THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
Tuesday, August 21,' 1940
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i . JOKOHITO'S ROLE I .. .......J?.. ,
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JMPEROR HIROHITO of Japan
Is In theory the absolute
owner and ruler of Ills country
and his people. He is God, and as
such the highest being In the Jap
anese universe, . to whom every
thing belongs. He Is an Emperor
who, by virtue at te notional
faith, the national tradition, and
the national constitution, com
bines in himself all the rights of
national sovereignty, to the com
plete exclusion of the Japanese
people who have been granted
civil rights but possess no sover
eign rights not even In theory.
He is, finally, the High Priest of
the nation, and as sue) Its spirit
ual head. Whatever decisions he
makes, or whatever decisions re
ceive the Imperial sanction, are
therefore acts of God, acts of an
autocrat, and prophesies of a
High Priest which engage all the
religious and political energies of
the nation, and to challenge which
would be both blasphemy and po
litical suicide.
. Holding such a unique position,
the Japanese Emperor can be a
great force for good, and an
equally great force for evil. The
record of Hirohito's reign, which
Ironically enough is called by the
name of "Radiant Peace," is one
of unmitigated evil, culminating
In the Pacific war, and Indirectly
In the whole world war.
Hirohito's Record
It Is true that Hirohito's sins
are primarily those at omission
rather than commission. It is fur
ther true that HIrohlto person'
ally is supposed to be a western
ized liberal who loves peace, and
In particular opposed both the al
liance with , Germany and war
against tne united states. It Is
quite likely that he acted at least
as a brake on the developments
that led to Pearl Harbor.
But Hirohlto has been a Will
ng puppet. He has been so partly
jecause of a weakness of char
acter that runs through the whole
dynasty which has produced few
strong men. This weakness, which
has permitted unscrupulous mili
; tary upstarts to use the author
. ity of the throne as a cover for
their own ambitions, makes the
Japanese throne an everlasting
; menace for tho future. For who
, ever can control Japan's God has
also tho whole nation at his com
' mand. It is also possible that,
. like so many so-called Japanese
. liberals, he has been really in
agreement with the general alms
of Japanese expansion, though
. shrinking from its inevitable con
sequences. The indications arc
that tho latter is the case.
,' Nobody knows whether he be
. llevcs in his own divinity, but ho
has never raised his vplce to op-
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Symbol of "Radiant Peace" 1938
Hirohito's reign, which ironically enouoh Is called by PHe name'Of
"Radiant Peace," -culminated Indirectly, in. world, war.!
pose or condemn that Interpre
tation of tiio Hakko Ichiu prin
ciple which proclaims him Em
peror of the World. On tho con
trary, he has constantly supported
it by issuing Imperial Rescripts
based on it.
He has never opposed or con
demned the Japanese aggression
that began in Manchuria in 1931
and led to the Pacific War. On the
contrary, he issued Imperial Re
scripts supporting it aa well as
Japan's secession from the League
of Nutions, thus giving them his
divine, imperial, and priestly
blessings. .
people for a "Haly War" for the
destruction of the United States
and the British Empire, and he
has specifically acknowledged the
Japanese "warriors", as his own
representatives.
Never Opposed Atrocities
Ho has never opposed or con
demned the shocking atrocities
which are an integral port of Jap.
anese warfare and which were
first exemplified in the rape of
Nanking. Nor can ho plead that
he had no knowledge of them. It
was his younger brother, Prince
Asoko, who was in command at
Nanking, and it is inconceivable
under Japanese traditions that the
younger brother did not describe
in detail to his elder brother just
wnat Happened at Nunking.
Ho presided over that fateful
Imperial Conference on July 2,
itm, wiiicn agreed on the con
quest of East Asia even at the
risk of war with the United States
and the British Empire a deci
sion that already envisaged Pearl
Harbor.
Ho Issued the Imperial Rescript
declaring war against the United
Stntes and the British Empire to
carry lorwnrd the tusk be
queathed by Our Forefathers"
which calls for extending his rule
until it embraces the world.
He has finally, within the limits
of his ofllce, done everything pos
sible to mobilize the Japanese
THIS is the record: .
"TTnhnnnltv thara avl, V
twecn Our Empire and the League
of Nations a wide divergence of
view in this regard (conquest df
Manchuria), and It has developed
upon Us to cause Our government
to take, upon mature deliberation,
the necessary steps for the with
drawal of Our Empire from the
League." Imperial Rescript on
Japan's withdrawal from the
League of Nations, March 27, 1933.
"Eager for the realization of
their inordinate ambition to dom
inate the Orient, both America
and Britain, giving support to the
Chungking regime, have aggra
vated the disturbance In East Asia.
Moreover, these two powers, In
ducing other countries to follow
suit, increased military prepara
tions on all sides of Our Empire
to challenge us. Thev have ob
structed by every means Our
peaceful commerce, and finally
resorted to direct fceverance of
economic relations, menacing
gravely the exist- -.ce of Our Em
pire. The situation being such as
it is, Our Empire for its existence
and self-defense has no other re
course but to appeal to arms and
to crush every obstacle in its
path." Imperial Rescript declar
ing war against the United States
and Britain, Dec. 8, 1941.
"I express ioy to see our goal
realized step by step." Hirohlto
to Hitler on the anniversary of
Pearl Harbor, Dec. 8, 1943.
(NEXT: The Plan of World
Conquest)
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Official Records
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With the release of the eagerly
awaited 20th Century-Fox film
version of Hetty Smith's "A Tree
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NKW YOliK, Aug- -'I (UP)
The Queen Mary and three other
liansports, carrying I(i,li5:i troops,
dock li.'re today.
Many members of the Moth di
vision arrive aboard the Queen
Mary which carried 14,00!) sol
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mer. N. J., for prueessing.
Other ships arriving are the
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troops diverted (rum the Pacific;
Occidental Victory, 2!1 troops, and
the Sarah J. Hale, wilh two
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