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Page Four I EMFEKOB OF THE WORLD IV Orto'D. Tolischus THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVES, LA GRANDE, OREGON With Major Hoople Monday, August 20, 1945 fTTHE real origins of the Japanese dynasty are lost in the dim recesses of prehistoric times. But Japan's historic times did not be elrt till the middle of the fifth century of our erai when the Japanese learned to read and write from the Chinese and began to convert tribal mythology into national history. Prior to that time, Japanese history consisted of myths and legends transmitted by guilds of hereditary reciters who, like the troubadours of the Middle Ages, made their living by singing the praises of the mighty who fed them. Naturally, the more food, the more praise, which meant the higher the re ward the higher the ancestry at tributed to the praised. In that way, numerous noble Japanese families acquired "divine" an ceslbrs, and tlw Imperial family, as the mightiest of all, saw to it that its descent was the highest of all. By the time the Japanese had learned to read and write the Imperial myth had become gospel truth which dominatca all jap anese thinking. By comparing them with con temporary Chinese ana Korean records, historians have Come to the conclusion that the Japanese dynasty became a recognizable government some time around the beginning or tne unnsuan era. But the Japanese "Bibles" and official doctrine proclaim that it goes back td the beginnings ol the earth. There has been deliberate falsi fication of the time element In Japanese myths and even forgery of the calendar by Japanese ohronologlsts for a very definite political purpose. It served to tstablish the supremacy of the Imperial Family, and it helped to revive this supremacy after it had been lost. For the fact Is that for i thousand years, from around 800 A. D. to 1867, the Japanese Km perors were completely relegated to the role of puppets, or rather to the role of Gods who must not soil their divine fingers with politics. Puppet Emperors This eclipse of the Emperors was brought about largely by the introduction of Buddhism in the lixth century, whicli gave the lien behind the throne another religious instrument to work with, ind which for a time completely )Vcrshadowed Shinto, the founda tion of Imperial rule. Buddhism wrought forth the classical age of Japanese literature, but also an ige of high living and extrava gance comparable lo the age of :he French Louis. The Emperors Ml first under the rule of their Distresses, and then under the iway of Buddhist priests. They f nn'ii 'ilkL I U S II I k, t 1 ' " i r. f : ti Emperor Hirohlto Reviews His Troops "The Emperor of Japan Is the Emperor not only of Japan btit.ttto of all (lie rucet of the world, . , ," . spent most of their time in Idle ness and debauchery, punctuated by poetasting and elaborate tern pie ceremonies, while tho actual government was carried on by others. These others were first a family of major-domos, the Fuji' waras, of whom Prince Fumlmaro Koyoye is the present head. With the aid of brains and Buddhist priests, the F u J i w a r a s soon brought the whole Imperial fam ily under their thumb. They mar ried their daughters to the Em perors, while thoir sons monopo lized oil important government posts. Beginning with the middle of the 11th century, however, the civilian rule of the Fuliwnrus came to an end and was replaced by an age of civil wars, leading to military dictatorships by the Shoguns, or Taikuns chiefs of rival clans who gained power by beating down their rivals. Those dictators ruled nominally in the name of the Emperors and by theoretical appointment from the throne. Restored to Tower In the 18th and 10th centuries, when German nationalism began to assume forms which culminated in Nazism, the Japanese, con fronted with a breakdown of feudal economy and the rise of a merchant clusB clamoring for for eign outlets, likewise began to look for a new impulse to national life. They found it in Shinto. Jupanese scholars revived, re furbished, reinterpreted and fur ther falsified the ancient myths and staged a great Shinto revival which, by re-cmphasizing the "di vine" rights of the Emperors, put the Taikuns In the light of usurp ers and thus laid the ideological foundation for their overtlirow. This came in 1807, after Commo dore Perry had opened the doors of Japan. Feudalism went over board and the Emperors were re stored to direct rule under Iliro hlto's grandfather. Today, by a transformation of Shinto as portentous to the world as its previous revival was to Japan, Japanese leaders have pro claimed the Japanese Emperor as the Emperor of the World. Dig ging up an obscure passage at tributed to Jimmu, they have con verted it into a divine command for Japanese world conquest. This passage enunciates what Is now known as the Hakko Ichiu principle, constantly referred to in official Japanese pronounce ments as tho "principle of the Empire-founding." "PROM the standpoint of Hakko Ichiu, the Emperor of Japan is the Emperor not only of Japan but also of all the races of the world. Judging from the present condition of our Imperial Majesty, he is the Emperor of Japan alone at the present time, but his Majesty of Japan is the Emperor of the world, for the spirit of Hakko Ichiu has been the tra ditional principle of our nation." Tadahiko Imaizuml, over Takyo Radio, Oct. 12, 1942. "If the ways of the Emperor were understood fully 'by the peo ple of the world there should T no objection In having our Em peror as the ruler of the world. Under the principle of Hakko Ichiu, our Emperors were author ized to extend the rule of peace and happiness to the entire world. The foundation of international peace must bo bosed upon the Imperial House of Japan." Tada hiko Imnizumi, over Tokyo Radio,, Oct. 13, 1944. j (NEXT: Hlrohllo' Bole) , j Tea Towels L.J TUESDAY Washington Merry-Go-Round Continued From Page 2 By MRS. ANNE CABOT These canary-in-thc-kitchcn de signs work up into the gayest and prettiest set of tea towels you've ever embroidered. The diminu tive three-inch canary is clone id golden yellows in outline stitch the rett of the pietui e-setling is done in blues, green niul reds. Do the names of the d.iys in cross stitch. A nice set to have ready for church bazaars and for holi day gifts! 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