Tuesday, August 28,; 1945
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSEKVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
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THE JAPANESE WARRIOR
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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
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A wfll-fittod big "coverall"
Screen Actress
HORIZONTAL
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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
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14 Scrutinizes
17 Virginia (ab.)
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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.
Clreen leaves, cherries and basket
handle are appliqucd onto the
body nf the apron. The basket
forms the pocket Make it in color
ful checked cottons edge it wilh
pink, pale, green or red ric-rac
and you'll find your "cherry bas
ket" is the envy of all the girls
in the neighborhood.
To obtain complete nplictie'
pattern and apron pattern for the
Cherry llaskel Apron (Pattern No.
57:t!M sues small Cil-:t(i), medium
CSB-KI), unci large (-12-'H). send
IS cents in COIN, plus I cent
postage, YOUR NAM K, AD
DRESS and Hie PATTKUN NUM
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Mission Street, San Francisco,
Calif.
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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
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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.
By SUE BURNETT
Time to cheek the wardrobe
status of your nursery student
Tliis easily-made jumper set pass
es every test.
Pattern No. 8(1110 is designed for
sizes 1. 2. it. 4 5 and ti years. Size
2. boleio and juniper, requires
2' i yards of 3!-iiu-h material. l
yards of machine made ruffling.
Kn this patto-r., send 20 cents,
in coins, your name, address, size
duired, and the pattern number
to Sue Burnett, La Grande Eve
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San Francisco, Calif.
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tlie press. Book full of smart,
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