescript enjoining strict
discipline upon the armed forces
makes it certain that a greater part
Of the military will strictly obey the
imperial WILL"
The Mainichi Shimbun urged the
munitions plants and other employ
ers not to lay OF workers during
the time Of uncertainty.
False Leaders Decried.
Mainichi likewise called on the
people to take more general inter-
est in politics and to repudiate their
false leaders.
THE people know Just what
1t was that led the present leaders
to become the unsuitable leaders
that they are for the present state
OF AFFAIRS" Mainichi said. The
people know how to select their own
(See JAPS, Page A-3.)