Evening star., 1945-09-13
Japs Allowed
To Roundup
Wanted' Men
Moy Be Given Two
Days; Black Dragon
Member Relieved
Ey the Associated Press.

~ lHe asSOCi6ttu ITeSS.
TOKYO, Sept. 13. Eighth
Army headquarters empowered
the Japanese government today
to round up the remaining Jap
aneSe on Gen. MacArthur'S
wanted" list.
No time limit was set but it was
indicated the government would
have to show some progress within
two days or the privilege would
be withdrawn.
Japan today reported formally
that its imperial headquarters had
been abolished in compliance with
Gen. MacArthur's orders, and Gen.
Macarthur announced that Gen.
Walter Kruger of the 9th Army
and Vice Admiral Harry Hill of the
5th Amphibious Force would enter
sasebo, Kyushu, September 20 to
prepare for its occupation two DAYS
later
Wanted" Men Ousted.
Meanwhile, the japanese govern
ment announced that Taketora
Ogata, one of seven key members
of the Black Dragon Society on
Gen. MacArthur's wanted" list, had
been relieved of his duties as presi-
dent of the Board of information.
There was no announcement,
however. concerning his other job
as chief cabinet secretary.
The information appointment
was given to Tatsuo Hawai-, who
once was minister to Australia and
who was foreign office spokesman in
1879. He had been in obscurity
throughout the war.
Earlier the cabinet had been called
into session by Premier Naruhiko
Higashi-Kuni and sources close to
the government said the purpose
was to determine if members back
grounds would stand close Allied
inspection.
Surrenders Quietly.
: Admiral Shigetaro Shimada, JAP
anese Navy Minister at the time of
the Pearl Harbor attack, who Was
arrested yesterday in the 9th Army
roundup of potential war criminals,
today declined to discuss any SUD-
ject with Allied correspondents. He
was confined IN the Grand Hotel IN
Yokohama under heavy guard.
Shimada, surrendered quietly at
his home to an American officer,
saying he had contemplated sui
eide but changed his mind.
But the man whom the Japa-
nese war machine had planned to
lead the defense of Honshu's vital
Kanto Plain against American in
vasion, Field Marshal Gen. Sugi-
yama, killed himself with a pistol
shot through the head at his Office
near the Emperor's palace.
"I regret the war ended in such
a way" he had told his aide, Col.
Tanaka, "and as I was in an i'm
portant post I keenly feel my re-
sponsibility and am awaiting a sig
nifcant opportunity to do away
with myself"
More Suicides Expected.
One of Japan's three field mar
shals, members of the Kwantung
Army clique and former War
Minister, Sugiyama found that op-
portunity yesterday while his wife
was killing herself at her home. He
had not been named on a list of
more than tWoscore whose arrests
have been ordered by Gen. Mac
Arthur.
More suiciaes were believed likely
as the hunt progressed for the listed
persons, including seven suspected
key members of the dreaded Black
Dragon Society, which has been
ordered disbanded.
Russell Brines. Associated Press
correspondent was told today by
several informed sources that two
of the seven men sought, Seigo Ma
kano and Ryohei Uchia, were dead.
Mr.. Brines was told that Uchia,
who helped found the terroristic
group in 1902, died of old age in
1888. 1t previously had been re-
ported that Nakano killed himself
in 1od2