DISQUIET CAUSED
Japanese View Of Surrender (Rec. 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 16. “The Times” in a leading article commenting on the Tokio radio statement that the war was lost through the Japanese lack of material and scientific strength, which “must be amended,” says that the Allies cannot fail to take careful notice of the frame of mind in which Japan has surrendered. More significant still were the terms of Emperor Hirohito’s personal broadcast to his subjects. Until a change of heart can be wrought in the Japanese people themselves, so that they can become immune to their rulers’ influence so perver-sely-inspired, the danger of a revival of' aggressive designs will remain a reality. The Japanese pretence that the atomic bomb caused their surrender will fail as the Japanese people come to realise that their armed forces were thoroughly beaten, not by any single weapon, but by the massed resources of the nations whose sense of justice has been outraged by Japan’s own behaviour.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23281, 17 August 1945, Page 5
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163DISQUIET CAUSED Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23281, 17 August 1945, Page 5
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