La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 17, 1945, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextTHE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON Friday, August 17, 1945 J.R.William fHE apocalyptic Impact of the German explosion on the west ern world and the Nazi war cries . JPge Four EftS1 VL 7 ' : i "i Our Boarding House With Major Hooole Out Our Way rdffSllSlQHSSinSS ORi Gft OrtoV 1 W v6AVBUT6R,HfeuPN& f NOPE.' VOe'Ce VflE'RB M(&lClrNS fTiiLWrFf381 fcJiHiiUisgliggEra i -v 1 I f Vour uncus excfcVAnreA -rewaiws A if me cam duck. J? -Lwfwfe? F . JM B :Q n raKUM-i Lft&a2ftaftot. xm otto pgou,w.iiupit ;;a,.;.d .ssststst! ft friskim aw that cner. by VjE weSt to W, - ' tW- srl - r-sdiMfclrt' . v that lit the fuse for It have pro duced the general Impression that the Germans are the only people r' suffering from the delusion that they are a "master race" me- ' destined by God, history and their own Innate superiority to con- auer. rule and "save" the world That Impression is untrue. The same megalomaniac projection of the national ego Is even more pronounced among the Japanese, and has produced the same re sults. , This Japanese aberration has Its roots In centuries or indoctrina tion with a savage and primordial religion known as Shinto, or "The Way of the Gods." More than any other factor it is re sponsible for the war In the Pa ciflo and for the treacherous and savage manner in which the Jap- " inese ire waging it. And since the first beginnings of that war In Munchurla in 1931 became the overture for developments in Eu rope, It Is Indirectly responsible lor the whole world war. There are three reasons for this. The first is that Shinto, which is merely primitive nature worship without a theology, without a doctrine, and without a moral or ethical code, has preserved In the Japanese all the treachery and savagery of tho Jungle age, as will be shown In luler chapters. The second is that It has Imbued the Japanese with the idea that they are a superior race and has thus kindled In them all the ambitions that flpw from such a concept. ' And the third is that it has put . behind these ambitions all the clsm surpassing any the Nazis have been able to arouse. Fact nd Fiction As a race, the Japanese are still something of mystery. But It is now generally accepted that they are a blend of Mongoloid and Polynesian-Malayan invaders, possibly even some white-skinned tribe from northwestern Asia, who Intermingled with the ab original Inhabitants of the Jap anese islands to form a nation which still betrays Its mixed origin by Its widely differing physicul characteristics. This un deniable fact is generally accepted by educated Japanese, but it has Jn no way Interfered with the continued acceptance of Shinto concepts of how the bulk of the Japanese people originated. Reduced to their elemental form, these Shinto' concepts hold that the Japanese Islands and the Japanese people have been born of Uie gods and are therefore dl- Argyle Veslee By MRS. ANNE CABOT A spoils sweater any high school, college or business girl will want. Knit it in a sporty looking yellow or in navy blue use bright green and brown for the lines of "pluiding" if the ba sic color is yellow. A led ami green combination is .smart if background is navy or black. The separately knitted 1-inch band ing is of your darkest "pluiding" color. And of course, hull the (un of knitting Argyle designs is mukine. up your own pet eolnr scheme! To obtain co.uplete knitting instructions for the Argyle Vis-1-e (pattern No. 3(1251 sizes 12, 14, 1(1, III included, send 15 cents in coin, plus 1 cent postage, your name, address and the pattern number to Amu Cabot, l.a Oranile Evening Observer, 70'l Mission St., San Francisco, Calif. The fifth and sixth months oncv were known as dHiintilis and Sex tills. 3 JTTX ;JyUKXr: 3 Tvf VtJftkV "From the fact of the divine descent of the Japan! pople jrc ; ceeds hlr immeasurable superiority, ...',.. ,. . vine. The Japanese gods are thus conceived to be the ancestors of the Japanese race, which makes the Jupanesc themselves gods by descent, and their land "the land of the gods," Since there are no other gods that the Japanese ac knowledge, or' If they do they simply consider them to be other forms of their own "eight hun dred myriad" gods, these gods are the highest beings in the Jap anese cosmos. This quite nat urally makes their direct descend ants the highest beings on earth the master race entitled to rule the world, In other words, the Japanese consider themselves to be a sort of divine family having its origin in Heaven. As a principle of state, this concept hus such great utility that It has been assiduously. cultivated by tho Japanese gov ernment, until it found Its culmi nation in the Japanese family state. The sense of common di vine descent and blood relation ship has made tho Japanese clan nish and secluslve, but It has also given them a national cohesion surpassing that of any other na tion. It Is the basis of that "peer less polity" they boast of, and it is by far their strongest asset In this war, Whereas other religions concern themselves with the supernatural, with tho individual, with tho sal vation of his soul, wltii ethics and morals, and with the world here after, Shinto has only one con cern to promote the fortunes and the prosperity of the Japanese family state in this world by any and all means that will serve tho purpose, THIS Is how tho wdrld looks tl,,-r.,,.tl. Ultlnfn nu.,a. "Nippon Is an extension of the i Washington Merry-Go-Round Continued From Page 2 was put across. Shintoism was ns.'d on the Jap anese people as Hitler used Aryan supremacy on the Germans; though emperor-worship prob ably was even more potent. Out of all this, emerged the in stitution of the emperor of Japan. This is what the American mili tary governors of Japan will have to undo. They must undermine the influence of the emperor, yet, at the same time, use him to rule Japan. Under this paradoxical setup, their task obviously will not be easy. Kaisers Delivers First Peace Ship 1'OHTl.AND. Aug. 17 (UP) Kaiser's Oiegon shipbuilding cor poration claimed the distinction today of being the lirst shipyard in the nation to deliver a victory slop for the merchant service after victory over tl.c Japs. Shipyard officials said the steamship Chelsea Vietoly was j delivered by Oregon and Alaska mi iiiMMiip compiiny ai i:i.i p. m. Tuesday, o n I y three hours 15 minutes after Pivsiilent Truman's peace declaration. INCREASE PAPER TOKONTO, Aug. 17 (Ul')-The Toronto Financial Post will say tomorrow Canadian paper mills may l,e able to make a "modest" increase in .shipments of news print to Ihe United States in the last quarter of this year. Hold Everything "Nobody will ever steal the ceiling while he's herel" ' - -. $a r fit- " U SJa l-.'f ideal state In Heaven. So believed our ancestors, so do we stlJT be lieve; and this faith is the founda tion stone of our racial unity." Shinsel Nippon no Kensetsu (Founding Japan ' on a .'- True Basis), by Shlnklchi ' Uyesugl, Professor of Constitutional Law, Tokyo Imperial University, Tokyo, 1020. "The Japanese people believe that their nutlon is one huge fam ily of a single descent with the Imperial Family as nucleus. The ancestress of the Imperial Family Is the Sun GoddcsB, the supreme deity." Japan, a Year Book with Official Infornwtion, by Nippon Dempo News Agency, Tokyo, 1034. "In Japan the worshiping of deceased ancestors still obtains, and still exercises a powerful In fluence over the laws and customs of the people." Ancestor-Worship and Japanese Law, by Baron Nobushige Hozuinl, Tokyo, 1040, The Superior People "From the fact of the divine descent of the Japanese people proceeds their Immeasurable su periority to the natives of other countries in courage and Intelli gence." Alsutane Hirata, Japa nese scholar (1776-1834;. "Formerly Atllla and Genghis Khan attacked Europe and set up unprecedented great empires. We Japanese, compared to these Ast atic peoples, are incomparably higher in our proportion of world population, military and economic strength, and all our culture. Who can say that we can't strike India, attack Canada, overcome Aus tralia, and invade England her self'" Nichl-ei-shlna senao (The Japancse-Engllsh-Chlnese ' War), by Shlgekl Kondo, Tokyo, Novem ber, 1039. 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