Detroit evening times., 1945-08-29
By LEE VAN Alta
International News Service War Correspondent
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NEANILA, Aug 28-Spencer street station
IVI Melbourne, Australia :.
A'A A soft, warm morning in Indian sum-
mer :. a rail depot with thousand flags and
kthousands of cheering voices
The morning of Saturday, March p, 1912.
From the antiquated railroad car lean
figure in khaki bamboo stick tucked under his
arm, steps brisky, then pauses to help smiling
woman from the car boy follows tugging at
his mothers coat and obviously bewildered by the
faces which measure each of the three eagerly.
The man strides to the battery of micro
phones and loudspeakers. Then for the city, for
the nation, for the world, he gives promising
message in clipped, resonant tones:
IL came through and shall return
Gen. Douglas Macarthur had made his initial
address to the peoples Of the Allied world. They
could not help liking the tone of confidence in
what they heard.
INOR the first time in four bitter months of tragic
struggle, leading military fgure-among the great.
est of them all-had not offered words of defeat and
despair but words Of hope; promise of better things
to come pledge that the road longer backward,
but forward.
We who in Australia could not help feeling the
emotional impact OF tnose WoroS; mdeed, OF very
presence Of Macarthur in Melbourne.
Nor. housand auaed him thsr. taking personal ints.h
unloading of baggage the Of Arthur
Macarthur tn. quality Of tn. MoeAhur 1.bouns.
belonged American and Amsrieor belonged
{. H.ibourne
staid oNe Victoranmnded very nearly
civic JOY followed the Macarthur
cs,scade up Burke to Menzes Hotel
Only OF those cheering thousands had needed the
toning which followed the pledge Of general
do weapons of at his disposal will allow
Even in o Australian soil. Macarthur
realize his dramedfO cOunterOfnsvs might be
long delayed
pUT gave his acknowledged the
- throngs smile and brief greeted
member Of his staff where he awaited in the lobby
He seemed his pale
were Macarthur Arthur
Of steady artillery
their mark
Finally greeting throngs clustered
the Macarthur turned follow his baggage upstairs
There few we'll battered handbags and lonely looking
toy tiny horse wheels Athurs only paything during the
last days Of Corregidor
Th.r. duth doeum. guarded
BY ar orderly, flight ea..-h.
prophstieai marking "hw Grand Hotel Yoke
hama, Japan"
Our first impressions to be many
lasting felt example, he actually shy his
Gus etcence only clearly
he intensely proud lie carried himself he still does with
an easy grace.
When he spoke there we're no wasted words That policy
too has changed Macarthur per-
.ona feeling there him which
even four stars could conceal Now five stars
humanity Macarthur still there; repeatedly
demonstrated
UT afternoon Of March 2 Macarthur had absorb blow
- might well have feled Of less determination less
character and less vision.
o'clock, after the Macarthur Iunehsd
N. meeting Of the then eonstutsd military command Of
United States forces in the soufhDeS Pacific called
20 minutes watched the leaders file into the special
room aside for conferences 1t Gen George H. Brett
mander of the Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific Vice
Adm Herbert F. Leary commander OF naval
Thomas Blame chief military forces