European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 Thi stars and stripes april columns George will japans disdain for resolve not unreasonable on the William Manches Ter enjoyed his 63rd birthday More than his during which he reasonably How unlikely i am to have a he was born april and on april he was among the marines who began the last great Battle of the on one of his memories of the experience is relevant to something occurring in Washington the marines were amazed by the extraordinary proficiency of japanese Artil Selery on Southern every Road Jand other vital Point was brilliantly tar so amazed were the marines that surmise became widespread the Japa Nese must have German artillery the brilliance of the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had caused some american officials to suspect that the planes had been piloted by there were other prior to the Japan had an artillery school on a Standard exercise for fledgling officers was to answer this question How would you defend the school against attack a generation of officers had thought hard about fighting on and beginning in every graduate of japans naval Academy had been required to answer one question How would you execute a Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in the Many americans had a racist impulse to assume that the yellow peril could not be such a peril without caucasian the Japa Nese were Good warriors because they were what they still Are a great disciplined tenacious in Pursuit of their interests As they saw Carl Rowan in his marvelous the glory and the Manchester recalls the condescending american attitude immediately after Pearl As jukeboxes blared goodbye in off to scoffers said that a japanese Soldier on Parade resembled a poorly wrapped Par cel of Brown paper and threatening to come but japanese sharpshooters were accurate at infantrymen carried 400 rounds of ammunition twice what infantrymen carried and five Days rations of fish and in 1941 their ships were their guns their torpedoes and they had More and better aircraft than the United it has been asked who in 1945 would have believed a generation Japan and a jewish state would be considered a great trading nation and a great Warrior a respectively but great nations do what they must in 1985 it cannot be said too frequently that a densely populated is a fierce competitor even if it respects the rules of free free Trade ranks just below christianity and just above jogging on the list of things constantly praised but Only sporadically As a cause of the Trade japans although is less so than the which drives up the value of the Dollar and the Price of the another fac Tor is restrictions on such exports As Oil and Japan is seen not merely As commercially aggressive or candidly it is considered Dis and contemptuous about readiness to Japan is Dis ingenuous it uses dilatory negotiations As and keeps its markets closed with maddening such until recently the stipulation that Ameri can cigarettes cannot be advertised in but japans disdain for resolve is not Given the years of tolerance of japans a nation that has no response when its sol Diers Are hacked to death with axes korean Doz 1976 or shot and allowed to bleed to death East 1985 should expect tougher nations to doubt its if Japan wonders Why retaliation May at last Japan should listen to Horace a Washington he notes that As Long As the focus of Conten Tion was resentment was regionally primarily in the great lakes now attention focused on Tele Communia Forest products and other so the base of congressional resentment is corresponding Congress can in Good conscience prod the administration to push Japan toward a More open but americans should not make the mistake of As was done 40 and 45 years that japanese do Many things very someday and May be amazed to learn How Little they needed the commercial Tri Kiness that has become a big c 1985 Washington Post writers group keeping children Safe requires different lifestyle the springing up of crocuses and the sight of Robins on the Wing used to be a time when mothers rejoiced at the Prospect of getting Young children out from under or set Loose from their apron but no i am both amazed and depressed by the number of women who Tell me that they Are paying Counselor and going to special classes to get advice As to How to make sure that their child can go to the a friends Yard or even play out on the front walk without being harmed by sometimes the concern is Over relatively trivial a3yearold whom i know came Home from a Barbecue where she was taken by her Coll Geage complaining that her armpits it turned out that almost half the students at that Barbecue Felt compelled to lift and hug the Little must i instruct my daughter to Tell dont touch me the Mother it was less than that on such occasions she fit the child in a shirt that look but do not but no one can remotely about these things in an Era aside from the youngsters abducted by a Parent in a custody As Many As Chil Dren disappear every some of whom Are found parents and grandparents have been traumatized by stories of a 6yearold boy vanishing during a Ivi Block walk to his school or of parents turning their backs in department stores and supermarkets to find their children some become victims of grotesque Many parents Are going to classes seeking expert advice on Bow to make their children supermarket secure and some thing better than a playground the first thing they Are learning is that their Chil Dren can enjoy Only a very Short age of inno parents must Tell even Young children that dangers Lurk in some of the places they love but it solves nothing to turn your 3or 4yearold into a nervous reclusive wreck by telling him or her that almost everyone on the Street May be out to kid Nap them or sexually abuse parents need first to heed the advice of people Ive talked to recently who seem to be both knowledgeable and Young adults must face the fact that having a baby dictates a change in life you must choose baby Sitters with great and you cannot abuse Good baby Sitters by keeping them at your House until you finish drinking and dancing at 3 you cannot put 3and 4yearolds in the Sandbox or wading Pool in your Back Yard and go to the Kitchen to Telephone a Friend about the latest the the water or a passerby May take your take the time to teach your child vital safety experts say that a 3yearold should be Able to give his or her name and Home address and Telephone if your child is 3 or spend some time each Day hammering it into the precocious Little it int too Cool these Days to buy your child a or three Wheeler push them out onto the sidewalk and say 1t11 see you when you come roaring around the go with your child on these sorts of exciting expeditions in the child May forget every warning you Ever gave about talking to whatever the risks you be sure your child knows something about who in your neighbourhood the trusted friends a 7yearold can be driven around the Block and reminded that the Blakes live you know and the spencers live in that if anyone or anything is bothering you and you cant get run to one of these Safe the Blakes and the spencers will protect you and Call remember that it takes an awful lot of drilling and talking to steel a Young child against the panic of suddenly looking around in the drugstore and not finding mommie or daddy in that child must remember i must not leave the i must go to this my Parent drilled with me and i know that he or she will go to this special but i must not go outside this above parents must remember that the Security of the children is their it is outrageously Irr Spons and very to leave a Young Ster in the Candy Section of a department store to observe and Munch the goodies while you go shop for a new Bra or Tennis Racket you relying on an admonition that your child must not take Candy from the terrible dangers of our time Force parents and grandparents to be More car More and that can be a but it will make us better parents and prevent an awful lot of c 1985 news America Syndicate same old penance