FACE-SAVING ANTICS
THE EMPEROR’S RESCRIPT
' JAPANESE SHUFFLING MUST STOP
NEW YORK, August 19. The New York ‘ Times,’ in an editorial, says the Japanese procrastination does not have the same significance, but is reminiscent of the endless Kurus'u-Nomura .talks at Washington preceding Pearl Harbour. It is apparently designed to save face for the Emperor and to support the thesis given in the Imperial rescript that Japan is surrendering not because she is defeated militarily; but because she wanted to save the world from further bloodshed. . ' ■ 11 When we enter Japan we must
go with sufficient force to impress „ all the Tojos and Yamamotos that ' they really did lose the war, and are not going to be allowed to scheme and prepare for the next. We have suffered so much from Japanese double-dealing, that it is difficult to view calmly the present antics of the Emperor and his advisers. One of the first lessons that should be written into Japan’s text books is on honestly abiding by the pledged word.
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Evening Star, Issue 25566, 20 August 1945, Page 5
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