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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY: 18, 1951.

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Interesting News

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All Parts

Historic Changing Of A Pronoun

New York.

The changing of a pronoun in the Japanese surrender documents signed September 2, 1945, on the battleship Missouri may become a foot. note of history.

The man responsible for the change contends that it went far toward insuring a peaceful military occupation of Japan.

The story of the pronoun is told by Sidney Forrester Mashbir, a was an American retired US Army colonel, in his autobiography, "I Spy." (Vantage Press)

to

A Japanese delegation

Mashbir

WSES

went

to Manlia in mid-August, 1945 Gen. Douglas Muc- ricelve

orders surrender Arthur's

Citlef of Mac- Arthur's translation. and inter- Jul- pretation section. From Wa

had rene inglon

rustructions Emperor Hirahlto should that Issue a surrender rescript, thes exact wording of which was to be dietated by the Allies.

to

willing With MacArthur's baclding, in Japan, he was

the US government. Mashbir told the Japanese they spy for

establishes could

However, the book issuc a surrender pro-

bitterly that the form somewhat clamation in the regular

American military showed little of an imperial rescript and

Interest in his findings. (He anelent Japanese phraseology.

The documents to be signed had a plan for getting informa- un tac Misrour! were changed tion out of Japan in event of war. It was ignored in Wash- accordingly,

MacArthur told Mashlar: "ington). desire whatever 10 have no

The result of his espionage dehaze him (the emperor),

was that it gave him a greut the eyes of his own people, ar When the draft was read, the

when Latcr he Japanese delegates turned pale. through him i will be possibi: dead trouble

AL

reinstatement In the to It called for the emperor to use

a maintain

completely sought

Ampy. Whether

not the the first person pronoun in the orderly government."

the "wate polite Japanese form,

Mashbir later escorted Foreign Japanese suspected him,

United States Army

certainly kushi", Instead of the Imperial Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu first person, "chin".

em- and the Japanese party aboard did, The pitor hard never used

surrender "watu- the Missouri for the kushi" for u In formal shoning. communication. It would have The title of Mashbir's book been degrading to the Japane misleading. He first went to Mashbir, who had ilved for Japan in 1920 as a young army

the

to Japanese ollicer gather Intelligence among

detected this its

about Japan's ascendant and militarists, quickly

nothing in While Insult not only

distrusted military. w the emperor but to all Japanese. He be- uniform he matched wits with lieved it violated the Potsdam Japantee officers and Was sent

and "cloak Declaration and that the Jap-

dagger" anese could later repudiate the mission to Vladivostok. surrender

illegal in- There were two periods one strument obtained under duress in the 1920's and one

in the if it remained unchanged.

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Mashblr admits to a fondness for the Japanee and believes with that in all his dealings them he worked in their best.

has

interest. For the old Japanese

however, he but contempt. thinks they got what they deserved.-United Press.

SENSIBLE SCHEME

Не

Lethbridge, Alberta, Farmers in the Orion district, 90 miles Southeast of Loth-

lem.

bridge, developed a new system to solve the grain storage prob- The 88 farmers in the district began pulling names from

datermine the order in which they will make wheat, deliveries to district elevators.

system

The

hat

eliminates batery competi

to

tion to get grain elevators before the limited space is filed

with another farmer's grain.

An estimated 375,000 to 400,- 400 bushels of wheat have been farmers this produced by the

SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

"Now that we've finally trained her to sleep all night, she insists on waking up to give her doll a 4 o'clock feeding!"

Braved

Criticism

And Became

Famous

Jerusalem.

Among the "100 Most Important People of 1953" the editor of this pocket-book lists two Israelis David. Ben Gurion and Martin Buber,

Pay Up Honestly Campaign

Lincoln, Nebraske. Nebraskans are set for the final three months of a cam

palga complete with lapel

buttons and a "whistle-stop" tour-designed to make them "honest when tax time rolls around.

It was a year ago that the Nebraska Supreme Court called for enforcement of state lawa-Ignored for 30 years.

Governor Robert B. Crosby, youthful and buoyant, took up the tank job handed him 24 hours after he stepped into office, He spearheaded first drive on real estate, resulting in higher values in every county inciulling a 207 per centhika in his home town of North Platte.

Then came "Operation Honesty" which Crosby said is to spur Nebraskans to do what many have never done before- turn in an honest schedule.

Personal property ranges from livestock and pets to refrigera- tors und honey bees.

Crosby denies the campaign han any personal political Im- plication, but taxes will be a major issue in the August primary-whother he runs for re-election or not.

· AEROPLANE TOUR Crosby will highlight the crusade with an acroplane tour the March assessment during month, scrambling from one end of the state to the other, visiting with clvllians and county assessors. He will carry buttons baring the warin "Operation Honcaty" and pledge

cards,

of

Mass moetings have been called to got co-operation government workers.

dent

He plans to appeal to Presi

Elsenhower and the Nebraska congressional delega-

Why should the latter-a professor of tion for "encouragement" in the hoopla of a a political stumping social philosophy find a place among famous drive which will have all the statesmen and generals as someone "who might tour. affect your life this year"?

His drive has been branded his "political swan song" by A clue to the answer lies in the fact that this small Democrats. His most outspoken "sawdust white-bearded philosopher, a Jewish exponent of liberal critic called him

but Nebraskana thought, braved the fierce. criticism of his countrymen to evangelist",

have: generally rallied to the accept honour from the German people.

of

gause.

Crosby "must

to cost him votes in the long A Roseland, Nebraska, farmer,

Last summer while

One Omahan, Julian Caldwell, on a religious Inspiration among the

Crosby has Indirectly lecture lour of European and young people whose intellectuni sald German univeraltios, Martin had become deslecnted for the charged Nebraskans with being was awarded both the lack of spiritual infusion. Kia: "distionest", but a fellow towns- Buber

of the German students at the Hebrew Univerman, Charles R. Reiff, conceded Peace Prize Book

of that "everyono cheats a

little," Hamburg sity have felt the influence Trade and

sald Tho his particular brand of re-Cairwell University's Goothe Prize. year, and each farmer makes a Inttor is given "for furtheranco umanism unfettered by know that this situation is going 500-bushel delivery as his name

"The Eclipse of super-national feeling." is drawn from the hat.

When

Buber commands immenso

one of his most contro the instrume reached, the

whooks, took issue with respect even from those farmers start all over again, but disagree with him. To the night existentialist Jean Paul Sartre John Klein, said in the smaller

farmer becomes the last

the

on just this cardinal principle, counties for the dignity and irst

the on

Ilst, which

sponsibility of the individual, the vital relationship of divini- entirely reversed.

Under the plan, farmers with valid reasons can wait up to a week before delivering queta, without sacrificing turn.-United Press

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the

Buber has dedicated his numerable discourses and many books. He accepted the Goethe their Prize

because it symbolised their

the

human values van

Things Quieten

Down

Montreal.

renecence

in

nation Д strangled by inhuman forces. However much his own Jewish people may have suffered from tre Nazi holocaust, Buber can not deny any soul the right to live again.

bullon from business promoter the two pooples was necessary

aut.

The bank president

that Canada has to export 25 per cont of her production and is therefore very sensitiva to outside influences,

of life and death."

ty and humanity.

In honour of his 75th birth- the Hebrew day last Summer, University conferred an honor- ary doctorate on Martin Buber, the three previous" recipients of the PhD honour's cause being of the Dr. J. Magnes, founder

Welz- University, Dr Chaim Einstein United Press. marin and Professor Albert

Reward For Heroism

Des Moine, Iown,

cltizons "Can't get

away with too much" because of close Inspection by assessors. A Democrat, he said, he admired Crosby's stand.-United Press,

CANADA'S YOUNGEST BARBER

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Winnipeg.

olive Frankie Fabbri,an skinned Italian youth of who wield a straight razorlikes most Canadian lads handle a hockey stick, claims to be the youngest professional barber in Canada.

their

Frankle has been cutting hair for four years since he WELL

10.

JEWISH MYSTICISM Martin Buber who became world-famous with his nfer- pretation of Jewish mysticism The rhythm ol economic

to the Western intellectual, activity in Canada is beginning places a religious significance to slow down and there are in the worth of auch

human signs that the country's un-being whether Jew, German or precedenied period of expansion Arab, they must be regarded as is iapering off, Charles St Pierre,

A young father who walked President

National Personal and not national undis. of the

"If necessary we must buy through flames to save his baby

His father John Fabbri Comedian Bank said.

their faith," he said, referring son from their burning house St Pierre told the 78th annual to Arab-Israel relations, "After made plans to move into a gift local barber, said Frankie is general meeting of the bank

pretty good at his trade w we who come to home loaded with donations. was fret 10,000 manufacturing con- the other

for 18 "I've been a barber way Jack Henopp, 31, a photo- coms have been established in about. In Mandate days the grophy retouch artist, and his years," he said, "and I'm will- Canada since the end of World Arabs got the War II, and ho added, "it seems we Jaws did as good

not care about three of their young children as Fr, if not better." obvious that we cannot rely their welfare, and little has much longer on such a contri- been done to alter that and ran outside into sub-zero

weather when fire swept pression. Co-operation between house one night..

The curly-haired hd cems to Henopp then rushed back Canada from Florence, Italy, D it's a matter through the flames and rescued few weeks ago. He leaned the even then-now

their three-month old son, Jonn, trade theed that in asleep in a bedroom.

His father

explained The Henopps tost nearly Forched children go to school General Manager Ulric Robarge told the shareholders world, He was convinced that everything in the Are: But they when five roars old until they bombarded with are 10. Then if they can't that the bank experienced its modus vivendi in the Middle were later

afford university, they're push- most successful results

could only be achieved gifts and donations including, a in East

Arabs and leraciis house they won't have to pay ed out into, the world to learn Profits with both during 1958.

acrent for until they're “on their a trader. Pranide, chose culling history

to

coding to obtain $1,384,840.

a compromise. wend up $317,797

hair and having a just ne feet." Total deposits 1059. *

amounted to In fact conference would no

Other contributions including father and gr veal that supposedly conflicting now I $607,833,062 In

coincided. Certainly about 300 in cash from people

furniture, clothing, dishes high, Roberge said, and total interests

a determined effort

not assets amounted to $824,786,230,

mado la confront the Jordanian who didn't have any articles to here to learn also a record-United. Prcas.

their lenders with

alleged give."

though enemies in Tertol, the situation Henopp, who's staying in a Junior will deteriorate, for the matus neighbour's home, said he hoped havo to quo cannot be maintained. to begin moving his family into | beland |

REDEMPTION

their now five-room house. Martin Buber's Zionism Ja "Sometimes a guy gets a little Ho Just one way to Individual ro cynical" Henopp aald. "Then tiptoe tas demption, rather than a way something like this happens and tomer he to the salvation of a community, you learn people are pretty smoothly ga That explains his shakened wonderful."United Press, Catth in the ments of Israel, which not ments of the collective settle Long ago perved, su

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