The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-20

democracy just ducks always take to water, ana that compared with Germany the occupation Of Japan is breeze and picnic.
 However things may not be as simple as they seem, warns The Christian Science Monitor. This we'll informed news paper is afraid that the Japanese re- dictionaries are fegning conversion to cur ideas as means continuing their strangehod on the country And it's warning backed up by American observers on the scene as well by Japanese liberals
 They say that the real interests of the Japanese people being sacrificed for the sake ol staoCy and that the government has actually been turned over to the bureaucras ndusriasts, nailtarsts and landed arstocracy who used the Emperor as puppet in order to fasten their grip first on Japan then on the whole of East Asia and who finally grew audacious enough to believe that they could win war against the United States
 The Star-Tmes long before the wars end was among those speaking out for the removal Of the Empercr-not on personal grounds but because he IS the fount of that poitco- religious Shn'olsm Whlch has been condemned the device used by the Aal- batsu and the miitarists to maintain theT hou on Ie neople The report of an American economic mission, urging the elimination of this group from power, was published only recently The fact that 1t Is still neceS sarv to push such recommendation at this late date shows that the occupying forces have naroy gone all out to suppress the Japanese war-makers
 Some substantiating evidence o1 thl5 IS to De found in the numerous dissents of mem oers of the Allied Control Council from the steps beg taken py General Macarthur and especially from ms expressions of friendship toward the present Japanese govern oN'AJ NN-N Russian member of the council, they could De dls- counted easily enough. But it is more dlsturpng to find the British and the Chinese members also voting against the American representative Certainly the British and the Chinese not inclined to play Russa's game any than we are.
 Thus while the new Japanese constitution IS a model of democracy, there is reason to question whether it has been accepted by the Japanese ruIng class or whether it is merely giving lip service to democracy in effort to ngratiate itself With the United States The question at once arises why' III view of the de- Modification laws on which we insisted so strongly in Germany there is not more discrimna tion agans tthe Japanese war lords.
 According to the Monitor, American military men are inclined to close eye to Dhony clements n the new Japanese democracy on the theory that We need a strong Japan possible base against uuculeht Russia These soldiers said to be doubtful Whethef China can ever be sufficiently consolidated to serve this purpose they inclined to Keep III power the men who ruled Japan by methods o1 terror ana near slavery to prepare it for war against the WesC provided that the reactionares will take our side against Russia.
 Now there is quetsion about the necessity TOT frrnness about Russia and need for reallstlc poncy in the Far East, but We may be borrowing otter trouble if we wink to fascism out of fear of com munsm We cannot afford to forget that one Is as dangerous as the other. The situation in Japan needs much attention than it has been geGthg.