The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-11

locked front door and the locked door of Tojos study and found the former premier unconscious, blood oo5ing from his wound. A son knelt in prayer in an adjoining room.
 A jeep was sent to Tokyo to bring medical cid. Tojo was grooming and breathing heavily, but unconscious.
 A Japanese newsman said Tojo's associates four times previously had urged him that Hara Kiri was the only honorable course left him.
 Though he used a revolver instead of the ceremonial dagger, Tojo fired the bullet into the spot below his heart where the dagger normally is plunged in the traditional suicide by disembowelment.
 Tojo had been living the life of a retired farmer since his deposal as premier July IS, l944 following the American conquest of Saipa1 in the Marianas.
 . Authoritative sources said one of MacArthur's main reasons for or- dering Tojo's arerst was a fear he might be assissinated or commit hara-kiri before he could be brought to justice as war criminal.
 Subsequent arrests were expect ed ito go right down through the Japanese military structure from the Imperial General Staf1 to pri- yates who as prison guards tortured American and other Allied priSon- CTS.
 Criminal Judges
 A four-man commission which will handle matters involving war crimes already has begun func- tioning at MacArthurs headquar- ters in Yokohama. The members are:
 Capt. James J. Robinson, of Bloomington, Ind, director of the Naval Division of the U. s War Crimes office, formerly a reporter for the U. s. Supreme Court Ad- visory committee on rules of crim- inal procedure, chairman of the Criminal Law Section of the Amer ican Bar Association, and pro- lessor of law at ths University of Indiana.
 Col Frederick w. Bradshaw, Jackson, Miss i, assistant d-2 In. telligence) of the Sixth Aimy and formerly for two years aASistant in charge of the war claims branch.
 Cmdr. George H. Brcreton, Berke- ley, Cal, director of Police Train. ing for California and Administra- tive assistant to Brig. Gen, John M. Weir, director of the Washing ton, D. O., oflce on War Crimes.
 Col. Charles B. Warren, Jr., De- troit, Mich chief of the eastern division of the War Crimes Office in Washington, Handling India, Burma. China, Japan, and other eastern areas.
 American counter-intellisence teams already have left for eprison camps to investigate barbarity cofn- plaints with power to make ar- rests.
 As in Germany, members of the Japanese government and war-mon- gering industrialists also may be taken into custody for trial. There has been no authoritative word on the ultimate fate of Emperor Hiro. hito, who has been denounced by China and Australia as a war crim- inal.
 MacArthur's headquarters already has indicated that major Japanese war criminals will be tried in pro- ceedings resembling American courts martial.
 Macarthur sent his order for thu arrest of Tojo to the Japanese gov. ernment as well as to appropriate | American military commanders, 4 | headquarters spokesman said thl press would be informed when ths arrest has been made.
 Degrees
 The arrest order ciiEnaxed e swift series of decreeg issued by Mac Arthur ia the past 24 hours Co break I'D Japan's war-makine DO.