Will United States
Defend Japan?
TOKYO i.T’i—Emperor Hirohito
conlerred with General MacAr
thus Tuesday for the fourth time,
presumably on the new constitu
tion, and anxious Japanese imme
diately began to speculate on whe
ther they discussed a question
which is paramount here: “Will
the United States undertake the
defense of Japan?”
This has been a big question
mark since announcement of the
constitution last year, with its rev
olutionary clause renouncing war
and the maintenance of armed
forces.
No details of Tuesday’s confer
ence were announced, but Japan
ese sources said it was a courtesy
call to thank MacArthur for in
auguration of the new charter
which strips Hirohito of his po
litical powers. The two talked
privately for an hour and 14 min
utes.
The Japanese government was
known to be increasingly worried
over the practicality of the “anti
war” constitution, particula r 1 y
since MacArthur proposed that
Allied military forces be with
drawn after an “early" peace. It
would be logical to assume Hiro
hito might be primed to ask
America's intentions in this con
nection.
The people generally believe the
United States would protect Japan
against an aggressor. But in the
absence of specific guarantees,
they have become increasingly
nervous.
It was understood that neither
the recent elections nor the ques
tion of whether the country should
choose a socialist or a conserva
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Opposes Exclusive
Shipping Rights
WASHINGTON. i/P» — Senator
Cordon <R.-Ore.> protested to the
maritime commission Mo n d a y
! against any contract for an in
terim steamship service to Alaska
which gives exclusive operating
rights to three companies.
The commission under legisla
tion authorizing it to contract with
private carriers for service until
June SO, 1948, Pact approved con
tracts giving three Seattle, Wa h.,
firms the exclusive right to oper
ate the service. The government
would furnish ships, pay the in
surance and recapture 75 per cent
of the profits. The companies are
to stand any loss.
Cordon in a letter to Vice Ad
miral William W. Smith, chair
man of the commission, said the
legislation did not authorize ex
1 elusive contracts.
1 “The legislation was intended
to benefit the people of the Terri
i tory of Alaska and not the steam
| ship operators,” Condon said.
He told Smith the commission
| “should most thoroughly re-ex
amine its proposed action.”
The proposed contract was with
the Alaska Steamship company,
the Northland Transport a t i o n
company and the Alaska Trans
portation company of Seattle.
tive premier were discussed by
MacArthur and Hirohito. Inform
ed sources said Premier S.iigeru
Yoshida’s cabinet decided to re
sign en masse May 20, when the
new Diet begins a special session.
Le-'ve y-ur or-ie-- fc~ flowers
for Mother's Day T ere will be
Rcscs, Carnation*. Peonies and
Sweet Feas. al FOLET'S.
Kesselring Gets !
Death Sentence
VENICr, i/P)—A British mili
ary court Tuesday sentenced
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
former supreme German com
rnn.ief in Italy, to death by shoot
ing af.er convicting h’rn -l vr ir
crimes against the Italian prop!?.
X: - elrina’> counse’. Dr. Han
Laternre •. had decl’ncd to as : for
c’emercy after the verdict was an
nounced saying:
“He expressly asked me not to
addresr the court any further."
The attorney said later, how
ever, that he himself would “no
pea. personally against the sen
tence."
C. L. Stirling, the judge advo
cate, announced that both the con
viction and the sentence were sub
ject to review by “the appropri
ate military authority"—in this
case, Lt. Gen. Sir John Harding,
commander of British central
Mediterranean forces.
Kc selrmg was convicted on two
counts, one ot them accusing him
of responsibility for the Ardent ine
Caves massacre in which 335
Italians died in reprisal for the
killing of 32 German police
troops.
He was the third German offi
cer 1o be sentenced to death for
that slaughter.
The second count upon which
Kes. ci n_r wa convicted charged
im w a inciting his troops to ex
ccsse in fighting partisans.
WASHINGTON, (/P>— Delegate
Farrington <R.-Hawaii*, expre.-.-H
belief Monday that the 1T u-'r'
rules committee will agree “ve-y
soon*’ to send the Hawaii s it
hood bill to the floor of the H mse.
Farrington said it had been de
cided to dispense with further
testimony.
Weather Delays
Passage Of Bill
WASHINGTON, (/P) — A bill
which would transfer 320 acres of
loud in Alaska to the Catholic
church lor mission use waited
upon the weather today.
Acton on the bill was deferred
for 30 days by a House public
lands subcommittee so that sur
veyors may determine the exact
boundaries of the proposed site
near the junction of the Andreaf
sky and Yukon Rivers. Joe Wolf
sohn of the bureau of land man
agement said government survey
ors have been unable to reach the
•not because of winter weather.
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Govt. Rejects All
Canol Oil Bills
WASHINGTON. f/P>—'The ,gov
ernment Monday rejected all 25
bids it had received from would
be purchasers of the war-built oil
pipeline in Canada known as
Cano. No. 1 on the ground they
wc*'e too low.
The bids ranged from $26,000
to $1 500,000. The cost of materials
alone for the Canol project was
some SI5.000,000.
Foreign liquidation commission
er Donald H. Connallv -;aid his
office will try to sell the pipeline
by negotiation with interested
buyers.
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