The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-28
Homma Had Dreams Of
Philippine Conquest

ties and atrocities which he per,
mitted In the Philippines.
His men in North China burned
III Canadian Presbyterian mission
hospitals. They bayoneted the
wounded. killed the doctors. at.
tackled the nurses and smashed
surgical equipment
In the Philippines the Japs. in
a move TO impress the Catholic
population, posed as protectors
OF the church. Propaganda photos
were sent 10 Latin.American news.
papers 10 show Japan's love for
1.-The church, yet at the same time
Catholic churches in Japan and
Korea were being closed and the
| clergy informed or arrested.
The truth IS that no religion
Catholic, Protestant or Moslem-
can exist side by side with the
synthetic concept OF emperor wor-
ship. except in a subservient ca
pacity.
A few years before the Japs in.
vaded the Philippines they obtain.
ed Holy See, diplomatic recogni.
ton OF Manchuria. a puppet state.
General Homma duplicated the ma.
neuver in Manila with a claim.
which he broadcast over the air.
that the Vatican had recognized
the Japanese-sponsored Philippine
government OF Jose p. Laurel. a
canard which Vatican diplomats
hastily denied.
The Spanish and English langu-
ages were outlawed by the Gen.
eral. but the notorious Falanglst
Consul General in Manila, Jose
del Castano, representing Franco,
worked through Japanese connec-
lions in Madrid and the ban on
spanish was lifted.
Outlawing the English language
however. meant the discarding of
millions OF textbooks in 10000
Philippine public schools. This
move was followed by an educa.
tional program that emphasized
the cruelty OF American rule and
pointed to the glory OF Japan's d.
vine mission. in Japan's Holy
War propaganda, Filipino students
were told that. 40 years before.
the Americans had prosecuted the
Catholics.
When II came TO economies and
trade General Homma failed. In
North China he tried unsuccessful
ly to force the Chinese TO Guilt
vate millions OF acres OF cotton.
In the Philippines he dreamed
that his divine benevolence would
make him King Cotton. His Spe.
cial Section, which dealt In opium.
girl traffic, gambling and bribery,
seized sugar cane land and fore.
ed the Filipinos 10 work at ia.
panese slave wages to raise cot.
ton for the spinning mills in Os.
aka and Tokyo.
The Generals next move nv
Nesting in himself all jurispru.
dence. was the issuance OF a death
warrant for the Chief Justice OF
Jose Abad Santos. This contrasts
With the recent appeal by General
| Iomoyuki Yamashita to the L. S
supreme Court against his court.
martial sentence.
| Free economy IS a thing OF the
past" the Generals aides announc.
od when they cut the daily wages
OF laborers in half, issued fake
money. and raised commodity tax.
es IS per cent. AS compensation
me Flipinos we're permitted 10
gather two or three crops for their
new masters, were one sufficed
before, to attend schools where
they could learn the japanese ma.
tional anthem, and TO bow reverent-
lIly to the Son OF Heaven who or.
dained all things,
After the General had added
four national japanese holidays 10
the Philippines calendar and abol.
ished Washington's Birthday, he
eliminated the legislative council
and told the Filipinos that they
were liberated from "the mire OF