The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16
By Dre1C Pearson

could not punch them quickly. All of which brought forth storm of abuse in Metro French, heaped on the head of the future ruler of Japan
 "Kimi," he appealed to one of his aides The grandmother is talking to me. didn't expect So much conversation. She seemed to have her back up" So to this large and irate lady, whomsoever she may have been, went the privilege of scolding the ason of Heaven" for the first time in more than thousand years
 once while driving through Paris in an official parade Hirohito exchanged coats with one of his aides him to look stiff and uncomfortable, and slipped out of the car to explore Paris The process sion went on, the crowd applauding the uniformed figure who sat bolt upright an effective substitute for the Prince Regent of Japan.
 These are some of the things which had led many missionaries and state Department officials to the conclusion that Hrohto is liberal and mod- crate. Unquestionably he is more moderate than the military men around him; perhaps also 1t IS true that he was opposed to the war.
 However, Hrohito has now become so much the tool of the militarists, so indeliby stamped with the mark of Fascist conquest, that 1t will be ex- tremely difficult to build new and democratic Jap an with him in the saddle Some of the factors on the other side of the balance sheet will be discussed in a future column.
 The FBI has been called in to investigate how and whence this column last week published the blueprint of the U. s. Army for governing Germany Apparently the powers that be don't think that the American people, who fought this war, entitled to know the complete plan for governing Ger many The resignation of John Winant as Am DaSSauOr 10 N1Iedt bL1CdA CdA " CAPcSVSu 60 days He was not taken to Potsdam The resignation of George Messersmith as U. s. Envou to Mexico also is in the works Mariner Eccies resignation as head of the Federal Reserve Board is now on President Truman's desk Assistant Secretary of State Will Clayton is preparing the ground work for his International Trade Conference to take place in London sometime in October. The conference will endeavor to combat' world cartels and monopoes Dictator Peron Of Argentina waited until the world was absorbed with Japanese surrender to clap thousand patriotic Argentines in jail Peron always waits until the eyes ot the world are diverted before doing an undercover knife job on democracy
 If General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz en- ter Tokyo simultaneously, it will be the first time they have spoken conferred since President Roosevelt called them to Pearl Harbor one year ago. The two men have not been good friends in Australia, told Nimtz and Navy leaders that they would have to come to Australia if they wanted to talk to him Inside fact is that Russia and Japan had been fighting for about two weeks before war was officially declared-but the shooting was labelled border skirmshes. Tokyo didn't want any declaration of while Stalin wasn't quite ready to launch big offensive Truman was kept in- formed regarding all these incidents Tp-off that Japan was weakening came after Russia de- clared war and the Japs did not declare war in re- turn Gaylord Marsh former U. s. Consul Gen. eral in Korea who knows the Japanese intimately says that if Hrolito abdctaes in favor of his son. which he thinks is probable-it will be to defeat popular government in Japan; also to defeat religious freedom. The Army is due to cutback on almost everything except hospitals. Several new ones will be built including a $200oo000 Army hospital in Puerto Rico by the L. w. Robert firm of Atlanta. He was Secretary of the Democratic National Com- mittee