| Show r T Technical Trouble rouble Halts Jan Jao War Crime Film I TOKYO June 21 UP Sir UP-Sir Sir William Willin Webb president of ot the far east military tribunal hearing the war crimes crime trial of ot leading Japanese suspects Friday re reproved reproved reproved re- re proved the prosecution for carelessness care care- and Inadequate preparation preparation tion when technical difficulties prevented the full showing of ot a propaganda film The film tUrn entitled Japan Japan It It Is Isa Ism m a Time of Emergency was wa produced produced produced pro pro- by the newspaper Osaka in 1933 It featured a speech to the Japanese people by Gen Sadao Araki one of ot the 26 defendants t The prosecution used the 12 reel film f lm as DB evidence in its attempt to trace trace the pattern by which the Japanese people were deluged with propaganda designed to lead them into war warS Dismal e Fallu After the first reel was Wa shown shown- by poor lighting ebb Webb interrupted interrupted interrupted in in- to say This show is 18 a dismal failure and not worth con con- I tinning The only good thing about it he continued is the translation by Ensign ign David P. P Hornstein in of Los Angeles The English translation was piped to the tribunal Justices over earphones But those justices sittIng sitting sitting sit sit- ting to Webbs Webb's left were ere unable to hear because of or some d defect in inthe inthe inthe the mechanical system When Webb W was told of ot this he remarked to the prosecution I There is something wrong with your our earphone system The left wing did not hear the translation Leader B Blushes I At the mention of left wing the spectators in the courtroom looked at the soviet Justice Maj Gen I. I M. M and broke Into laughter Webb blushingly remarked that when hen he said left wing he was WM speaking peakIng literally him- him joined in the laughter The tribunal president then ordered ordered ordered or or- dered the trial recessed until Monday Monday Mon Mon- day after chiding the prosecution for the failure He also ordered the film to be exhibited to the defense privately before the trial resumes Robert Rober M. M Donihi Nashville a prosecution attorney said subsequent reels were extremely vicious and contained damaging evidence against Araki A member of the prosecution L said that In the movie Araki Arald told Japan to look to Asia Shall it be bo left untouched forever forever forever for for- ever Araki was reported to have asked In order to realize the ideal Iden of ot our Asiatic race we must first establish ourselves in Sn Man- Man U. U S. S Films Banned A prosecution transcription of ot Araki's Arakis speech quoted him as sayIng sayIng say say- Ing he believed ed the world situation atlon challenged Japan to take a bold leap toward making a paradise of Manchuria Earlier in the day the prosecution tion lion called a number of ot witnesses to tell of ot the machinations of the Japanese propaganda ministry One of them Kimbel Nakai said he produced many prewar films lImB on order of ot the na navy vy and wax war ministries a as well as the bureau of information Nakai said that after the China incident virtually all nIl Japanese movies w we were c r o e American movies were banned from Japan in 1940 he added |
