CONQUERORS' MARCH

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 60, 8 September 1945, Page 7

CONQUERORS' MARCH

AMERICAN MILITARY MIGHT

NEW YORK, September 7

A three-mile parade of American military might through the heart of Tok'io, beginning1 within sight of the Emperor's Palace, will mark General Mac Arthur's triumphal entry into Tokio, says the Associated Press correspondent. It will be the first such march of a conqueror in Japan's long history.

The men of the Ist Cavalry Division will be fully armed, dressed in combat khaki, and wearing steel helmets and field boots. A guard of honour Will escort General Mac Arthur from the Tokio railway station to the American Embassy, three miles away, while a cavalry band blares martial music. Meanwhile, arrangements are being made for early occupation of the Ominato Naval Base and also Sendai, Niigata, and Aomori. The indications at present are that the Japanese Government is co-operat-ing to the utmost to meet General Mac Arthur's schedule for the world's greatest demobilisation, says the "New York Times" correspondent in Tokio. How the 4,000,000 Japanese overseas will be returned to Japan is still undecided, but the present inclination is to place that responsibility, on the Japanese Government and its shipping resources. Railway stations in the Tokio metropolitan area are at present crowded with hundreds of unarmed troops waiting to return to their homes. ALLIED CONTROL POLICY. The correspondent of the "New York Herald Tribune" says that in the occupation of Tokio a new headquarters information section of 50 men will operate. The section, which includes former employees of the Office of War Information, experienced in psychological warfare, will reflect the Allied policy, and also will draw up programmes enabling the Japanese Press, radio, film industry, libraries, and schools to know the truth about everything. Counter-intelligence will see that the general line of conduct to be laid down is obeyed. Japanese- communications will be controlled by the Signal Corps, though the actual operation will be left to the Japanese personnel. The intelligence section will watch for subversive movements. The military government section will be responsible for law and order, including finance, public safety, health, utilities, and transportation. Japanese civil servants will be retained in their jobs wherever possible, subject to, overriding orders from General Mac Arthur through the Emperor. General Mac Arthur's spokesman said: "Generally, our occupation policy j will be ,to allow the Japanese ,to run |

the country under a Supreme Commander under the Potsdam Declaration, using our forces as a means of guaranteeing the fulfilment of these terms."