市丸利之助 「ルーズベルトに与ふる書」
日本海軍市丸海軍少将書を「フランクリン・ルーズベルト」君に致す。
我今我が戦いを終わるに当り一言貴下に告ぐる所あらんとす。
日本が「ペルリー」提督の下田入港を機とし広く世界と国交を結ぶに至りしより約百年、この間日本は国歩艱難を極め、自ら慾せざるに拘(かかわ)らず、日清、日露、第一次欧州大戦、満州事変、支那事変を経て不幸貴国と干戈を交ふるに至れり。
これを以って日本を目するに、或は好戦国民を以ってし、或は黄禍を以って讒誣し、或は以て軍閥の専断となす。思はざるの甚きものと言はざるべからず。
貴下は真珠湾の不意打を以て、対日戦争唯一宣伝資料となすといえども、日本をしてその自滅より免るるためこの挙に出づる外なき窮境に迄追い詰めたる諸種の情勢は、貴下の最もよく熟知しある所と思考す。
畏くも日本天皇は皇祖皇宗建国の大詔に明なる如く、養正(正義)重暉(明智)積慶(仁慈)を三綱とする八紘一宇の文字により表現せらるる皇謨に基き、地球上のあらゆる人類はその分に従いその郷土においてその生を享有せしめ、以て恒久的世界平和の確立を唯一念願とせらるるに外ならず、これかつては
四方の海皆はらからと思ふ世に
など波風の立ちさわぐらむ
なる明治天皇の御製(日露戦争中御製)は貴下の叔父「テオドル・ルーズベルト」閣下の感嘆を惹きたる所にして貴下もまた熟知の事実なるべし。
我等日本人は各階級あり各種の職業に従事すといえども畢竟その職業を通じ、この皇謨即ち天業を翼賛せんとするに外ならず 我等軍人また干戈を以て天業恢弘を奉承するに外ならず
我等今、物量を恃(たの)める貴下空軍の爆撃及艦砲射撃の下、外形的には退嬰の已むなきに至れるも、精神的にはいよいよ豊富にして心地ますます明朗を覚え、歓喜を禁ずる能はざるものあり。これ天業翼賛の信念に燃ゆる日本臣民の共通の心理なるも、貴下及「チャーチル」君等の理解に苦むところならん。今ここに卿等の精神的貧弱を憐み以下一言以って少く誨(おし)ゆる所あらんとす。
卿等のなす所を以て見れば、白人殊に「アングロ・サクソン」を以て世界の利益を壟断せんとし、有色人種を以ってその野望の前に奴隷化せんとするに外ならず。これが為奸策を以て有色人種を瞞着し、いわゆる悪意の善政を以って彼等を喪心無力化せしめんとす。近世に至り日本が卿等の野望に抗し、有色人種ことに東洋民族をして卿等の束縛より解放せんと試みるや、卿等は毫も日本の真意を理解せんと努むることなく、ひたすら卿等の為の有害なる存在となし、かつての友邦を目するに仇敵野蛮人を以ってし、公々然として日本人種の絶滅を呼号するに至る。これ豈(あに)神意に叶うものならんや
大東亜戦争により、いわゆる大東亜共栄圏の成るや、所在各民族は、我が善政を謳歌し、卿等が今を破壊することなくんば、全世界に亘る恒久的平和の招来、決して遠きに非ず
卿等は既に充分なる繁栄にも満足することなく、数百年来の卿等の搾取より免れんとする是等憐むべき人類の希望の芽を何が故に嫩葉(わかば)において摘み取らんとするや。 ただ東洋の物を東洋に帰すに過ぎざるに非ずや。卿等何すれぞ斯くの如く貪慾にして且つ狭量なる。
大東亜共栄圏の存在は、毫も卿等の存在を脅威せず、かえって世界平和の一翼として世界人類の安寧幸福を保障するものにして、日本天皇の真意全くこの外に出づるなきを理解するの雅量あらんことを希望して止まざるものなり。
翻って欧州の事情を観察するも、又相互無理解に基く人類闘争の如何に悲惨なるかを痛嘆せざるを得ず。今「ヒットラー」総統の行動の是非を云為するを慎むも、彼の第二次欧州大戦開戦の原因が第一次大戦終結に際し、その開戦の責任の一切を敗戦国独逸に帰し、その正当なる存在を極度に圧迫せんとしたる卿等先輩の処置に対する反撥に外ならざりしを観過せざるを要す。
卿等の善戦により、克くヒットラー総統を仆すを得るとするも、如何にして「スターリン」を首領とする「ソビエットロシヤ」と協調せんとするや。凡そ世界を以って強者の独専となさんとせば、永久に闘争を繰り返し遂に世界人類に安寧幸福の日なからん。
卿等今世界制覇の野望一応将に成らんとす。卿等の得意思ふべし。然れども、君が先輩「ウイルソン」大統領はその得意の絶頂において失脚せり。願くば本職言外の意を汲んで其の轍を踏む勿れ。
市丸海軍少将
A Note to Roosevelt
Rear Admiral R. Ichimaru of the Japanese Navy sends this note to Roosevelt. I have one word to give you upon the termination of this battle.
Approximately a century has elapsed since Nippon, after Commodore Perry's entry to Shimoda, became widely affiliated with the countries of the world. During this period of intercourse Nippon has met with many national crises as well as the undesired Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War, the World War, the Manchurian Incident, and the China Incident. Nippon is now, unfortunately, in a state of open conflict with your country. Judging Nippon from just this side of the screen you may slander our nation as a yellow peril, or a blood thirsty nation or maybe a protoplasm of military clique.
Though you may use the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour as your primary material for propaganda, I believe you, of all persons, know best that you left Nippon no other method in order to save herself from self-destruction.
His Imperial Highness, as clearly shown in the "Rescript of the Founder of the Empire" "Yosei" (Justice), "Choki" (Sagacity) and "Sekkei" (Benevolence), contained in the above three fold doctrine, rules in the realization of "Hakko-ichiu" (the universe under His Sacred Rule) in His Gracious mind.
The realization of which means the habitation of their respective fatherlands under their own customs and traditions, thus insuring the everlasting peace of the world.
Emperor Meiji's "The four seas of the world that are united in brotherhood will know no high waves nor wind" (composed during the Russo-Japanese War) won the appraisal of your uncle, Theodore Roosevelt as you yourself know.
We, the Nippon-jin, though may follow all lines of trade, it is through our each walk of life that we support the Imperial doctrine. We, the soldiers of the Imperial Fighting Force take up arms to further the above stated "doctrine".
Though we, at the time, are externally taken by your air raids and shelling backed by your material superiority, spiritually we are burning with delight and enjoying the peace of mind.
This peacefulness of mind, the common universal stigma of the Nippon-jin, burning with fervour in the upholding of the Imperial Doctrine may be impossible for you and Churchill to understand. I hereupon pitying your spiritual feebleness pen a word or two.
Judging from your actions, white races especially you Anglo-Saxons at the sacrifice of the coloured races are monopolizing the fruits of the world.
In order to attain this end, countless machinations were used to cajole the yellow races, and to finally deprive them of any strength. Nippon in retaliation to your imperialism tried to free the oriental nations from your punitive bonds, only to be faced by your dogged opposition. You now consider your once friendly Nippon a harmful existence to your luscious plan, a bunch of barbarians that must be exterminated. The completion of this Greater East Asia War will bring about the birth of the East Asia Co-Prosperity Area, this in turn will in the near future result in the everlasting peace of the world, if, of course, is not hampered upon by your unending imperialism.
Why is it that you, an already flourishing nation, nip in bud the movement for the freedom of the suppressed nations of the East. It is no other than to return to the East that which belongs to the East.
It is beyond our contemplation when we try to understand your stinted narrowness. The existence of the East Asia Co-Prosperity sphere does not in anyway encroach upon your safety as a nation, on the contrary, will sit as a pillar of world peace ensuring the happiness of the world. His Imperial Majesty's true aim is no other than the attainment of this everlasting peace.
Studying the condition of the never ending racial struggle resulting from mutual misunderstanding of the European countries, it is not difficult to feel the need of the everlasting universal peace.
Present Hitler's crusade of "His Fatherland" is brought about by no other than the stupidity of holding only Germany, the loser of the World War, solely responsible for the 1914-1918 calamity and the deprivation of Germany's re-establishment.
It is beyond my imagination of how you can slander Hitler's program and at the same time cooperate with Stalin's "Soviet Russia" which has as its principle aim the "socialization" of the World at large.
If only the brute force decides the ruler of the world, fighting will everlastingly be repeated, and never will the world know peace nor happiness.
Upon the attainment of your barbaric world monopoly never forget to retain in your mind the failure of your predecessor President Wilson at his heights.