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Evening star., 1945-04-05
Russo-Joponese Relations
Long Marked by Animosity
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Animosity has marked Russo
japanese relations for so years.
Russia's natural interest in an
outlet on the Pacific via the seas of
Okhotsk and japan led her Czarist
rulers to a head-on collision with
japanese imperialists which result
ed in the war of 1904-5.
Defeated, imperial Russia had to
cede to Japan her port rights at
Dairen and the important north
south railway in Manchuria. Fight
ing off revolution at home, the
Czarist government never made a
comeback. had to watch Japan an
mex Korea and begin building an
empire in Manchuria.
After the Soviet revolution, Japa-
nese troops intervened in Siberia
along with American and British
expeditionary forces. The japanese
did not leave Vladivostok until 1928
and then under American pressure
Took Over Manchuria.
In 1881 the japanese took over
Manchuria and soon set up the
puppet state of Manchoukuo. The
powerful japanese garrison force,
the Kuantung army. laid active
plans for the invasion and conquest
of Eastern Siberia. But Tokyo
hesitated. Hundreds of incidents
occc.'ed along the long and i'll de-
fined Manchurian border. But all
Evening star., 1945-04-05
Okinuwu
Continued From First Page

correspondent on Okinawa, said
the 32d Regiment of Maj. Gen.
Archibald v. Arnold's 7th Infantry
Division had difficulty taking a
l65-foot hill in a ridge line north
Of Naha. The Japanese opened ar
tillery shelling of roads on both the
east and west coasts while their
ground troops withdrew under
answering American artillery fire.
1t. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner's
10th Army Yanks already have Sc
cured valuable Nakagueuku Harbor
on the east coast. That one time
anchorage for portions of the jap
anese fleet soon may be put to Amer
lean use
Its inner harbor, near the cap
tured town OF Awashi, can be en-
ployed for expediting the unloading
OF supplies. A narrow-gauge rail
line, with horse drawn cars, runs
both north and south of Awashi.
Advances Are Swift.
In swift advances yesterday, still
against only scattered opposition for
the most part. Gen. Geiger's Ma
rines threw line across Okinawa S
n ar roWest t isthmus. Field COM
manders said this Emile neck of
land might prove ideal for the Jap
enese .to defend, but there was no
report of an engagement.
The Katchin Peninsula on the
east coast was overrun by the Ma
rines, thus giving the Americans
control of the entire inner shore
line of Nakagusuku Harbor.
Maj. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce's 77th
Infantry Division, moving down the
west coast, was within miles of the
Machinato Airfield. The infantry
men were about 4 miles northwest
of another airstrip. Ycnbaru, which
is incompleted.
All sectors saw gains of to
miles, and Admiral Nimitz said the
japanese still Offered scattered re-
sistance to the advances of al
troops"
! JapS Surrendering.
japanese civilians were giving
themselves up by the hundreds as
rubbed towns and villages were
overrun in this speediest major in
vasion of the Pacific War-a mys-
tifying swift invasion considering
Okinawas S extreme Importance to
the defense of the homeland.
A carrier task force under Rear
Admiral Frederick C. Sherman
struck the Amami group of Ryukyu
Islands, 160 miles north of Okinawa
on Tuesday. Amami is base from
which the Japanese planes from the
homeland have been staging spor-
adic attacks on American invasion
shipping.
Evening star., 1945-04-05

At o'clock this afternoon the
peoples commissar for foreign af-
fairs of the y. S. S. r., Molotov, re-
ceived the japanese Ambassador
Mr.. Sato, and in the name of the
Soviet government made the follow
ing statement to him:
The pact of neutrality between
the Soviet Union and Japan was
concluded on April l3, 1941-that
is, before the attack by Germany
on the U. S. S. r. and before the
outbreak of war between Japan on
the one hand and Great Britain and
the United States of America on
the other.
Since that time the situation
has radically changed. Germany at
tackled the J. S. S. R. and Japan
Germany's ally-helped the latter
in her war against the u S. S. r.
In addition, Japan is fighting
against the U. S. A. and Great
Britain, which are allies of the
Soviet Union. In such situation
the pact of neutrality between
Japan and the L. S. S. R. has lost
it's meaning and the continuance OF
this pact has become impossible.
"On the strength Of the aforesaid
and in accordance with Article =:
of the pact mentioned, which en-
visages the right of denunciatior
one year before the expiration Of
the fiVe-year period of validity OF
the pact, the Soviet government by
the present statement announces tc
the Japanese government its desire
to denounce the pact of April 13
l941."
The Japanese Ambassador. Mr.
Sato, promised to bring the declara-
ton of the Soviet government tc
the attention Of the japanese gov
ernroept
Evening star., 1945-04-05

ton attempts two former Premiers,
Admiral Viscount Saito and Kore-
kiyo Takahashi, were slain and the
incumbent Premier, Admiral Okada,
escaped only because the assassins
slew his brother-in-law instead,
mistaking their victim for Okada.
Was in Semiretirement.
Suzuki lived in semiretirement for
eight years after that episode. He re-
turned to public Office last August
10 when he became president of the
privy council on the death of DR..
Yoshimichi Hara.
Beyond acceptance of this high
Office, usually allotted to elder
statesmen outside the main current
of politics, Suzuki has given no pub
lie intimation of sympathy with the
army extremists who have DOM
mated the government virtually ever
since the 1886 attempt on his life.
Certainly he has not been consid-
cred of the same stripe as the ruth
less militarists who have been Ja-
pans last two Premiers, Gen. Hideki
TOTO, who took over in October, 194l
and leo the empire into war against
America, and Koiso. who supplanted
TOTO last July %, after the disastrous
loss of Saipan
Possibilities Canvassed.
Until the makeup of the Suzuki
cabinet is known it may be too early
to conclude that the shift presages a
peace offensive. There remains the
chance, of course, that Suzuki may
fail to form a government, but the
likelihood is that possibilities were
thoroughly canvassed before he re-
ceived the imperial nomination.
If his cabinet includes several of
his own kind, elders who were proml-
nent before the TOTO era, the evi-
dence would be strong that new
phase in Japan's war effort had
begun. This would be a period OF
peace gestures and peace propa-
ganda, calculated to strike at Amer
ican determination to see the Japa-
nese war through during the vul-
nerable period just after the collapse
of Germany.
Suzuki, now II, was born Decem-
Der "a, 1867, in Osaka. His naval
career, begun in 1887, led him to
chief command Of the fleet before
his retirement,
Evening star., 1945-04-05
Jap Cabinet
Continued From First Page.

zuki was considered one of ia
pans moderate statesmen and an
opponent of the extreme army
cliques aggressive adventures.
He was seriously wounded in the
Tokyo army revolt of February
26, 1896, when he held the post
of lord chamberlain.
CThe young officers who led that
revolt held Suzuki was counsel
ling moderation on the Emperor.
Several invaded his home and he
received several sword cuts, so
severe that for time his life
was despaired of.
MANY close students of Japa-
nese affairs have predicted that
the next change in the japanese
government would call into power
some moderate" who might
offer peace gestures to the
United States and tfle Allies)
Koiso succeeded Premier Gen
Hideki TOTO last July, when he wa
forced out by Allied successes.
Text of Communique.
The text of the Tokyo communi
que:
I'm view of the gravity of the sit
uation, the cabinet has decided Il
resign en- bloc in order to open tn,
way for a far more powerful ad
ministration.
Premier Koiso accordingly ten
dered the collective resignation o
his cabinet to the throne today"
The communique was preceded b,
a Domei news agency bulletin an
nouncing the fall of the government
DNB, German news agency, brok
a routine transmission to flash new
of the Japanese cabinets resigna
ton, indicating its importance within
Germany.
Evening star., 1945-04-05
Thousands Homeless
In Louisiana as
Red River Rises
By the Associated Press.

6s tBe AseOCldleO fIeSS.
NEW ORLEANS, April 5.-With a
crest still several days away, the
rampaging Red River, troublesome
Mississippi tributary. has driven
thousands of families from their
homes in Louisiana.
While this situation taxed relief
agencies. Army engineers kept a "a
hour patrol on all mainline levees
of the flooded Mississippi from Cairo,
Ill, to the Gulf of Mexico.
Within the next few days the
engineers expect to blast open the
Morganza f1oodway to relieve pres
sure on the Lower Mississippi and
divert the waters through the 1000
square-mile Atchafalaya Basin.
The f1oodway never has been used.
Already the Bonnet Care Spillway
above New Orleans is carrying off
250000 cubic feet of water a Sec
ond into Lake Pontchartrain.
Relief Work Starts.
The Red Cross established relief
headquarters for the Red River dis
aster area at Alexandria. The Coast
Guard and Army aided in evacu-
ating families from danger zones.
j. Fritz Thompson, headquarters
director, estimated $500 families
were affected in the area. He re-
ported an unidentified Negro was
drowned yesterday.
Thousands of head of cattle have
been lost.
The Red Cross reported that in
Concordia Parish in East Central
Louisiana $1,000 acres were inun-
dated and more than 800 families
driven from their homes.
About $4,000 acres were flooded in
Arkansas yesterday by breaks in the
jackson Bayou levee on the White
River. Hundreds of families were
removed to safety.
Clear Weather Forecast.
Rain fell in some areas yesterday
but the Weather Bureau predicted
clear skies for the remainder of the
week.
Engineers were building a l0-foot
levee to protect Morgan City. La, a
city of 5000 at the Gulf end of the
Atchafalaya basin through which
waters from the Morganza floodway
must pass.
Opening of the f1oodway will drive
1000 families from their homes !
Railroads are rerouting their lines
around the basin.
Evening star., 1945-04-05
Moscow Text
Russiu's Statement
Denouncine Agreement
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. April 5.-Tert OF
the MoscoU radio announcement
on announcement of the Russo
japanese nonaggreSsion pact:
Evening star., 1945-04-05
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Evening star., 1945-04-05
Suzuki Moderate =
May Be Front Man
For Peace Moves
Py the Associated Press.


Admiral Baron Kantaro Suzuki
may be the front man for a JAP
anese peace offensive.
With military disasters mounting
rapidly to the climax of the Oki-
nawa invasion. it has beeen appar-
ent for some weeks that the cabinet
of Gen. Kuniaki Koiso was doomed
1t is possible that intimations OF
Russia's intention to denounce her
neutrality pact with Japan-an ac-
ton which conceded very closely
with Koisos Observation-Disclosures
the crisis
Close students of Japanese affairs
have believed that the new govern
ment would be one of moderate" or
liberal" guise which the Japanese
might hope could gain a hearing for
peace tenders to America and her
allies.
Not Identified With Cliques.
Suzuki, on the basis of his prewar
record, would fit into that picture
Although an active naval officer for
nearly 40 years, he was not identi-
fed with the cliques which led ia
pan into a program of conquest and
war against the United States.
He was, in fact, marked as an
enemy by those elements. On
February 26, 1886, army units of the
Tokyo garrison, led by extreme
Nationalist young officers. revolted
and attacked several of Japan's
highest leaders, whom they called
"the Emperor's evil counselor"
that is, men who advised Hirohitc
against aggressive military policies
Suzuki, then retired from active
service, held the post of grano
chamberlain, one of the officials
nearest the throne He was attacked
before dawn in his Tokyo home by
group of army officers and received
sword wounds of such severity that
for a time his death was expected.
Evening star., 1945-04-05
Delegation From Cuba
To San Francisco Named

HAVANA, April (P).-The gov
ernment announced today that
Guillermo Belt, Ambassador to
Washington. will head the Cuban
delegation to the San Francisco
World Security Conference.
The delegation also will include
Ramiro Guerra. director of the
newspaper Diario de la Marina
Ernest Dihigo, professor at the
University of Havana, and Fran
cisco Aguirre, labor leader.
Evening star., 1945-04-05
LOST RATION COUPONS.

RATION BOOKS NOS. 3 AND A, name
Valentine Handy, BOX No. 446, Colbert,
Okla. Call TE. 1894.
RATION BOOK NO. 4. issued to Nellie
Virginia Dyson, 91S 7th st. s.w.; lost in
December. OIL. 1911.
RATION BOOKS, ."A' and &C." No. I667s2.
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FOUND

COCKER SPANIEL, male. round collar
RIA. 1881
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tag: owner can get dog by paying expenses.
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SHOE, left, brown, size lib, mans. MI.
1000,
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Recording
Discs
Wilcox and Coy discs. Eoch
folder contoins six discs,
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Of o-inch discs 80
so Originally 100 Folders
Of 8-inch discs so
Also 40 Originally I.5o
Folders Of six lO-inch re-
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so Originally SO I2-ineh
Records. Blue Donube ond
Toles from the Vienna
Woods ------.39
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and ortsists ---.10
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Cabinets, one maple fin
ish. one mahogany finish.
holds 288 records, 24.99
50 Originally .23 TO so
Albums. ST mped with
titles ond MONIES Of ortists,
Record Department. Street
Floor, The Hechf Co.
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Misses Dresses
1873

One ond two-piece cottons and
royons in stripes, checks and
fiorols dointy loce trims
sizes 9 to IS and y to s in
the group.
50 orisinaliy s.s5 Juniors
Dresses royon prints and solid
postels in sizes 9 to l5---$2.9S
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Dresses spun royons with
lingerie trims Black. Sizes 9
80 Originally s.s5 Junior,
Dresses black spun royons in
one-pieee style with white eyeIet
embroidery trims. Sizes 9 to IS
in the oup-------4.98
10 Originally $50 to SIS Jun
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ond- floroI prints with embroidery
trims. Sizes 9 to | 5 in the group.
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J Originally Ss5 Women's Spring
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wool content. Sizes SO to "A in
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Dresses two-piece prints.
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So
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Evening star., 1945-09-13

Cool cotton botistes in floral
prints small sizes.
800 Originally 79e Cotton Mesh
Panties in pink or white req
us Originally l.89 to 2.2s
Women's Shorty Peiomos of cool
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81 Originally 100 to 100
Helters, in O voriety Of styles ond
IS Originally 5.98 Jersey BIouses.
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toI stripes 2.98
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9 Originally 1895
AII-WooI Toppers
$40

Just 9 of these marvellous little
coots, to wear now and in the
Foil over dresses, sIocks ond din
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Broken misses sizes.
7 Originally 1895 Aii-weoi
Suits, yellow melon, blue ond
fuchsio. Sizes II to l8--13.88
Originally 1850 AII-woei Top
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ond misses 500
7 Originally $500 TO $500
Winter Csats. excellent vo|ues,
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10 to 2O-----19
Nezranise Goats and Salts,
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Pottery Beon Pots s--29e
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Wall Cobinets
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HeovY convos. Complete with
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Originally 1875
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1926
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Stationery Reduced
800 Originally 59e FIot Sheets
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6S Originally 65e Cork Tsbls
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Evening star., 1945-05-01
After Dark
News and Comment OF the Night Clubs.
BY the Spectator
Registered q 8. Patent

A serious note, night club managers
say, prevailed on the whole.
In the Mayf1ower Lounge, Mae
Allen told us that her own quiet
way of celebrating the armistice
when it comes will be taking an
honest-to-goodness formal gown out
of moth balls. The vocalist hasn't
worn formal dress in the real
sense of the word since the begin
ming of the war.
So far no one has uttered any
complaints about Miss Aliens de-
cision. No wonder The blond vo-
calist looked devastating enough the
other night in what woman friend
of ours described as black dinner
skirt with a suggestion of a sleeve
To us it looked more like a slinky
skirt finishing up somewhere around
guess suggestion" was the word.
| X X *
When you've juggled in Italy,
Spain. England, Russia, Germany,
Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt, South
Africa, South America and the U. S
A. you ought to know a little bit
about ball. balancing. At least
that's the way We figured it, and
Tony Regini didn't diSappoint us,
not by long shot, or any of his
tricks, for that matter.
Best of all we liked the basket
ball game Signor Regini plays by
himself. OF course, Tony doesn't
really use a basket ball or adhere to
all the rules, but you get the general
idea. It's definitely new slant on
the old one, two, catch in midair
routine. Tony rigs up small net
basket in back of him by means of
belt-like affair which keeps it
snugly attached to his waist. Then
he juggles merrily away until he
wishes to score basket, at which
time, one by one, he neatly deposits
the balls in the flshnet affair.
In addition to juggling, Tony has
taken whirl, from time to time, at
acrobatic stunts, high -trapeze work.
bareback riding and, in spare mo-
ments, trained ponies Most of the
latter was while working for Pop.
who owned circus in Rome. Tony
came to this country seven years
ago and will receive his second
citizenship papers any day now.
Il want to stay here for the rest
OF my life" Tony smiled.
At first the juggling gentleman
from Rome declined to say what it
was he liked best about American
living. A little persuasion did it