Wounded Tiger by T Martin Bennett

Author:T Martin Bennett [Bennett, T Martin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780991229000
Publisher: Onstad Press
Published: 2014-03-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 61

June, 1942. The Imperial General Headquarters, Tokyo.

Outside the imposing brick building clad in ivy and adorned with a white columned entrance, Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Sugiyama strode beside the bespectacled Tojo, Prime Minister and Army Minister of Japan.

Sugiyama came to a halt and rammed two fingers into his open palm. “They’re war criminals and as such should be executed without delay!”

“It’s not clear at this time if they are war criminals or prisoners of war,” Tojo replied. “If only prisoners, we both know they can’t be executed for an act of war. This has now become an international event. All the world knows we have them.”

“And we have their confessions! They have clearly admitted to strafing schools and killing civilians, which amounts to murder! They’re war criminals. We have to teach the Americans a lesson. If they ever attempt such an act again, they will all suffer the same fate!”

Tojo began to pace again and brought his hands behind his back. “And what would be the fate of the Japanese interned in camps in the United States? We have eight of their men, they have thousands of our people. We cannot afford the chance for such unfavorable consequences.”

Snorting, Sugiyama looked away.

Tojo continued, “Our best legal minds are looking into the rules of international law regarding this case. Even if they’re found to be prisoners, I am inclined to create a law to impose the death penalty to execute them if they are found guilty of crimes.”

“Ex post facto?”20

Tojo nodded.

“Tried in a military court, then?”

“Yes. In Shanghai by the Thirteenth Army under Lieutenant General Shimomura. I will send them back to where they were captured.”

“Shanghai, then.” Sugiyama gazed up with a smile at a carefully pruned Japanese Black Pine. “Good.”

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