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1 THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 194S THE JOURNAL, PLATTS MOUTH, NEBRASKA PAGE SEVEN m L or- I , . - -pfi , : : , x . i . raw-? ft iX" Emperor Hirohito Reviews His Troops 'The Emperor of Japan is the Emperor not only of Japan but also oj all the races oj the worlds . . Cojjyrii,hu lJ3k Otto JX JoUb VrMll MiA SKVICE. INC. . , . EMPEROR OF TIIE WORLD IV .''THE real origins of the Japanese i dynasty are lost in the dim recesses of prehistoric times. But Japan's historic times did not be gin till the middle of the fifth century of our era, "when the Japanese learned to read and write from the Chinese and began to convert tribal mythology into national history. Prior to that time, Japanese history consisted of myths and legends transmitted by guilds of hereditary reciters who, like the troubadours of the Middle Ages, made their living by singing the praises of the mighty who fed them. Naturally, the more food, the more praise, which meant the higher the re ward the higher the ancestry at tributed to the praised. In that way. numerous noble Japanese families acquired "divine" an cestors, and the Imperial family, as the mightiest of all, saw to it that its descent was the highest of all. By the time the Japanese had learned to read and write the Imperial myth had become gospel truth which dominated all Jap anese thinking. By comparing them with con temporary Chinese and Korean record?, historians have come to the conclusion that the Japanese dynasty became a recognizable government some time around the beginning of the Christian era. But the Japanese "Bibles" and official doctrine proclaim that it goes back to the beginnings of the earth. There has been deliberate falsi fication of the time element in Japanese myths and even forgery of the calendar by Japanese ehronologists for a very definite political purpose. It served to establish the supremacy of the Imperial Family, and it helped to revive this supremacy after it had been lost. For the fact is that for a thousand years, from around 800 A. D. to 1867, the Japanese Em perors were completely relegated to the role of puppets, or rather to the role of Gods who must not soil their divine fingers with politics. Puppet Emperors This eclipse of the Emperors was brought about largely by the introduction of Buddhism in the sixth centuryt which gave the men behind the throne another religious instrument to work with, and which for a time completely overshadowed Shinto, the founda tion of Imperial rule. "BuddlTism bioi.ght forth the classical age of Japanese liicraturc, but also an ire of high living and extrava- Otto'D. Tolischus Destruction of Fleet, Mangling Of Cities by Air, and Strangling Blockade Caused Surrender of Japs i lhoilfflfoiiMiiitit comparaoie cr.oh Louis. to the age of The Emperors nL f.rst under the rule of their tstic!ifCF, and then under t!ie rarny of Buddhist priests. They spent most of their time in idle-1 ness and debauchery, punctuated by poetasting and elaborate tem ple ceremonies, while the actual government was carried on by others. These c.ers were first a family of major-domos, the Fuji waras, of whom Prince Fumimaro Koyoye is the present head. With the aid of brains and Buddhist priests, the Fujiwaras soon brought the whole Imperial fam ily under their thumtf. They mar ried their daughters to the Em perors, while their sons monopo lized all important government posts. Beginning with the middle of the 11th century, however, the civilian rule of the Fujiwaras came to an end and was replaced by an age of civil wars, leading to military dictatorships by the Shoguns, or Taikuns chiefs of rival clans who gained power by beating down their rivals. These dictators ruled nominally in the name of the Emperors and by theoretical appointment from the throne. Restored to Power In the 18th and 19th centuries, when German nationalism began to assume forms which culminated in Nazism, the Japanese, con fronted with a breakdown of feudal economy and the rise of a merchant class clamoring for for eign outlets, likewise began to look for a new impulse to national life. They found it in Shinto. Japanese scholars revived, re furbished, reinterpreted and fur ther falsified the ancient myths and staged a great Shinto revival which, by re-emphasizing the "di vine" rights of the Emperors, put the Taikuns in the liht of usurp ers and thus laid the ideological foundation for their overthrow. This came in 18G7, after Comrno- BY SANDOR S. KLEIN j cided that if the United States United Pr. StAff Corre.Dondent' could not take command right WASHINGTON U.R) Japan ! away, was beaten by the destruction of j its fleet, the mangling of its cit-i the Japanese should not. The situation called for a change in command. President dore Perry had opened the doors of Japan. Feudalism went over board and the Emperors were re stored to direct rule under Hiro- hitos grandfather. Today, by a transformation of Shinto as portentous to the world as its previous revival was to Japan, Japanese leaders have pro claimed the Japanese Emperor as the Emperor of the World. Dig ging up an obscure passage at tributed to Jimmu, they have con verted it into a divine command for Japanese world conquest. This passage enunciates what is now known as the Hakko Ichiu principle, constantly referred to in official Japanese pronounce ments as the "principle of the Empire-founding." I expanse of ,-ca that lay between 'pROM the standpoint of Hakko ,the United States and Japan. But while the air fleets and the ies by air, and a strangling block ade of its homeland. It wac out thought, out-guessed and out fought. Its surrender undoubtedly was hastened by the atomic bomb and Russia's entry into the Pacific war. Its doom, however, had al ready been sealed. To reach the heartlands cf the enemy empire, the United States leaped over vast sea distances, taking what it needed for bases and by-passing thous ands of islands. It chopped down Japan's vaunted fleet from the air and from the sea. U. S. submarines and planes shatteied Japan's merchant fleet and ripped apart the far flung empire's communications. When its march across the Pa cific brought it at last to the very doorsteps of Japan proper, the United States sent its great air fleets stabbing deeper and deeper into the enemy homeland, laying waste its cities. The defeat of Japan was ac complished with a minimum of ground troops. No great armies, such as those which fought in Eur ope, were engaged. The war in the Pacific was basically a strug gle for island bases, most of them mere dots compared to the wide Roosevelt est J. King called on Adm. Ern- .i i ii who men neaaca the Atlantic fleet, to take over the -combined jobs of commander-in-chief cf the U. S. fleet of naval operations. King in turn summoned Adm. Chester W. Nimitz from a navy depart ment desk job and put him in command of the Pacific fleet. j Nimitz had a simple plan of j action. He knew then that he couldn't slug it out with the Jap anese. So he decided to jab and feint until America's war-mobilized labor could restore the aug ment his fleet. He ordered the fleet organized into fast moving task forces cruisers, destroyers, and carriers. The victory-flushed Japanese ean-and Australian if oops, began to 'push: the Japanese but jof fiew Guinea He was ack:nthe road tovthe .Philippines., ' , ; ; ' Island after inland in the south west Pacific was wrested from Japanese hands the Admiralties, part of New Britain, Morotai, and many others. They provided' fresh bases for the drive northward. The U. S. fleet, meanwhile, was growing rapidly. It finally sur passed the enemy navy, and its carrier forces moved about the southwest Pacific, hitting the Japanese almost at will. The Gilberts and the Marshalls were invaded, and the United States moved on to the Marianas Guam,' Tinian and Saipan and the western Carolines." The powerful U. S. third fleet under Halsey began a series of devastating blows against Japanese air power in the Philippines. Then in October came the dramatic news that MacArthur had invaded the Philippines. The Japanese fleet, which had been in hiding since ita Guadal canal defeats, finally came out to fight from three different di- hUtory a -n. d - Okinawa, e v.e n bloodier. These conquests, which enabled the United ' States to concentrate its air power around the enemy"! homeland, spelled the beginning of the end for the Japanese. Superfortresses began a sys tematic levelling of Japan's in dustries and cities. But the Jap anese fought on. They rejected the Potsdam ultimatum of July 26. Then, with shocking sudden . ness on August 5, the United States unveiled the most terri fying weapon . mankind . had ever conceived the atomic bomb. Another bombshell Russia's i entry into the war followed on August 8. President Truman warned the Japanese on August D that unless they quit, they would be des troyed. He said there were more atomic bombs to come, and more military surprises. The next morning, the Japan ese radio screamed "Uncle." BARBS received a shocking surprise the ' rections. It ran into disaster. In Ichiu, the Emperor of Japan is the Emperor not only of Japan but also of all the races of the world. Judging from the present condition of our Imperial Majesty, he is the Emperor of Japan alone at the present time, but his Majesty of Japan is the Emperor of the world, for the spirit of Hakko Ichiu has been the tra ditional principle of our nation. " Tadahiko Imaizumi, over Takvo Radio, Oct. 12, 1942. "If the ways of tho Emperor were understood fully by the peo ple of the world there should be no objection in having our Em peror as the ruler of the world. Under the principle of Hakko Ichiu, our Emperors were author ized to extend the rule of peace and happiness to the entire world. The foundation cf intei-naiion! peace must be based upon the Imperial House of Japan," Tada hiko Imaizumi, ove Oct. 13. 29-5 4. (NEXT: !l?rrhtu.s Kolej THIS CURIOUS WORLD Ey William Ferguson 1 FOS. OLDA&E. J U tf.j S it ) I . VMIl I il II S FOR NO "ONE EVER. ? tfT-O! 11 REACHED OLD AGE) S?Xs ,A STUDIES' OF SKULLS ) iS-ssl? 2 Fi?OV THAT PERIOD , Fj II I .SHOW THAT FEW i XV'Ls W ' PEESON5 LIVED OVER ( V V il CQP. US B NEA SERVICE. INC T Jsi venire, Enemy Balloons Fell in Nebraska OUT OF EVERV TEN CHICKENS HATCHED IN WISCONSIN ARB WHrZ. , T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. f A LEFT-HANDED FULL HITTER. IN BASEBALL USUALLY HITS TS WHICH FIELD.-.Z ORvise or. &EyrP 1 OMAHA 0J.RU A five acre piass fire was the only damage by Japanese incendiary bombs from balloons reported in lrs area, the seventh service command said Thursday. All balloons discovered were in isolated communities except one in Omaha, which exploded short ly after midnight April 18. In Nebraska, other towns ex periencing balloons were liallagh, Schuyler, Hvania, Chadron, Os ceola, and Silver Creek. The command received CO re ports and investigated all ot them.i Not all were verified. Different! parts were found in Wyoming andj South Dakota, and the cenmand. was able to obtain detailed in formation on workings of the bal loons from them. One of the first reported was in Laurens, la., a long fuse to burn ANSWER: To right field. NEXT: A bird that row north in winter. A Wanted- Lady or girl capable of taking complete charge of fountain. Also waitress and dish washer. It will pay you to investigate. We pay the highest wages in town for this type of work. See Mr. Nelson After 1 p. m. at . navy were heaping destruction on the enemy's homeland, prepara tions were being made for the army to invade Japan. If Japan had net chosen sur render, it would have devolved upon the U. S. Army to beat the enemy's fanatic legions in the home islands. This would have involved tremendous armies. The task of beating the enemy's pewerful forces on the mainland was left for the Russian and Chinese military machines. Japan's surrender saved thous ands, perhaps tens of thousands of lives. In the final analysis it was the brilliance, the daring of Ameri can strategy and tactics, and the ; - ,between JJ mat turned me tuie 01 war irom black defeat on Dec. 7, 1041 to sudden capitulation of the enemy three years and eight months lat er. The military man will tell you that Japan laid the foundations : for its own defeat the day it at- , tacked Pearl Harbor. This act -set f in motion the full force of Ameri ca's great industrial potential! turned into the greatest machine i for destruction the world has ever I seen. The navy man will tell you j Japan made a serious strategic mistake right at the start. It might, have driven the battered U. S. j fleet off the peas had it followed up the Pearl Harbor victory with j an invasion of the Hawaiian Is-; lands and Alaska. But Japan set out instead on j a greedy splurge of territorial j conquest for its greater east Asia co-prosperity sphere. It grabbed the Philippines, the Netherlands Indies, Malaya, Burma and in so doing gave the U. S. time to patch up its wounds and prepare for the comeback. It wa a long, tough road to Tokyo. The United States had to it virtually alone. The al-l what help they could, comparatively little, i were occupied with j first of many when a task force j under then Vice-Admiral William ; F. Halsey, Jr., struck at enemy i naval and air bases in the Mar shall and Gilbert Islands on Feb. 1, 1942 less than two months after Pearl Harbor. Meanwhile, the Japanese con tinued their rampage through ihe South Pacific. Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, on President Roosevelt's orders, fled from the Philippines to Australia. When MacArthur left, he promised the Filipinos he J would return. History records how he kept that promise. By the early spring of 1942, the Japanese were in possess ion of virtually the entire south west Pacific. On April 18 a caring band of fliers electrified the world, stunned the Japan, ese, raided American hopes, and foreshadowed the greatest air-borne destruction ever brought on a people. They were "Doolittle's Boys,"' the little group of B-25 fliers who, flying from the old carrier Hornet, i made history's first bombing at j tack on Tokyo. I Then on May 7 the day Cor jregidor fell ;the Navy issued a j communique which began with the words f'Very excellent news has ' been received." The news was of 1 the battle of the Coral Sea, the first great air-ea engagement S. and Japanese fleet. It saved Australia, wound ed the Japanese navy, and, with the battle of Midway a month later, turned the-tide of the war. At great cost and only after vicious land battles and great sea fights, the United States kicked the Japanese out of Guadalcanal and began the long march back ! Hn thp Pafif io. MacArthur, commanding Ameri- the so-called second battle of the Philippines it. suffered one of the worst naval defeats in history. It never again came out in force for another test of strength. The Japanese lost in turn the Philippines, Iwo Jima one of the toughest and bloodiest scraps in Watermelons Safe COLUMBIA, Pa., U.R Lesley Studenroth, grocer, greatly under rated the honesty of his neighbor hood. He forgot to take 73 water melons into his store when he locked up one night. Arriving next morning at the store, he counted the melons and expected to find at least several misring. Instead his stock had increased to 74. T'HE atomic bomb has put it squarely up to the world as to its future--peace or pieces! . An electric light Inlb used on warships withstands battle sliocks. Perfect for the front ' hall when dad comes home late! J ust move to a nice place in the country, or near a lake, if yuu want you'- friends to drop in and stay ar.d stay and stay. " A large apple crop is in the offing. Orchards will be safe , just as soon as school opens. Yawata, the "Pittsburgh of Jn pan," get a real break. It was' bit only by demolition bombs from 225 Supi-rforts. ANNUAL . PICNIC Mynard Community Club Traditional Fried Chick en Dinner TUESDAY, AUGUST 21 12:15 p. m. AT WETENKAMP GROVE In Case of Rain at Mynard Com munity Building Adults $1.00 i Children under 12 years 50c Buy tickets from Ticket Committee or call Royal Smith No. 2520. ALL OUT FOR VICTORY The government is asking you to store your winter supply of Coal NOW to save transportation for war material later on. So see us now for your next Winter Coal. E. J. RICHEY Lumber Coal Phone 128 iiit cuun'c v el r uui iun v lien t,l3VC 1 , 11-" illes Pave I Other Iowa localities reporting i L ..a inrhr'!itiAin: rT- hfi uwtnc -nva l.a , . ,, , . , , ,. ithe most urgent business of beat- hontas; Webb, which was bcliev--. ,, TT , . , , , T , , ling Germany. Even the U. S. ed to be part of the Laurens bal-i T ii. i a ttw; ... !could turn against the Japs but unverified. A fragment of a Japanes; anti personnel bomb was reported in Therm opolis, Wyo. No actual new arrivals were re ported after April. Balloons were reported to the command m Wyo ming, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa. WILL HOLD COURT District Judge Thomas E. Dun-1 bar will hold court here next Wed-J npslaiT Alio- 9 9 o O.'Jft c m r.l hear routine matters. INSURE WITH NUUH Lcris B. Long Agent for all types of coverage in the best Old Line Companies. Office in Donat B!dg. Plattsmouth Phone 250 er 337W . ' iiMry a portion of its might because, it too, was committed to the de feat of Germany first. One strategic factor stands out in Japan's defeat. For years be fore the war, military students preached that to beat Japan, it must be blockaded. Crowded in her tight group of islands, Japan was reliant on the outside world for most of the things needed to wage war and subsist. This concept was never aban- doned. In the end, Japan foundj itself cut off from its stolen' em-.' jpire while American ships" andj planes were hurling almost un" believable ; destruction into' . the homeland, virtually without op- position. " , The Pacific is an ocean of vast ' distances. It was obvious on Dec.i 7, 1941, that, the-key to ultimate. , victory was contrpl of the seas. ; ustoaians oi a " cr.ppiea iieet, i the Americn - r&v&l - command de-, SERVICE SCHEDULE Now that gasoline ration ing is off we can again give you the kind of pick-up and delivery service that you need. 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