Wednesday, August 29. 1945
Page Four
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
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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
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