Evening star., 1945-08-28
Tokyo Paper Warns
Against Jap Revenge;
kazi Example Cited
By the Associated Press,

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By the Associated Press.
It the japanese seek revenge
against the Allies they'll wind ur
like Germany-in a state Of
total disruption" the influen.
tial Tokyo newspaper Asahi
Shimbum was quoted as warning
Its readers today. Japanese mil
1tarism must be abolished, II
asserted.
Thrty-six members of Japanese
ultrapatriotic" organizations al
ready have abolished themselves by
ceremonial hara-kiri, the Domei
news agency said in a later broad
cast. Ten killed themselves near
Atagoyama shrine August ~; IL
before the imperial palace next day
and IA near the Yoyogi parade
ground August "a.
Deterioration" Blamed.
Premier Prince Maruhiko Hi
gashi-Kuni at a press conference
today blamed Japan's defeat on
rapid deterioration of the nation S
fighting strength" He said, accord
ing to another Domei dispatch, that
the reason for this deterioration
will be revealed "in a most out
spoken manner" at the forthcoming
Diet session. He urged the nation
to repent in a thorough manner"
and faithfully execute surrender
terms.
Other broadcasts notified Gen.
Macarthur that plans are ready for
evacuation Of prisoners from seven
Japanese port areas, and told con-
tinuing story Of efforts to reconvert
the nation to peacetime productive
ness.
The seven ports from which pris-
oners are to be evacuated were listed
as Hakodate, Aomori, Sendai, yoko-
hama, Nagoya, Wakanoura and
Nagasaki. The message to Gen.
Macarthur also requested air trans
portation from the Shinagawa pris-
oners' hospital for an American SER
geant repeatedly paralyzed as the
result of diphtheria.
A second radiogram asked Gen.
MacArthur's permission for civilian
internees to remain in Japan-if any
Of them want to do so.
Vulgar Nationalism Opposed.
The Asahi's editorial, as quoted
In a Domei News Agency broadcast
recorded by the Federal Communi-
cations Commission, derided vulgar
nationalism," and added:
"The example of Germany will
provide a lesson from which the
Japanese people will not fail to
learn. Spurred by the grim spirit
Of vengeance, the Na1 party defeat
ed national reconstruction, which
had been well in progress, and led
the German nation to the present
total disruption"
The editorial also noted that: 'Tt
Is because We relied sorely on force
that we must now taste mis-
cradle defeat we must give up
the idea that might Is right"
In an earlier broadcast, the Asahi
Shimbun was quoted as reporting
increasing indications" that jap
anese economic and industrial cir
cles desire freedom from govern
ment control in postwar activities,
'drastically eliminating the previous
blind obedience to government die
tates."
Preference for Veterans.
War veterans will be given prefer
ence in postwar employment, a
Domei broadcast announced. The
Asahi Shimbun predicted severe un-
employment and Domei said "a
rigid check of all factories and busi-
ness concerns" will insure prefer
ence for discharged veterans, con-
scripted laborers and war workers.
The resignation of 1t. Gen.
Teiichi Suzuki as president OF the
Japan Patriotic Industrial Associa-
tion was also reported today by
Tokyo radio.
The organization, founded in 1941
to strengthen the war effort,
"smacked of the government pup
pets and something was lacking In
its system to win the favor of the
laboring classes" the English-lan-
guage broadcast explained.
Discussing plans for the rebuild
ing of shattered Tokyo, a Japanese
language broadcast beamed to
America said Tokyo's planning bu-
reau has mapped a city laid out in
squares, "one of the finest cities in
the world" with each home sur
rounded by a vegetable garden.
Seventy per cent of Tokyo's homes
were reported destroyed by bombs.
The real reason for Japan's sur
render was the destructiveness of
American atom bombs coupled with
Emperor Hirohito's "love of the
people," Premier Higashi- -Kuni said
yesterday.
The Diet session, postponed until
September to coincide with delayed
occupation plans, will be watched by
the entire world, the Premier told
cabinet and House conferees at his
residence. Domei news agency,
quoted by the radio, said the Premier
will hold similar conference today
with members of the House of Peers.
The new War Minister, Gen. Sa-
damu Shimomura, commenting on
the home-front confusion in Tokyo
radio broadcast, emphasized that al
though he himself was moved to
''bitter tears" by the surrender news,
1--WE must accept this imperial deci-
sion"
The imperial decision was based
upon a far-sighted policy and
must be obeyed, Shimomura said.
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