Disproportionate
to their numbers, Jews have significant political and economic power,
which they use to influence social policies of the majority. They are
instrumental in supporting radical movements that aim to reshape the
majority society in to a society that accommodates them. Where ever
Jews have lived, the majority conforms to the Jewish social vision and
Jews prosper. Since Jews have always been vastly outnumbered, the Jewish
strategy of remolding and redirecting their hosts makes sense in the
context of an evolutionary survival strategy.
Various strategies have been used in reshaping society. On one end,
Jews have openly instigated large-scale rebellion, such as the Bolshevik
revolution and the so-called peace movement of the 1960's. On the other
end, Jews have discretely worked behind-the-scenes, whether within or
outside the government. For example, Jews had prominent roles in Franklin
D. Roosevelt's administration, formulating New Deal polices which nudged
the U.S. towards an egalitarian state. Although most Jews live in western
(White) countries, their impact can be found in non-western countries
as well.
Japan has succumbed to the religion of egalitarianism that afflicts
other western countries. Though not on the scale found in the U.S.,
rising numbers of mixed-race marriages and illegal aliens and increased
youth violence are some of the symptoms associated with the loss of
traditional racial attitudes. Like everybody else, the Japanese have
dutifully apologized to foreign Jewish groups for questioning their
sacred dogma. The decline of traditional
attitudes and their replacement with "democratic," raceless values are
a direct result of the occupation that followed the end of the Second
World War.
The Potsdam Proclamation of July, 1945 stipulated that Japan was to
transition over from a feudal-racial nation to a democracy. To facilitate
the change, "thousands of Jewish soldiers and civilians" poured into
occupied Japan. "Jews were prominent among the liberal reformers of
the 1930s and 1940s, and it was therefore not surprising that among
the people selected to reform Japan, Jews should have played a major
rolec Enthusiasm for social and political reform that the Jewish
members of the Allied occupation professed was a manifestation of the
old Jewish commitment to idealist causes found in many contemporary
movements." Based on the successful
overhaul of White American society under the New Deal, the U.S. implemented
a similar program for Japan.
The vision of a demilitarized and democratic Japan was conveyed from
Washington to the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP), General
Douglas MacArthur. Under Gen. MacArthur were sections that were tasked
to address specific issues concerning Japan. One key section was the
Government Section (GS), headed by Gen. Courtney Whitney and his deputy
was Colonel Charles L. Kades, an American Jew. Kades served as counsel
in various departments of the Roosevelt administration. A New Dealer
lawyer, he was directly responsible for crafting Japan's new political-social
framework and was allowed a free hand in the day-to-day operations.
Kades' section was specifically tasked with "purging ultra-nationalists,
stamping out feudal leftovers and encouraging democratic tendencies."Arguably,
Col. Kades was the third most powerful American in Japan, behind his
boss and Gen. MacArthur.
Following the surrender, Gen. MacArthur had "suggested" to the Japanese
leadership that they re-write their current constitution to conform
with the Potsdam Declaration. Their draft was leaked to the media in
February, 1946, which was seen by SCAP as not "democratic" enough and
summarily rejected. Government Section was then ordered by Gen. MacArthur
to prepare a constitution based on three main points: that the emperor
is to be the head of state but responsive to the will of the people
and the constitution, war as a sovereign right is to be abolished and
the feudal-social system is to be abolished. Col. Kades organized several
committees which focused on particular aspects of the constitution and
prepared a draft in about a week. It was presented to Japanese government
representatives (in English), who were told to accept it. Gen. Whitney
recalled that a B-29 happened to be flying overhead during the meeting,
punctuating the gravity of the Americans' demand. Despite initial resistance
to the numerous leftist articles written into the constitution, the
Japanese eventually rubber-stamped their approval. The constitution
was promulgated in November, 1946 and went into effect the following
year.
About a third of the constitution's articles dealt with "human rights"
which were written by the Civil Rights committee. One of the three members
of the committee was an Austrian Jew, Beate Sirota. Her specialty included
women's rights and economic equality. Sirota based her articles from
those of the Soviet and Weimar Constitutions and from her own Jewish
sense of social justice. The Civil Rights committee drafted 41 articles
including social security, rights for the poor, abolition of discrimination
against illegitimate children and "human rights" for non-Japanese. Many
stridently leftist articles were stricken by Col. Kades who believed
that they should appear in the civil code; were deleted from the Constitution
not because they were overly socialist but that they should be made
into laws. Some of the articles that are found in the final version
of the constitution include:
9
= The renunciation of war and the prohibition of maintaining a military
force
14,
24 = Equality without regard to race, sex, etc.22,
27 = Right to residence and the right to work
23 = Right to "academic freedom"
25 = Right to "minimum standards" of living
28 = Right of workers to organize
Other Jews worked to shape Japan to reflect the ideals stated within
the constitution.
Attached to GS was Hans H. Baerwald, born in Japan to German Jewish
parents. The family left Japan for the U.S. following the outbreak of
war in Europe. Baerwald returned to Japan following training as a language
officer. Baerwald was responsible for purging the Japanese government
of "undesirable personnel," including ultra-nationalist and members
of secret and "terrorist" organizations.
His office was directed to eliminate not only "war criminals," former
military officers and government officials who carried out Imperial
policies in the various areas of the former Japanese empire but also
any person who "played an active government part in Japan's act of aggression
or who had expressed himself to be an active exponent of military nationalism."
The purge was later expanded to root out "reactionaries" in the media
and business communities. Those purged were barred from re-entering
politics. Up to 260,000 people were removed from the post-war Japanese
government and the political parties suffered as a consequence. The
purge did not affect the Japan Communist Party. In fact, SCAP ordered
communists and anarchists who were imprisoned during the war released
from prison.
Alfred C. Oppler, a German Jew, left Germany prior to the invasion of
Poland in 1939. Oppler headed the Courts and Law division, which was
responsible for revamping the Japanese judicial system and civil law
codes. Oppler was chosen to head Courts and Law since he was experienced
in German law, after which pre-war Japanese law was modeled. Following
his arrival in early 1946, he was assigned to the Governmental Powers
Branch of GS and had a small role in the drafting of the new constitution.
He helped to shape a legal system that would protect "human rights."
To further ensure the protection of "human rights," Oppler also helped
to establish the Japan Civil Liberties Union, an organization similar
in function to the ACLU. (Oppler was an outspoken leftist, who later
voiced his support for the Equal Rights Amendment, legalized abortion
and abolition of the death penalty.)
Theodore Cohen, a Russian Jew, saw service in the OSS and was chief
of the Labor Division. His goal was to "liberate" Japanese labor from
the "savage repression" of Japanese authoritarianism. He was so successful
in liberating the workers, that SCAP had to suspend freedom of association
after several demonstrations were held, attended by thousands of people,
which threatened public order. (Following the dismantling of SCAP, Cohen
stayed in Japan and went into business with a Canadian company.)
Wolf I. Ladejinsky, a Ukrainian Jew, advised Roosevelt, then MacArthur
on land reform. Supposedly anti-communist, Ladejinski broke control
of the large land owners, allowing farmers to own their plots. (Ladejinsky
later was accused of being a communist by Eisenhower's Secretary of
Agriculture and served as an advisor to the Diem regime in South Vietnam.
He also served in various capacities in the Ford Foundation and the
World Bank.) Because of the post-war land reforms, the farmers have
been strong supporters of the government at the time, which was led
by conservatives. The conservatives later formed the Liberal Democratic
Party, which, backed by the farmers, have resisted American corporate
demands for greater access to Japanese markets.
Following the Second World War, Jews worked within the Occupation apparatus
to impose a leftist democracy in Japan. The re-educated Japanese have
rejected their past and their culture and denied their race. With the
removal of the Emperor as the central figure in Japanese life, Japan
has turned into an individualistic consumer-oriented society. Marriages
are declining since women are now "liberated," the consequence being
that the birth rate is now below the rate of replacement. The Japanese
that do get married are increasingly involving a non-Japanese mate.
To offset a projected decline in the population in the next 10-20 years,
the Japanese have support greater importation of Third World immigrants.
Although there are few blacks living in Japan, the Japanese have adopted
the "hip-hop" pop-culture that Americans have wholeheartedly embraced.
These measures are gradually but surely ensuring the extinction of the
Japanese race. Japan obediently opens its checkbook to underwrite the
various U.S. military adventures. At the behest of the U.S., Japanese
troops have been sent to the Middle East to prop-up a dubiously installed
regime and to give window dressing to the lie that a "coalition" of
nations supports the U.S. In contrast to charting its own and Asia's
destiny in the early 20th century, Japan has become another tool of
the neo-conservatives in Washington.
The post-war occupation of Japan is being used by the neo-conservatives
as their model of "regime change," that is, replacement of a "non-democratic"
regime with one that is more amenable to American inclinations. The
occupation of Iraq is similar to that of post-war Japan, in that a "democratic"
regime was superimposed by the U.S. over the ruins of a nationalist
regime. It should not be surprising that a future Iraqi constitution
is also modeled after the Japanese constitution, with promises to safeguard
"human rights" and pious declarations against "aggression." Indeed,
the Japanese model may be used more often in the future, since there
are, according to American neo-conservatives, numerous "repressive"
and "un-democratic" (Arab) nations.
"Inside GHQ"
by Eiji T. / Continuum: NY, NY, 2002.
"Jews in American Politics" by Maisel, LS. & Forman, IN.
/ Rowman & Litlefield Publishers: Lanham, MD, 2001.
"The Origins of Japan's Democratic Constitution" by McNelly,
TH. / University Press of America 2000.
"Roots of Radicalism" by Rothman, S. & Lichter, SR. / Transaction
Publishers: New Brunswick, NJ, 1996.
"The Birth of Japan's Post-War Constitution" by Shoichi K. /
Westview Press: Boulder, CO, 1997.
*1 There are
about 2,000 Jews in Japan, who make up less than 0.1% of the population.
For the Japanese response to Jewish indignation see Los Angeles Times,
May 27, 1995.
*2 Shillony, B-A. "Jews and the Japanese," Charles E. Tuttle
Co.: Rutland, VT, 1991.
*3 The first paragraph of the Preamble of the 1889 constitution
reads: "Having, by virtue of the glories of Our Ancestors, ascended
the throne of a lineal succession unbroken for ages eternal; desiring
to promote the welfare of, and to give development to the moral and
intellectual faculties of Our beloved subjects, the very same that have
been favored with the benevolent care and affectionate vigilance of
Our Ancestors; and hoping to maintain the prosperity of the State, in
concert with Our people and with their support, We hereby promulgate,
in pursuance of Our Imperial Rescript of the 12th day of the 10th month
of the 14th year of Meiji, a fundamental law of the State, to exhibit
the principles, by which We are guided in Our conduct, and to point
out to what Our descendants and Our subjects and their descendents are
forever to conform."
By contrast, the egalitarian, culturally neutral 1947 constitution's
second paragraph of the preamble states: "We, the Japanese people, desire
peace for all time and are deeply conscious of the high ideals controlling
human relationship, and we have determined to preserve our security
and existence, trusting in the justice and faith of the peace-loving
peoples of the world. We desire to occupy an honored place in an international
society striving for the preservation of peace, and the banishment of
tyranny and slavery, oppression and intolerance for all time from the
earth. We recognize that all peoples of the world have the right to
live in peace, free from fear and want." Needless to say, the New Deal
imprint is fairly apparent.
*4 The persistent push by the west to get Japan militarily entangled
in the Middle East has made Article 9 the focus of intense Japanese
political debate.
*5 Feminists have praised the Japanese constitution since it
explicitly ensures the equality of men and women. They have also lamented
that the U.S. Constitution is not as "progressive," that it lacks guarantees
of "women's rights." To its credit, though, Article 24 states that marriage
is based on a husband and wife, an anathema to homosexuals in the U.S.
Editer's
Comment
Thank
you for your contribution.
A Japanese constitution was made by GHQ according to your indication,
and the most important person was Colonel Charles L. Kades of GS. Japanese
good points such as serious consideration more public than private,
or Bushido were lost by this constitution.
The greatest failure of Kades was to have released the communist in
the prison. Therefore the pubric peace broke down, and recovery of economy
was largely late. In addition, he made a constitutional revised article
very severe. When Korean War began, MacArthur demanded the rearmament,
but Prime Minister Yoshida refused it by the reason of a constitution.
We cannot yet revise the constitution so that a revised article is too
severe.
As for the fearful of education, the effect emerges slowly. Now, 60
years after the war, the majority is the persons whom took postwar education.
As a result, Japanese weakening policy that American aimed, has gone
rapidly.
I do not know whether this policy is the Jewish thought or not.
Sugimoto Mikio
