Show NEWS NEWS- NEWS NEWS' BEHIND THE NEWS I gap Jap War lord Named ms k Power Behind Throne By RAY TU TUCKER KER Japans Japan's No 1 war criminal ranking with Hitler and Mussolini Mussolini Musso Musso- lini lini is not the Emperor Hirohito Hiro- Hiro hito He Is' Is a blustering bullnecked bullnecked bull- bull necked ed c capable pable soldier who Is s comparatively unknown to the occidental world Indeed he ia is isa a mysterious and sinister figure to the Japanese people themselves themselves them them- selves for he shuns publicity and manipulates the military by re remote remote remote re- re mote control Nevertheless It was his re request request request re- re quest for a private audience e with the emperor on the evening evening evening eve eve- ning of ot Aug 7 1915 1945 which furnished furnished furnished fur fur- allied capitals with the first substantial tip that the Jig jig was up for Japan and that the war lords recognized It U. He saw Hirohito 21 24 hours after our first atomic bomb fell lell on Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiro Hiro- shima and it ft was obvious to Washington that he did not go goto goto goto to the palace simply to pay his sorry so-sorry respects The name of this manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer of murder Is Jiro He is a former g governor vernor of Korea was commander of ot the crack army in its ita formative stages and ald onetime minister of ot war It was he who touched off the dynamite in Manchuria in 1931 that plunged Japan toward the war of conquest conquest conquest con con- quest that has ended in disaster Is s a also lo one of the or organizers organizers organizers or- or of the Greater Asia and the Japanese Political which formulated the program program program pro pro- gram of an Asiatic sphere dominated by Tokyo Naturally he has been leagued with such powerful Industrial and financial houses as the Mit- Mit Buis and He has become one of the wealthiest men In the empire using the same means that Goering did in Germany The Koreans and Chinese hate hale him as subjugated folk in Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope detested Himmler and they would shoot or hang him on sight Unlike Himmler is a jovial sort of person when he wants to be for be for a Jap He has all the qualities for leadership leadership leader leader- ship on the battlefield or at the council table which explains why he rose from the cavalry barra barracks bar- bar ra racks ks to become the power behind behind behind be be- hind the throne Hirohito's culpability or weakness weakness lies lies in the fact that he never restrained or rebuked this swashbuckler Although inspired the assassination tion of ot peace-minded peace cabinet members provoked undeclared wars on the mainland and organized organized or or- his own private army the emperor took orders from rom him When the war lord wanted aggressIve aggressive aggressive ag ag- action or more freedom freedom freedom free free- dom fr f r military excesses in Manchuria and north China his messengers P Prince r 1 n nee c c Konoye Gen Count or Gen Iwane posted Matsui-posted posted to the imperial palace or to a ae seaside resort and obtained the royal signature without any culty The awed populace and especially the soldiery In remote remote re remote re- re mote regions then thought that they were doing the divine biddIng bidding bidding bid bid- ding not knowing knowin that their real master was Single-handedly Single he altered Japans Japan's Japans Japan's Japans Japan's Ja Ja- Ja- Ja pans pan's world course on Aug 4 1931 Tokyo then had a liberal government headed by Prime Minister Yuko HamaguchI dedicated dedicated dedicated dedi dedi- to economy arms Jin limitation limitation limita limita- ta- ta tion and conciliation in China Addressing a conference of di divisional divisional divisional di- di visional generals de- de j I these policies and urged the army commanders to coun a these tendencies The Manchurian incident Incident u which precipitated the conflict with and eventually with the United States occurred the next month gambled On n the futility futility futility ity of ot the League of ot Nations pacifism in the United States and Britain and the weakness of China Henry L. L Stimson then secretary of state tried to call his bluff declaring that the United States would not recognize the acquisition of any territory seized by force But Sir John Simon then British foreign minister refused to back backup backup backup up V Washington The same ame scientists who perfected perfected perfected per per- the atomic bomb kept several se G GOP 0 P leaders of the house of representatives from making a rash blunder which might have cast general discredit discredit discredit dis dis- dis- dis credit on their party as represented represented on Capitol hill hilI Congressman Con Con- Congressman Gon- Gon gressman Albert J J. J Engel of ot Michigan also deserves an assist for preventing what might have been a political catastrophe Mr Engel who is the ranking Republican member on the approprIations appropriations appropriations ap ap- subcommittee dealing dealing deal deal- ing lag with military funds detected detect detect- ed what he thought was a shocking shock shock- shocking ing increase in the amount of money allotted to the chemical warfare service He knew that the United States had vast ast stocks of ot all varieties of gas for fear the Germans might use this weapon In des des- But it seemed to him that the appropriations for this service were altogether too loo large He b began gan to ask aak questions but could get no satisfaction from the high command Then he re relayed relayed relayed re- re his suspicions to Rep John Taber of ot New York top G GO O 0 Per Per per P- P er on the full appropriations committee an extreme partisan and a treasury watchdog For Fora a moment it appeared that the minority would stage a full- full dress floor attack oJ on an apparent apparent ent waste wast of billions of dol dol- lars It was then that the scIentists scientists scientists with the approval of ot Prest- Prest President President dent Truman Intervened They took Engel and Taber to the Oak Ridge Tenn plant where parts of the atomic bomb were under construction They revealed their secret and their hopes It required three sessions sessions sessions ses ses- with some of the worlds world's leading scientists to lo convince the politicos to keep their lips sealed They did |