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* JAPANESE PROPAGANDA
t ELEBRATING the second anniversary of Pearl
J Harbor, on which Japan still rejoices in her
£ treachery, Tokyo broadcast a statement which for
+ brazen mendacity surpasses even the best efforts
f of Hitler. It is so fantastic that it soundsi.'to©)
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^ pletely ridiculous to Western ears. But it is no
more ridiculous than were some of the tulmina
^ lions of Japanese spokesmen which preceded the
i war, or the whole Japanese pretension to divine
descent.^ And it is every bit as dangerous.
• Aeddttifng to Tokyo’s account the Japanese have
. already defeated armies totaling 7.000.000, and
killed, wounded and captured 1,375.000 enemies,
while losing only 2 i 3,000 of their own troops. They
have sunk or damaged 21 battleships, 39 aircraft
carriers, 148 cruisers, 126 destroyers, 141 submar
ines and a lot of auxiliary worships, while their
J own losses in sunk or damaged vessels were only
two battleships, four aircraft carriers, three cruisers
27 destroyers and 20 submarines. They have shot
dowrn 5,158 enemy planes, while losing only 1,203
J of their own, all of which, of course, crash-dived
1 into enemy targets, since no Japanese pilot would
lose his life otherwise.
If the.-e achievements existed any where except
on papert Premier Tojo would indeed have a right
to throw out his chest, But the answer to the
claims is found in the figures issued on Pearl
Harbor day in Washington, which list as sunk or
damaged 13 Japanese battleships, 17 carriers, 152
cruisers and 269 destroyers, while both the Amer
ican and British navies are today stronger than
ever before in their history. But such an answer
will not occur to Tojo’s home audience, which may
be a bit skeptical of some of his larger figures, but
which under the circumstances will scarcely doubt
rhe accuracy of the general picture it presents, even
though the Emperor and the Premier have admitted
'ome Japanese difficulties doubtless to step up
production.
One reason for this is that the Japanese simply
do rs^t kno^v the facts. For due to the language
barrier, .'the strict thought and press control always
exercised in Japan and intensified during the war.
and. finally, the prohibition of all radio sets ca
pable of listening to any but local Japanese stations,
they lire as effectively cut off from a real know
ledge of the course of the war as the man in the
moon. This situation must prevail to a large ex
tent in the Japanese-occupied territories as well.
These are the factors which make it possible
for To.io to tell the Japanese anything without fear
of contradiction, and with a good chance of be
ing believed. He can pile up whopping paper vic
tories to stimulate their fanaticism and fighting
prowess, and discourage whatever resistance may
rise among thu conquered peoples. And this takes
Tokyo's statement out of the sphere of the ridicu
lous and transfers them to the sphere of effective
and dangerous war propaganda —(New York
Times).
Civilians
Misinterpret
Discipline
By JACK STINNETT
WASHINGTON — He was just
a private first class. 23 years old,
invalided home from Italy, but
eager and almost ready to g*
get back into it.
“The unfortunate thing,"’ h^'
said, "about what people here at
home call the ‘Patton slapping
case’ is that it twists a lot of
civilian ideas about Army disci
pline. I’m beginning to believe
that the civilian conception of
Army discipline is based entire
ly on published reports of this
case and that famous Pre-Pearl
Harbor ‘yoo-hoo’ case. I think it
would be a good idea if some of
you fellows really went into the
whole business of Army discipline
and told the folks about it. It
iieems to me that on the whole,
like peace, it's wonderful.’’
I'm not going to pretend that
1 ve gone into the whole business
of Army discipline. It fills vol
umes. But I went far enough to
convince me that this young pri
vate first class, who has earned
his purple heart, knows what he .
is talking about.
There are a few’ fundamentals
that can be mentioned even in
this brief space.
The formation of a mechanized
army, an almost independent air
force of gigantic proportions,
paratroopers, those float air bases
called carriers, and all the radi
cal changes in ways of fighting
are no more revolutionary than i
the changes which have taken
place in discipline.
As a matter of fact much of
the revolution in disciplinary
methods is a direct result of those
other changes. With the single
exception of the Australian Army,
the American has become prob
ably the most democratic in the
world. Yet the insistence on dis
cipline hasn't been relaxed. The
emphasis has merely' shifted.
Initiative and individual ingen
uity are at a greater premium in
mechanized warfare than ever be
fore in military history. You can't
have that in platoons, squadrons,
companies that function merely as
a collection of automatons. The
Germans and, to a greater degree,
the Japs are . learning this the
hard way and we hope, too late. ■
The social lines of demarkation
arc still strong between officers,
ana men in our Army, but far
less firmly drawn than a couple
of years ago. Washington bars
and drawjng rooms (and social
distinction!: here are great because
of the great predominance of of
ficers ar.d especially officers of
the swivel chajx type who are
terribly conscious of their rank*
are proof Of it.
l Ptfrhaps the greatest changes
have -been in treatment of men
, convicted 6f serious infractions of
| the articles of war.
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Going AWOL anywhere, but es
pecially in combat zones, is still;
a major offense that will get men
I longer terms than bank robbery
will get a civilian at home.
A case recently was reported
where a group of men stationed in
Morocco went “over the hill” just
to get to the front lines. They
were court-martialied and sentenc
ed to the staggering term of 20
years at hard labor. But in six
months they had proved so con
clusively that they were good sol
diers, they were reinstated in
good standing.
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