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EDITORIAL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. —
W Americans can be proud
today. We can be proud that
we tried to the bitter end to
avoid war.
¥N the face of advancing sav-
agery the government of the
United States continued to labor
for peace. We tried to throw our
moral weight against aggression
and for the protection of all na
tions and for equal opportunity.
We can be proud that we con
tinued to do this until Japan
struck.
UPWELVE hours before Japa-
nese planes appeared o v e r
Honolulu President R o o s e v 1 t
appealed personally to the emper
or of Japan to join him in a peace
ful adjustment. Even as the news
of the attack was flashed to
Washington. Seci’etary Hull was
talking with the two Japanese rep
resentatives in his office. We were
shot at while still in the act of
seeking peace.
A STRONG nation can take
pride in that, and in the record
of patience and fair dealing. We
can be proud of President Roose
velt and Secretary Hull, and of
their cool and steady loyalty to
those basic principles that must,
after the last drop of blood has
been spilled, rise again to guide
nations. Our efforts failed. But
we can be proud that those efforts
were made, an dthat no American
gun fired before we were attacked.
Only today have we put on the
uniform of war.
¥APAN has made our decision for
i* 1 us. This nation hates war to
deeply, is so convinced of its fu
tility as a method of adjusting
differences, thdt we Could not take
the initiative. Within the last few
days I have heard diplomats who
have participated in some of the
Far Eastern discussions, express
doubt that the United States would
go to war even if Thailand were
attacked by Japan. It would have
been easy for Japan to avoid \var
with the United States.
Congress Quickly Votes War On Japan
1500Dead,1500Hurt In Hawaii
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Battleship, Destroyer Sunk; Loss Of Planes Heavy
Philippine Army Bases, Ports
Bombed, Manila Escapes So Far
MANILA, Dec. 8.—(/P)—Japanese bombers struck at
military bases and ports the length of the Philippines Mon
day, Smashing at the big Port Stotensburg, Clark Field, the
summer mountain capital at Baguio, the ports of Davao and
Aparri and the far northern Batan island group.
Manila had heard no air raid alarms and had seen no
raiding planes early Monday night although Japanese war-
craft were reported Within 40 miles of the densely populated
city.
Manila, which has no public air raid shelters, was blacked, out
beneath heavily overcast skies from soon after dusk. Other ports shut
off lights and waited tensely.
The army headquai'ters announced that Davao, center of concen
trated Japanese population of the southernmost of the large island,
and Baguio, summertime mountain capital of the Philippines, north of
Manila, had been bombed by daylight.
At Fort Stotsenberg, one of the biggest army encampments in the
Philippines, and nearby Clark Field, numerous buildings were said to
have been set afire and the army’s telephone communications to
Manila cut.
Private advices said three Japanese planes were shot down during
the attack. \
(At least 290 casualties were reported after the two air raids on
the Philippines, a CBS correspondent broadcasting from Manila, said.)
Thousands of persons in Manila at first were unable to believe
that the war had come. Police, soldiers and constabulary rounded up
the city’s Japanese population of about 5,000. One Japanese was ar
rested in the Manila bay port area where he was caught cutting tele
phone wires. Another was caught using a radio transmitter.
It was reported here reliably that the Hongkong clipper of Pan
American Airways was damaged in a Japanese air raid on Hongkong.
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‘Set the Rising Sun,’ Is Fort Sill Motto
FORT SILL, Dec. 8—(Special).-—Tlie 183rd General hospital here
Monday adopted this slogan:
“Set the rising sun!”
The author tvas Sergt. Vito A. Grieco, a draftee from Buffalo, N.Y.
who is of Italian deScerit and is a former professional football player
with the New York Giants.
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Hawaii Raid Casualties Exceed London’s Greatest
The White House announced Monday that total casualties reported
from Hawaii resulting from Japanese air attacks Sunday were 3,000.
It was indicated that half of the number, 1,500 persons, were dead.
Maximum air-raid casualties reported for any one 24-hour period
in Londch during the heaviest raids were about 1,000. Broken down,
the London toll was 450 killed and 750 injured in one day’s time.
-Bulletins-
CHUNGKING, Dec. 8—CP)_
China hhs decided to declhrfe war
on Japan, Germany and Italy,
Foreign Minister Quo Tai-chi
announced at a special press con
ference Monday night. He said
China is Jil-fcpared to iitaite Overy
sdfcrifitfc tb cdltabdtatfe frith thb
United States and Gffeat Btit-
aih ih defedtiri£ Japan.
BERLIN; Defc. 8.——T h e
German arrity dbeS ndt eijibct to
Capture Mdsedfr this yfedr, a
military Spokesman said Mbhday
night in expilanation of a high
eohiHiand cohimuniqUe’s defer
ence to the Coittihg Winter.
BERLIN. Defc. 8—Ut^—D N B
quoted d Ddtttei dispatch Mon
day that the Japanese army had
taken defcr the British concession
at Tientsin. (A sthall force of
Uriited States fharihes had been
stationed at Tientsin, chief port
or itorth China, Thfcy wefce not
rtieHtioiied in the dispatch )
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8—
CP)—The Singapore radio heard
by a United Press listening post
here Monday reported two Amer
ican-built Hudson bombers op
erating off the northern Malayan
coast had scored direct hits on
two Japanese troop ships and an
other Hudson bomber had scored
a direct hit on a barge loaded
with Japanese soldiers.
Nation at War
DEC. 8, 1941
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‘Several’ Japanese Submarines,
Aircraft Reported Destroyed;
Fight Rages on in Pacific
WASHINGTON, Dec. —The United
States, through its Congress, declared war
Monday on Japan; A Uhited CoftgfUss atuted
swiftly after President Roosevelt spoke to a
cheering joint session. The senate Vote was
82 to 0. It came Within 20 minutes after the
chief executive finished hi& deadly grim re
quest for a declaration of War. The house ac
tion came immediately thereafter, the house
roll call beginning at 12:05 p.tti;
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—(A>) _ The White
House announced Monday the Japanese attack oh
Hawaii resulted in capsizing of ah old battleship,
destruction of a destroyer, damage to other Vessels
and destruction of a relatively large humber of
planes.
It added that several Japanese planes arid sub
marines had been accounted for.
This wag announced as a war resolution Was drafted for
immediate introduction in the Congress which President
Roosevelt was addressing personally on the Far Eastern sit
uation.
Chairman Connally (D., Texas) prepared the war res
olution, saying he acted on his own initiative without know
ing what the President would say.
An official White House statement, the first authentic
government appraisal of the attack Sunday, said casual
ties were expected to mount to about 3,000 nearly half of
them fatalities.
The Battalion
NOVEMBER 9, 1950
‘No Matter How Long It
Takes, The American
People In Their Righteous
Might Will Win.. Absolute
Victory ’
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—(/P)—The text of President
»» Roosevelt’s war message to Congress follows:
To The Congress of the United States:
Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will
live in infamy—the United States of America was sud
denly and deliberately attacked by nJval and air forces
of the empire of Japan.
The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the
solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation With it6 government
and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the
Pacific.
Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadron had commenced
bombing in Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States
and his colleague delivered to the secretary of state a formal
reply to a recent American message. While this reply stated that
it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiatiohs,
it contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack.
It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii frbip Japan
makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many
days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time, the Japan
ese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United
States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued
peace.
The attack yesterday on thfe Hawaiian islands has caused
severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very
many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships
have' been reported toi*ped0ed on the high seas between San
Francisco and Honolulu.
Yesterday the Japanese'government also launched aq attack
against Malay.
Last night Japanese forces attacked Hongkong.
Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam.
Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine islands.
Last night the Japanese attacked Wake island.
This morning the Japanese attacked Midway island.
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