Evening star., 1945-08-20

did yesterday. and their cavalry
boots were glossy with polish. They
were stripped of their swords as
they entered the conference room.
Unsmiling rejection of a proffered
Japanese handshake as the delega-
ton landed at Nichols Field set the
chill tone of the first conference,
which had kept the ENJOYS at Gen.
Sutherland's long black table until
2:30 am.
1t was the waiting interpreter, Col
Sidney F.. Mashbir of Washington
to whom Gen. Kawabe, the rank
ing envoy, offered his hand after a
smart salute. Col. Mashbir did not
take it. A slight tinge of embarass-
ment showed through Gen. Kawabe's {
rigid control. He did not offer his
hand to any one thereafter.
Col. Mashbir earlier had admon-
ished the tagging delegation to
hurry from their plane after Gen
Willoughby, waiting outside, clearly
had become impatient.
Gen. Willoughby returned Gen
Kawabe's salute gravely and mo-
toned the chief envoy to precede
him into waiting sedan. Gen. Ka.
wabe, three rows of ribbons spar
king on his chest, walked rapidly
jerkily, to the car, with the 6-foot
Gen. Willoughby towering above
him.
Others in Surrender Party.
Gen. Kawabe, repeatedly not q
member of the Kwantung Army
clique, and hence believed acceptable
to Gen. Macarthur, was accom-.
panied by:
Rear Admiral Ichiro Yokohama OF
the navy general staff, once sta.
toned in Washington; Col. Yoshi-
masa Torai, member of the army
general staff: Maj. Gen. Morikazu
Amano, chief of the first section
Army general staff; Mario Yukawa
secretary of the Foreign Office, clad
in shorts, white shirt and brown
coat; Katsuo Okazaki, chief Of re-
search division, Foreign Office; Col
Arata Yamoto, chief of sixth sec.
tion, army general staff; 1t. Col
Masao Matsuda, army air force gen.
eral stan; 1t. Col. Kyoshi Minami
Military Affairs Bureau, general
staff; 1t. Col. Mamoru Takakura
member of Military Affairs Bureau;
I'd 1t. Sadao Ohtake, sixth section
I'd 1t. Harumi Takeuchi, sixth sec
ton: Capt. Toshiichi Omaye, navy
general staff; Capt. Hidami Yoshida
military affairs, navy; Kazuma Su.
gita, secretary to the Minister o1
the Navy, and Shuichi Mizota. sec.
retary to the delegation.
Past an impressive array oj
parked American fighting planes
sedans whisked the Japanese to the
Rosario Apartment House, cordonet
by military police. There the en-.
voys dined on fresh turkey and
green vegetables. Soon after the,
entered their quarters, two of thu
Japanese were seen at a window
intently examining an aerosol in.
sect spray bomb. One unscrewet
the cap and harmless fume,
clouded about him.
Soon after dinner, Gen. Will.
oughby's motor cayalcade hustled
the japanese to Manila's City Hall
There they marched, grim anc
silent, past small crowd of curiou.
soldiers and past ranks of armet
guards-most of whom had fough1
fiercely resisting Japanese in tn,
battle for Manila.
No lights showed from Gen. Mac
Arthur's Office. The Japanese wer,
ushered instead into Gen. Suther.
lands once, nearby, after leavinl
caps and samurai swords at tn,
door. Gen. Sutherland's face wa.
stern as he received Gen. Kawabe'.
credentials, and he acknowledged
the envoy's bow with curt nod.
4 The conference, which bera,
.labout . PM, continued for fv,
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