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Tuesday, August 28,; 1945 THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSEKVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON Page Four his I; THE JAPANESE WARRIOR I xr i'T)ESPITE long and bitter years of war, In which tho enemy I has revealed himself in all his i many aspects, the Japanese as a nation, as individuals, and espe cially as warriors are still a puz zle to the Western world, even to the Allied fighting men who have learned to know them the hard way. The latter in particular have learned to know the Japa nese as hard, tough, and fanatic fighters who die rather than sur render, They have 'seen them commit mass suicide in desperate situations wilh their own guns, knives and hand grenades, or seek death in futile "Banzai" charges in which even the wounded and the crippled participate. They have seen mass suicide even among civilians In which parents strangled their children before killing themselves. They have seen Japanese flyers deliberately crash into Allied warships as "hu man bombs," or refuse fescue at Allied hands. They have found that the Japanese shoot their own wounded rather than permit them to be captured, and Japanese pris oners are few and far between. But the same Allied fighting men have also learned to know the Japanese as dirty, tricky, and treacherous, by instinct rather than by design; and the treachery of Pearl Harbor Is being repeated daily on a smaller scale on every Pacific battlo field. They have seen the Japanese go berserk, or hysterical, shrieking, howling, stomping, or dancing Insanely in tho midst of Allied fire. Abovo all, they and the whole world have learned to know the Japanese for their barbarous atrocities on Al lied prisoners of war and con quered populations, for whirh scores are still to be settled in Tokyo. JawM Bravery Brave the Japanese arc, with out doubt. They are brave be cause Shinto, in proclaiming the Japanese to be a "master race" of gods under a "divine" com mand to conquer the world for their Emperor, has given them both a sense of superiority and a sense of mission which every Japanese Is trying to live up to. They are brave because they have been taught from childhood that It Is their greatest glory to die for the Emperor and their great est disgrace to surrender a dis grace that will cast them out of tho ranks of the gods and of their own family. Indeed, tho captive Japanese Is oMlclnlly dead to his nation and his family, and the Japanese Government so trpnts him. They are brave, finally, be cause Shinto teaches them that I Cherry Apron 573 9 A wfll-fittod big "coverall" Screen Actress HORIZONTAL 1,5 Pictured actress 11 She acts In pictures 13 Most south ern point of Africa 15 Leave out 1(1 Bad IB Language of Tai 19 Territory nf French Indo Chlna 20 Merchandise 21 Eight (comb, form) 22 It is (contr.) 23 John (Gaelic) 24 Play division 27 Foundation 29 All correct (ab.) .10 Upward 31 Cite 34 Leavening agent Jl Vase .19 Fathom (ab.) 40 Old 42 Slave (A At a distance 47 Bleaching vat (var.) 48 Sly look 49 Tend 50 Sign 52 Come 54 Rapped lightly . 65 WiUiejcd.. VERTICAL 1 Modern Greek 2 Indolent 3 Is seated 4 Dawn (comb, form ) 5 Filament 8 Eye 7 Bushel (ah.) ft Singing voice 9 Feather shad 10 Philippine Island town 1 1 Sheds 12 Recent 14 Scrutinizes 17 Virginia (ab.) v t IV Thii Jap Soldier's Arm Was Cut Off for token Cremation "Ta fiive us one's iie for the take oj the Emperor cannot besaUci, seV-socriIce.....!' being gods they do not really die, and that if they end this mundane phase of existence well, especially on the bottle Held, they will con tinue to live as gods in the spirit world, and will be worshiped as patron gods of the nation ever after. On this fundamental basis which provides the dynamics of action and obscures the dividing line between lite and death, the Japanese Shinto statesmen have erected a code of behavior direct ing the action toward tho desired end. That code is known as Bushldo, or "the Way of the War rior," which has developed the only ethical ideal the Japanese know absolute loyalty to the Emperor unto death. This does not mean that the Japanese welcomes death. All flesh dreads death and dissolution, and the Japanese is no exception. The Jnpanese wrir literature is ample proof of this, and so is the chairing of Japanese soldiers in exposed observation posts of the Pacific Islands. But In most situa tions the indoctrination is able to overcome the dread, and the sol dier's body Is conditioned for that purpose by o harsh and grueling training exceeding any known in the West. Yet every so often, the natural dread of death and Shinto Indoctrination clash too harshly in the Japanese single-track mind and throw It off the track, which leads to harakiri and suicidal or murderous moss hysteria. fPO give up one's II fo for tho sake of tho Emperor cannot be called self-sacrifice. It is rolhor discarding one's lesser self to live in the great Imperial Virtue, and exalting one's true life as a na- ron has a basket pocket of dark giccn and bright red cherries. 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S 1 25 Negative word 37 Numeral 2 Piece out 41 Let fall 27 Purchase 28 Mimic 31 Shiver 32 Imperative 33Ci(v in New York 35 Matter .18 Lark food 42 Otherwise 43 Sow 44 Compass point 45 Ae 4fi Land measure 51 Kvgius Pro fessor (ah ) 5.1 Rupees (ab ) it h a w S iTu : t.x ?rn r r 7" T b- if' 2b" f J 1 rr it" iTTiiTpr 3T ji n-frh? Otto'D. hi 0O3S Tolischus I tlonal subject." The Basle Mean ing of the National Policy, by Dept. of Education, Tokyo, 1830. "We must be prepared to die brilliantly to serve our nation." Tokyo Radio, March 21, 1944. Battle Song Praises Death "In serving on the seas, be corpse saturated with water. "In serving on land, be a corpse covered with weeds. "In serving In the sky, be a corpse that challenges clouds. "Let us all die close by the side o our Sovereign, without tho slightest regret." Poem published by Japanese newspapers on the occasion of thr special spring Yasukunl shrin festival for Uie deification of th war dead, "Death Involving a question ol honor, was accepted in Bushidc as a key to the solution of many complex problems, so that to an ambitious samurai natural de parture from life seemed a rathei tume affair and a consummation not devoutly to be wished for." From Bushido, the Soul of Ja pan, by Inozo Nitobe, Professoi of Kyoto University, 1905. "It la plain that our enemies have been taking advantage ol Japanese mercy, but instead of surrendering to prevent unneces sary loss of life, they surrender after trying to cause as many casualties as possible to the Jap anese side. To show them mercy is to prolong the war. Hesitation is uncalled for, and the wrong doers must be wiped out." Yasuo Mishima, in tho Hochi, April Zl, 1942. (NEXT! The Ceremonial ExecO tloa of ail Allied Airman) Bolero Juniper 8880 1-6 yr. 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