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Opinions of Intelligent Observers Vary Widelyon What'Would Happen if Isle Were Attacked

ERIDAY MORNING.

L I been given In the information Ican-born Japanese./fS aoya ty supplied prior to the attack. of the infamy of the PeaFifth·colum!! activity, sabo- bor attack.

tage and active armed co-oper-ation it is argued would have Japanese-language newsbeen 'pointless so f~r as the first published in English andattack was concerned; would be nese, vie in printing aCCOlheld in abeyance until a more United Nations successeauspicious o~casion-such as an Japanese navy and arma~tual .invasion att~mpt wh~n feats; prominently display f"dlsru.PtlOn of tr~ffic, mter!!al d.lS·graphs of. Japansee warporder,. destruction of vital in- falling into the sea, Jap

BY KYLE PALMER stallatlO~s, would count. warships going down in fireThus, It may be seen, from the smoke

Times Staff Representative ?~me set of. facts. and potential- Both alien and Ameri \..HONOLULU (Delayed) - From the all-important standpoint Ities, t>yo dlametnc~llY opposite Japanese buy War Bo

of internal security and also of military supremacy in the event conkclustlOlns 'taret' dla~~h' What commendable quantities, gof all-out attack by the Japanese navy on Hawaii, the one big, ~a es IheSl l!ballO~a th te meaocrheily to the blood bank,

. . h 1 If' t 1 mcompre ens1 e IS a things good Hi n r'haunting, menacing question here IS t e oya ty 0 approxima e y contending opinion is backed by C . ze s-~100,000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry. the judgment of competent ob- en;my llsymp~t~~~.~rs-wouActually, the effective potential peril is nearer 15,000, for the servers and investigators. t n a pro ta Ith!y n~t:>a

. . . ory answer 0 IS cn lC'lesser figure represents males of milltary age. .Most of the aspects of the Issue genuinely traaic question,But large or small, any band discussed here have J;l€enchec~ed found until destiny itself

of determined desperate and trated but about the possibili- and reche~k€d WIth officials up the score.' .. '. ' . . whose specific duty has bcen-

ably led fifth colummsts in this ties and likelihoods, and is-to learn all there is .to JOIN LABOR BATTALIOarea might turn the course of All sides are agreed that no know about a problem which Meanwhile, Japanese, Chthe war in the Pacific-if cer- single act of known sabotage oc- conceivably might represent life Filipino and Caucasian livtain developments should occur. curred coincidentally with the ar- or death, victory or ~efeat, for work and play here side b-PUZZLING PROBLEM rival of Japan's hit-and-run sur- th.e.defender~ of .Amenca's .great in amity and common .end~'

military bastion in the Pacific. Japanese have been ImpThat's why the problem looms face, air and subsurface craft on All have discussed the matter factors in helping to con.

so large upon the horizon of Dec. 7, 1941. freely and candidly, and only fortifications, in advancinthose charged wit h the para- Not one. with. such "off ~he =s=" ~es· rapi~ ex~avation and. compmount task of maintaining this STORIES BLASTED ervatlOn~ as ordmary discretion of .al~·~aldshelters, in all

. . . would dictate. activities where they havebase both as an offensive and de- Not even the dramatic episode Yet the fact remains: with an asked or permitted to servfensive factor in the global war. so often repeated on the main- identical problem before them Before this war is finiAnyway you look at it, it's a land about the familiar milk wag- they have reached different so· some say, the valor of Arne

riddle. on at Pearl Harbor, the sides of lutions. born Jap~nese on some farThere is not a single angle of which were reported to have fall- FEEL JAPS T~EACHE~WUS . ?f b.attl~ m defense O! Arne

. Back of their Immediate di- Institutions may assist ththe matter that has. not ~evel. :n a\~ay to re."e.al the ~nce.smll. vergence is a fundamental dis- tio~ as a whole to resolveoped sharp and seemmgly lrre~· mg milkman sitting .behmd a ~at· agreement concerning the basic of ItS doubts.oncilable disagreement. There IS tery of death:dealmg machine character of the Japanese as a Hundreds of universityno agreement, in fact, among the guns. If the mllkma~ was there, race. dents of Japanese descentmilitary naval and civil agen- h~ probably was trying t~ ma~e One student of the situation able for more than a ye. ' . . himself as small as possible m sincerely believes the Japanese enlist in the armed forces,Cles. specially ch~rged w~th se- t1~enearest .red mud ditch; .and is inherently treacherous, fan at- insisted upon being enrollcuring accurate information on hIS wagon, If present, contamed ic, wholly incapable of breaking labor battalions, and -l1(fl't! pe""!the subject. ?nly milk, or cream for the morn- through a shell of tradition and formed prodigious feats. In tall". Given e qua 1 opportunity to ing coffee.. . inherited race motives and ffiflu· ing to some of these boys, t1:1.check the facts the possibilities And while It would seem heart- ences. From this viewpoint it is feeling is inescapable that thElh

. . .' . ' less to rob the Pearl Harbor trag- obvious that a Japanese cannot are bewildered by the shadow iYprobabilities and potentials, two edy of any of its murderous and comprehend t rue democratic suspicion that lies upon therrfor more persons of presumably hideous aspects, it still is only principles; cannot be assimilated that they would gladly risk theirequal intelligence, preparation fair to record that no .trucks or into a democracy. lives to prove their loyalty.and perception will arrive at dif- other vehicles zigzagged t~rough The other view regards him JAPS ENLISTf b bl . 1 tl Honolulu streets or along impor- as being no different from any 1;er~nt - pro a. y VlOen yap- tant highways to impede the other member of the human ,under orders just issued by I;posite-c-conclusions. passage or troops or military family; feels he is well along the Lieut. Gen. Delos C. E~mons, t.It's just as complex as that- .equipment, road-in Hawaii _ of develop. comm~nder of the Army in t~e b

and just as baffling. IN VITAL POSTS ment as a true lover of liberty; Hawallan. Department, they WIll pthinks of him here as being mis- be permitted to volunteer for

WHAT'S FEARED This popular tale, circulated on understood una reciated-the ~ombat service overseas. ~ ~t';;"" c.One group, by no means to be the ma~nland f~om coast to coast innocent victim of~ircumstances. in a few hour~ after the orde!'

regarded as alarmist is unshak- and still making the rounds, was made public they began en- -.' '. simply was a bit of imaginative NO MIDDLE GROUND listing as rapidly as ther ap'~ '(

ably com mced .that a SIzable doctoring of a picture that really One group believes he has cations could be passed upon. "arm y of American-born Japa- needed no adornment or high. earned a chance to be trusted; An initial combat team of 1500nese, trained as saboteurs, espi- lighting. the other feels any trust is mis- Arrserican-born Japanese will beonage age n t s and specialized Opportunity for sabotage while placed and any confidence. a sent fro~ I,Ia>yaii.to ,camp SheI·fifth columnists, merely awaits the Japanese. flyers. were over- reckless disregard of essential by, MISSISSlPPl,within the next

. h h f th head lay readily available to any precautions. few weeks.the appomt:d our to rus or 'willing hand. Resident Japanese There is little middle ground There are in Hawaii, in addi-dig up buried weapons and am- occupied vital posts in virtually upon which to take a stand. Both tion to the round figure of 10munition, shoot Hawaii's defend- ~very .important Hawaiian pub- groups wind up their analyses 000 America,:.born Japaers in the back and create such lie utility - power plants, tele- with a triumphant: "Wait and some 40,000 al ns.havoc as time and opportunity phone companies, gasoline sta- see." Males in the alien catewill permit. Itions, water works, transporta- What does the American-born are for the most part .beThey have a formidable com'l tion systems. They're still at Japanese himself think of his mqitary age. Th.eir passive

bu.ajlon of facts to bolster their those posts, . . position? He was born hers, has alty to th" Emperor of JpositioYi.· I However, WIth only such inter- attended s c h 0 o i here, been is conced d. They have

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Question of Japn Crisis' Haunts Hawaii

--jl However ith I h . IP~ -1 'l.:J:; Xl: D•.:;n:-n::n: rrp l.V:L 1. QU;P ••.:l/.' ,WI on y sue ll1~er. at .endcd s c h 0 a here They have 11

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, waul have broug t n er ~ -But ,the record unmistakably circumstances all u. any racy, followed a common life. lives. Th probable actions in

shows that the Japanese popula lic functions were esse~~Ial r: Also, he has been thoroughly ex- the event of attack, or the dam-tion significantly failed to reo .Iull operation con mue m pllse.d to the culture .and heritage age they could or vould do, fallsspond to its opportunities-and . of ~IS forefathers. obscurely into the general mazethe nation's per i l-during the TRO{;BLE FEARED F'irst, he is self-conscious and of contradictions on the entiremonths that led up to and f'ol- Those who rely on the loyalty ~\\ are of the questionable light/local Japanese problem.lowed the treacherous murder of the Japanese population point m \\ l;ich h~ stands. ~is atti- They are the Issei-s-the immi-that rained out of the skies over ~o this over-all situation s prov, ~ude IS .a ml~ture. of P ilosoph- grants ~1:0n: Japan:Pea 1 Harbor. mg that no considerahl it leal resignation, submerged reo The. isei comprase the largestDespite the known presence in column exists here and Hi sentrnent and confused thinking. Japanese element. They were

Hawaii .of Japanese army and mass support of the enemy uld Judging by impressions one gets b?l~n in Hawaii and have nevernavy spies, and a 24·hour opera- be forthcoming -if a major attack from talkmg WIth many persons vistted Japan.tion of consular agents here for develops. of apanese ancestry, the Amer·1 There remains theyears-:-many of them believed to Tot so with respect to the iiiiiilibe still here and undetected- opinion of the group that feelthere has not been a single in- serious trouble awaits only thestance in w h i c h American- word to "go."born citizens of Japanese ances- To the . challenging assertiontry have voluntarily exposed of "no sabotage" they tersely.either their identrttes or their ac- ask: "So what?';tivities. Their answer also is their e •EXPLANATIONS APLENTY planation.Explanations aplenty are made They see the Japanese sne

for this, among them the assur- attac~ as. solely for the. purposance that the rank and file of of. crippling or destro~I:1g w. rJapanese on the islands had no ShIPS, .aIrplanes and military I .actual knowledge or evidence of stallations. By the very n~tursinister activities, that they reo Of.. the assaul.t. ~o paralysisgarded the inquiries and inspec- military or CIVIlIan movementions of consular agents and on the ground was sought.Japanese military personnel as SECRECY VITALmerely routine or ~ased. on eco- Moreover, it was vitally inonuc and trade nV<l;lnes. portant that secrecy be mainThis easy dismissal of such reo tained throughout; that no g

markable reticence in the face of eral knowledge of the imminenincreasing evidence of warlike of the event be known even tpreparations and menaces by the sympathizers or general confed-imperial Japanese government erates in the islands.wears a little thin in places. On The attackers came literally I

the other hand, it may well have to hit, and then to run. They I\-----IIIIIIII==========================""logical application to the mass of brought no landing troops andlocal Japanese. needed no co-operation of anySABOTAGE QUESTION kind from supporters here. Such

1 help as they needed already hadNext, take the question of sabo- -===;;~~ftnr~Iii~~!i:ilDage. No one challenges the fact _that a great deal of espionage isoing on; some of it successfully

secret, much of it under the non-committal eyes of the naval andmilitary intelligence services andthe Federal Bureau of Investiga-tion.All told, less than 1000 Japa-

nese have been interned. Indi-viduals are being picked up con-tinually; others are known.As to sabotage, however, there

Is much argument. Not aboutwhat might have been perpe·