Get Rid of Hirohito, Police Japan
For 10 Years, Says Consul Gen. Mui\
Mr. Mui
Strong measures for both the
Japanese emperor and the people
are advocated by King Chau Mui,
Chinese consul-general for Hawaii.
In San Francisco attending the
United Nations conference, Consul
Mui spoke recently via radio on the
subject of treatment of Japan.
Here are some
of his comments:
The citizens of
Japan must learn,
the hard way, that
it is not profitable
to start wars. They
must shoulder the
responsibility to bf|
prevent the reap- "
pearance of the :m
emperor system
and militarism in
their political setup.
"It is my considered opinion that
the Japanese emperor is an intelligent ruler who unfortunately acquired and inherited the disease of
'America-phobia.' The emperor system, as is,, in itself constitutes a
dangerous breeding ground spreading 'yellow fever'—poison of war.
Unless this very breeding ground
of war can be eliminated through
due process of systematic educational and psychological treatments,
Japan will always remain the problem child of Asia and the Pacific.
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"The emperor system of Japan is
unique and the most powerful setup
of 'divine right of kingship' on
earth. Like the master mind behind
the puppets he holds and controls
all the strings. These puppets dance
and jump at the will of the emperor
—even the military clique.
"The emperor first controls the
Japanese imperial household. In
western terms, the imperial household is the holding company of the
emperor system. Through the holding company he maintains a secret
army, called the 'Kokuryokaf, or
better known in this country as
Black Dragon society. Officially under the imperial household ministry
there is a body of elder statesmen
called the Privy council. Twenty six
life, members, selected by the emperor. Only the privy council has
the power to accept or to reject any
legislation to amend the constitution of Japan.
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"He then has direct control of
the Japanese supreme war council.
The members of the supreme war
council are privileged characters.
They can make personal calls on
the emperor. They are not subject
to censure by the premier, the so-
called head of the Japanese cabinet.
"The emperor also has a strong
grip on the house of peers, or the
upper house of the legislative body.
There are 400 members in the house
of peers. Two hundred nobilities,
and 125 appointed by the emperor
and only 75 are elected by the highest taxpayers.
"A necessary step to insure peace
is to have international occupation
of Japan for a period of ten years.
"International occupation is not
intended to punish Japan, but merely to assist the liberal elements^ in
reorganizing their affairs so as1 to
maintain freedom, justice, and
peace. The Japanese people will also
be given an opportunity to improve
their standard of living..
"Human nature being what it is,
no people welcome a teacher sent by
a conqueror. To send an army of
teachers by the United Nations to
Japan is not only unpractical, but
also unwise and ineffective. There!
are many competent and intelligent
Japanese of liberal ideas who can
re-educate their fellowmen. The
process of re-education can be facilitated by requiring—perhaps as a
part of the peace treaty—that in
the future, Japan maintains freedom
of communication with the outside
world.
"This will rescue the Japanese
public from becoming victims of a
censorship which has been imposed j
upon them by the militarists for
many years,. News, books and magazines from abroad must be allowed
to circulate freely. There should be
no law passed against 'dangerous
thought.'
"It is also a wise idea to have international control over all broadcasting in Japan for a length of time.
Freedom of communication will en-1
able the Japanese people to know
all aspects of current problems and
form opinion from facts without
bias. The Japanese can be made to
understand the good intentions of
the United Nations in due time."
