448	^ONE world : one war
nevertheless, with the downfall of the Axis, processes would im-
mediately be set in motion which could not fail in the end to lead
to total victory for our country.
YANKEE REMINISCENCE
March 10, 1945?
Father's centenary. He was born March 10, 1842. I proposed at
dinner a toast to his memory and made a little speech with a few
reminiscences. One anecdote was of my grandfather Grew who, on his
death-bed, was worried by some problem, and just before he died he
managed to get it out: coming into Boston from Hyde Park in the
morning (I think it was New Year's Day and that he was going to
deliver his usual presents of books) he had forgotten his purse and
had borrowed five cents from the conductor on the train to pay his
horse-car fare ; he wanted before he died to be sure that the debt
would be paid. It was.
MORE EMBASSY NOTES, SOCIAL AND OTHERWISE
March 24, 1942
Went to the dentist, Dr. Kotani, as a tooth broke and an inset
came out. Had a little talk with Houstoun-Boswall and the Kennedys
of the British Embassy, who were there ; we call the dentist's the
social club of Tokyo, as one generally meets some colleagues.
Fujimoto, one of our translators, a full American citizen without
dual nationality, was to-day actually kidnapped from the Embassy by
the police and arrested, charged with some breach of Japanese law
about which we are ignorant. The last seen of him was when he
accompanied a policeman to the gate, no doubt having been told
that someone wanted to see him, and once outside he was quietly
taken away. His wife and young son are in the Embassy, His family
wanted him to remain in Japan, but he decided that he wished to
return with us to his home in the United States. Subsequently he
wrote his wife that he had decided to remain in Japan, but we have
little doubt that pressure was brought to bear on him by the police.
The Swiss Minister has made strong representations but so far without
avail. The Foreign Office says that it is awaiting a report from the
Minister of Justice. This is just one more of the outrages inflicted
on us by the Japanese police.
ONE AMERICAN-BORN JAPANESE WHO CHOSE JAPAN
March 25, 1942
Dooman's birthday. We had a cake at tea and drank his health,
I made a little speech to the effect that no man could wish for a
more effective chief of staff, and that no group could have had a
better executive officer whose constant thought was for our welfare,