Hiroshima observed the third anniversary of its atomic bomb last week. In token of peace, doves fluttered, bells tolled and a poet was reciting an ode,when a squadron of R.A.F. Mustang fighters thundered overhead, drowning out his voice.
This martial interruption was the idea of Australia's Lieut. General H.C.H. Robertson, British Commonwealth occupation commander in Japan. Like many a Commonwealth occupation official, Robertson feels that U.S. policy in Japan has too much poetry, not enough punch. As commander of the Hiroshima area at the ceremony, Robertson had a rare chance to show the Japanese (and the Americans) what he meant.
He scrapped...
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