SORRY ABOUT this name-dropping. But Lord Louis Louis Mountbatten once told me in a TY interview that be- fore the war he had a jot of friends in Japan. Because of the things the Japanese did during the war, however, he had never been beck to see them. I thought of that when Emperor Hirchito died. i also thought about how little fuss there has been about Japanese war crimes com- pared with the constant barrage of media and movie hate directed against the Germans — even though it is 50 years this year since the Second World War broke out. It is not my intention to conduct a one-man barrage against Japan. At this date, I am all for letting bygones be bygones. It has to be said, however, that Japanese war crimes were no peccadilloes. 1 an ~ -\ . Tokyo has never apologized for what it did, The Germans have, and have paid out billions in compensation to the victims of Nazism. Japan hasn’t come up with one red cent.’’ CEC In 1937, they went on a rampage in Nanking that lasted 40 days, during which at least 200,000 peo- ple were wiped out. Men, women and They killed, raped and looted their way through South East Asia, where millions died. They murdered prisoners and starved, tortured and worked to death what was left. About 27,000 British Po Ws never came back, plus many thousands of Americans. And we know what happened to the Canadiens captured in Hong Kong. At the top of the Japanese heap was that nice little old emperor, who later became very interested in biology and liked eggs and bacon And he never would. for breakfast. Everything is image, as they say. It is true that Hirchito was no Hitler. As a god, he made no speeches. Was not even seen in public. Also as a god, he did not oppose what was going on. On the contrary, he signed all the war orders and was privy to all strate- gy, including Pearl Harbor. Some people haven’t forgotten. In the U.K., a diplomatic inci- dent was created when Hirohito lay dying. “‘Hell’s waiting for the truly evil emperor,’’ read the headline over a (London) Sun editorial that stated: “There are two reasons for sadness as Emperor Hirohito lies on his deathbed. The first is that he lived as long as he did. The se- cond is that he died unpunished for some of the foulest crimes of this violent century.”’ “While the victories fasted,”’ declared the Sun, ‘‘Hirohito strut- ted and postured on the world stage as the great war lord. When defeat became certain, he stripped himself of his worthless ‘divinity,’ to save his worthless neck.’’ The Japanese ambassador regis- tered a protest. The paper ran his letter under the banner headline: “Japs Hit Back At Sun.”’ Here in Canada, the reaction to the Emperor’s death has been milder than mild. Historians generally agree, we were assured, that Hirohito bore little responsi- bility for the war or what happen- ed during the war. Yes, his role was an itty-bitty unpleasantness that is best forgotten. You can bet that none of those historians were in Burma, China, Corregidor or Pearl Harbor. T: “e’s something else. Tokyo has n.ver apologized for what it did, The Germans have, and have PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY... Tequites professional help. “FREE” copy of our booklet, IGNMENT Available Upon Request ” 291-9151 EVANCIC PERRAULT ROBERTSON LTD. (Actoas the 2nd Narrows Andge at Brentwood Mall al Wiltngdon Ave & Lougheed Hwy. N Burnaby) N. VAN RESIDENTS| LOSE WEIGHT WITH HYPNOSIS “Losing weight should be enjoyable if the individual is going to keep at off,’’ says Daniel Rutley, a clinical hypnotherapist in North Vancouver. ‘‘Diets don’t work,’ he explains, ““because they are awkward, fre- quently time consuming and unnaiural.’” Most people won't stay on a diet for an eatended time. Then the weight renumns. 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