Evening star., 1950-05-02

mander took the third anniver-
1884 Arrested by NotionoIists in Drive
on Reds in Formoso. Page AS
sary of Japan's mo war" consti-
tuition as the occasion for a state
ment denouncing anew commu-
nism here and abroad.
Pawn of Alien Power"
Japan's Communist Party, Gen.
Macarthur said, is IAN avowed
satellite of an international preda-
tory force and a Japanese pawn
Of alien power policy, imperialistic
purpose and subversive propa-
ganda." Then he added:
That it has done so at once
brings into question its rights to
the further benefits and protec-
ton of the country and laws it
would subvert and raises doubt
as to whether it should longer
be regarded as a constitutionally
recognized political movement"
The occupation chief raised the
same question last July 4 when
he labeled Communism national
and international outlawry."
Today he called it this form
of international political perfidy,
social deception and territorial
fraud"
Cautions japanese.
Gen. Macarthur cautioned the
Japanese that the question of out
lawing the Communist Party
should, of course, be resolved
calmly. justly and dispassionately
with the same consideration and
safeguards extended to any anti
social force in peaceful and law
abiding community"
The general made it clear he
felt no danger of the Communists
coming to power through consti-
tutional means. but warned that
Communism now makes but a
shallow pretense of seeking such
On objective"
Instead, he said, there was the
danger of the small Communist
minority making abusive use of
freedom" to create conditions of
lawlessness and unrest to open the
way for seizure Of power through
intimidation and force"
Issue Declared Clear.
He declared "the issue is there
fore clear and unequivocal-how
far may the fundamental human
rights be exercised unabridged
without becoming the instruments
of their own destruction?
"It is an issue which confronts
all free peoples. forewarned that
others have lost their liberties be-
cause. blindly following an ideal,
they have failed to see the dangers
inherent in reality"
The issue, he stated, may not
be ignored without hazarding the
survival of liberty itself"
Gen. MacArthur'S attack on the
japanese Communists comes at a
time when they have heavily lost
prestige with most segments of the
population.
The Reds reached a high point
of popularity in January, 1949,
when they elected Al members to
the Diet. They since have fallen
off for several reasons, of which
these are the main ones:
/. The suspicion that the party
had a hand in delaying repatria-
ton Of non-Communist prisoners
of war from the Soviet Union;
2. Strikes by Communicated
unions which seemed aimed pri-
marily at creating confusion;
3. Communist-directed attacks
on government Offices by groups
seeking relief from high taxes and
unemployment; and
4. The obvious subjugation of
japanese Communists to the lead
ership Of Russian communism-a
shocking thing to the average
Japanese. who is highly national
istic and suspicious of all things
Russian.
Recalls Jap War Disaster.
Gen. MacArthur's statement
drove home this last point. He
reminded the japanese that in, the
recent past a minority, "the mill
tarists and their collaborators,"
had brought Japan to disaster.
The Reds, he said, now were
pushing Japan toward an even
greater disaster-"this time with
out even the pretense of service to
legitimate national ends, but un-
der foreign dictation to establish a
domestic basis favorable to the
ultimate subjugation of Japan to
the political control of Others"
Turning to the constitution it
self. he praised the japanese for
having shown "a marked ability
to live and advance within the
framework of these great consti-
tutional precepts." and suggested
that history may finally point to
the Japanese constitution as the
Magma Charta Of free Asia"