Word: hirohito
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...rose. At Okinawa a field officer asked bitterly: "Is there anyone here today proud of being an American?" Said others: "The Japs are now dictating the peace." In Honolulu, veterans of the Spanish-American War proclaimed that they would not "join in any parade celebrating the victory of Emperor Hirohito over our Washington politicians. We have lost face." On Guam, B-29 airmen quit their kidding about "Tokyo Tours...
...statecraft had not spelled out the Emperor's subordination to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Forces. Under the Potsdam terms as interpreted in Secretary Byrnes' message to Japan, the Emperor's influence must be exerted to crush resistance, carry out Allied orders. Where Hirohito fails, U.S. military forces will step...
Domei described the scene at which Emperor Hirohito decided to surrender to the Allies: "On the personal initiative of His Majesty, an historical conference was held before the Throne at the Imperial Palace. . . . The conference was attended by Premier Baron Kantaro Suzuki and all other ministers...
...After all stated their opinion, His Majesty was graciously pleased to make the final decision, stating that . . . whatever the future may bring in regard to his personal safety he should not like to see any more of his subjects killed and the country reduced to scorched earth. . . ." Thereupon Hirohito broke down, sobbed, wiped his tears away with his white-gloved hand. His ministers and aides, "profoundly impressed by the gracious concern of His Majesty . . . silently bowed down and wept. Thus the final decision to accept the terms of the Potsdam declaration was taken...
Died. Henry Waters Taft, 86, brother of the late President, onetime tobacco trustbuster under Theodore Roosevelt; after a hip injury; in Manhattan. Long interested in improving U.S. -Jap relations, when they were considered improvable, he was decorated in 1929 by Emperor Hirohito - with the Order of the Double Rays of the Rising Sun, Second Class...