THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
Friday, August 17, 1945
J.R.William
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German explosion on the west
ern world and the Nazi war cries
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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-
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By MRS. ANNE CABOT
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The fifth and sixth months oncv
were known as dHiintilis and Sex
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"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
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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"
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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. (i
(NEXT: The God -Emperor)
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SUSPEND Pi.AYEM
PORTLAND, Aug. 17 (UP)
President Clarence -Rowland of
Ihe Pacific coast league t 0 d a y
announced indefinite suspension
of Gene Hundley, star second
baseman of the Sacramento base
ball club.
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