Evening star., 1945-08-16
Full Surrender May Take Days.
Royal Family to Visit Fronts
Hirohito Informs Gen. Macarthur
Emperor Picks
Prince to Head
New Cabinet
By the Associated Press,

Emperor Hirohito told Gen
Macarthur today it would be i'm
possible to send ENJOYS to Manila
tomorrow to receive the sur
render terms and that it would
take II days for his cease fire"
order to reach all fronts.
The Emperor expressed regret at
the delay, arranged to send mem
bers of his imperial family to all
fighting fronts to enforce the cease
fire" order and gave the Allied
commander a full report OF what
he had done.
One other imperial action of the
day was the naming of Gen. Prince
Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni to become
Premier succeeding the resigned
Admiral Kantaro Suzuki, putting
descendant of the Emperor's in
charge of the government for the
first time.
May Take IL Days.
Hirohito's message to Gen. Mac
Arthur was recorded by the Fed
eral Communications Commission.
1t advised him that the order end
ing hostilities had been issued as
he directed and added that men,
bers Of the imperial family would
enforce 1t personally, although in
some isolated instances it might
take as long as IL days.
The message, In English, estimated
that six days would be required to
make the message entirely effective
in China, eight days in Bougainville
and II days in New Guinea and the
Philippines.
! The Mikado's cease fire order to
his 100000 soldiers was timed at
pm. today, Japanese time e am,
Eastern war time.
The message expressed great en-
barrassment but said that it was
impossible for us to arrange for
the flight of our representative on
August IT," as demanded by Gen.
Macarthur, due to scarcity of
time"
I'VE will, however, proceed at
once with the necessary prepara-
tions and notify Gen. Macarthur as
to the date of the flight of such
representative, which will take place
as soon as possible" the message
said.
Asked to Repeat Instructions.
The type of plane ordered to make
the fight by Gen. Macarthur also
was questioned. The japanese ex-
planned they did not understand the
designation and asked the Allied
commander to repeat the entire
message of instructions to them.
A dispatch from Manila said the
japanese had not replied to Gen.
MacArthur's messages of surrender
instructions "a hours after receipt
was acknowledged in Tokyo.
Manila headquarters of American
Forces in the Pacific told corre-
spondents at 8 pm. g am, Eastern
war time) that no word had yet
been received.
The dispatch said the mystery of
the prolonged silence caused talk
in Manila as detailed statement
on Japan's acceptance of plans for
sending representative to head
quarters was expected much earlier.
Gen. Macarthur, from whom the
new premier will take his orders,
sharply criticized Tokyo for the un-
necessary delay in replying to his
surrender instructions.
Begins Forming Cabinet,
Higashi-Kuni began forming his
peacetime cabinet by calling in key
members of Premier Baron Kantaro
Suzuki'S last wartime cabinet which
resigned yesterday.
Among members of Suzuki's fallen
government who called at the new
premier's headquarters were for
mer Premier Prince Fumimaro Ko-
noye, Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai,
who was navy minister, and 1t.
Gen.. Tadaichi Wakamatsu, vice
minister OF war. War Minister Gen.
korechika Anami has committed
suicide.
Later Domei news agency reported
at least three ministers, all advisers
to the Suzuki government, had been
selected for the new cabinet.
Domei said that because of "the
gravity of the situation" formation
OF the cabinet will be rushed and
may be completed by tonight"
Hirohito's selection of q prince as
premier, the news agency said, 'in-
dicates that his majesty regards
the present situation as one of un-
(see SURRENDER, Page A-3J