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Wednesday, August 29. 1945 Page Four THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON " ; !"-'' " H XTT Ur Boarng HU8 With Major Hoople Out Our Wag JR. Williams ' "Vff ffi jjPVlW - 3tf?" Otto'D. 1 m h&v, m06;wme up, cowe Wtf hmaw mo-humSmiff-Jj) ( : ' : ""N - iitirV'aJr S . ' SXT ' t.i:.,i.... 1 M OH, IT'S WORMING.' f.SMlW MY WORD, ISTHW M , ", CEREMONIAL EXECUTION OF - ., - 4 ARCHES ON TME PjOORM SOVJE.FAThlER, M"DO " ,tHfMw?W AN ALLIED AIRMAN - , VMORMjC SEEA BE PtOWlWS J (fflllWViW J fTHERE Is another aspect to Shinto which explains Japa i nese treachery and cruelty. For Shinto, the "Way of the Gods, has only one moral imperative, : and that is proclaimed by its name; it is the duty to follow the "way of the gods." But the gods whose "ways" are to be followed were conceived in a primitive jungle age, and therefore display all the characteristics 01 ine jun- go age. They are murderous, cruel, tricky, trencherous, dirty. and incidentally obscene. Lest other Influences like Bud dhism or Western civilization should have softened the Japanese fiber, the Shinto statesmen, like Hitler in Germany, have carried through a process which one Jap anese professor so aptly describes s "re-barbnrlzation." It, tootwns accomplished by a training which deliberately educates the nation's youth in cruelty, brutality, and murder, and encourages the prac tice of them to make it hard much as primitive savages edu cate their youth at the torture stake. This training flnds its cli max on the battle fields, where Japanese soldiers are rewarded for victory by permission and en couragement to indulge In de moniacal outbursts of rapine, tor ture, and murder as a means of timulating primitive blood lust and the desire to kill. The course of the Pacific war has demonstrated that nolther hie aavagcry nor his training have been able to make the Japanese soldier a match for the Allied fighting men, whose faith passes his understanding. But It is well to remember that the tortures and atrocities inflicted by the Japa siese on their victims are no ex cesses of Individuals, but the planned results of a system de liberately created to promote the aggressive designs of a savage theocratic state of which the Jap nnese Emperor is God, ruler and high priest, who gives his "Im perial Sanction" to it all. From the Diary of a Japanese soldier killed at Snlamaua, New Guinea, entry jot March 29, 1943: WE all assembled at headnuar " tcrs where one of the crew of a Douglas shot down by anti-aircraft March 18 was brought under guard. Tal Commnnder (Sub-TJeutcn ant First Class) Komal told us it had been decided to execute him : and he was to bo accorded a . Samurai's death. . Wo were assembled to witness the execution. Tho prisoner was given a drink of water outsldo the guard house. The chief surgeon, Lieutenant Komal and a platoon commander bearing a sword came from the officers' mess. The time has come. The pris oner of war totters forward with his arms tied. His hair Is cut dose.' Jap With Samurai Sword About to Behead Allied Flyer I feci he suspects what Is afoot, but he is more composed than I thought he would bo. Without more ado he is put on a truck and taken to tho place of execu tion. The prisoner sits beside the chief surgeon and about ten guards accompany him. The noise of the engine echoes along the road in the hush of twilight. The sun hns set and columns of clouds rise before us. I glance at the prisoner and he seems prepared. He gazes at the grass, now at the mountains and sea. At the execution ground Lieu tenant Komal faces the prisoner ond said: "You are to die. I om going to kill' you with this Japa nese sword according to the Samurai' code." The commander's face Is stern. Now tho time has come. Tho pris oner is made to sit on the edge of a water-filled bomb crater. The precaution is taken to surround him with guards. When I put myself In his place the hate engendered by this daily bombing yields to ordinary human feelings. The Tal commander draws his favorite sword, the famous "Osa- mune." The sight of the glittering blade sends cold shivers down the spine. First he touches prisoner's neck lightly with sword. Then he raises It overhead. Ills arm muscles bulge. Prisoner closes his eyes for a second and at once the sword sweeps down. Swish it sounds at first like noise of cutting, but is actually made by blood spurting from arteries as the body falls forward. Everybody steps forward as head rolls on the ground. The dark blood gushes from trunk. All is over. There lies the head like a white doll. I realize that the emotions I felt just now was not personal pity but manifestation of magnanimity that becomes a chivalrous Samu rai. A superior seaman from the medical unit received the sword from the surgeon. He rolls the body on back. "Here's something for the other day take that," ho says, and with one sweep lays open the abdomen. "These thick-headed white are thick-bellied too," he remarks. There's not a drop of blood left in man's body. Tho seaman gives him a kick, then buries it. Tho wind blows mournfully and the scene prints itself on my mind. Darkness descends. In front of headquarters we got off truck. If ever I get back alive this will make good story to tell. That's why I write It down. The prisoner killed today was airforce "tot" (captain or flight lieutenant) from Moresby. Ho young man aged 23, an instructor In Army transport command at Moresby. THE END ' 'V j ' ' 1fiw t rttACT y ' TMAIM STORV BEFORE W '-OT 0 , V1 V rw-ga i ,.,..,g';,l,:' g-?g J V JUZM&tik3& borm THIRTY VEAkS toosoom J Rnnt.st and Her Ttufltlivn ty CwLkJ I , . . . By Edgar Mdrtin Butterf lies-Flowers! 115030 - t i u By MRS. ANNE CABOT Almost too pretty to use these stunning guest pillowcases! 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