Show I FOR DISCLOSES JAP TREACHERY AT PEACE TALK I Envoys Expressed Amity Hour After Attack on Hawaii u WASHINGTON Dec 15 INS INSI President Roosevelt Monday spread upon the records records records rec rec- rec- rec of congress for all history history history his his- tory to read in amazement in sorrow in horror and in disgust a documented chronology of Japans Japan's dous p pea peace e a c e negotiations which culminated in the sudden sudden sudden sud sud- den stab in the back at Pearl Harbor In the first white paper of the war President Roosevelt lay Jay particular stress on the fact that Japanese Ambassador and Special Envoy Kurusu delivered delivered delivered ered to Secretary of State Hull Hulla a treacherous profession of peaceful peaceful peaceful peace peace- ful intentions one hour after the actual air and submarine attack on the Hawaiian islands actually had begun This was the first disclosure that submarines a well as Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese planes to took k the part In the H Ha Hk Hawaiian wail an islands attack Togo Also Aloo Busy The white paper revealed further that Japanese Foreign Minister Togo had called American Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador Am- Am Am Am- Joseph Grew to his official official official cial residence at 7 a a. a m. m of the which was December 7 5 p. p m m. Washington time to express express express ex ex- press in behalf of Emperor Hirohito Hirohito Hiro- Hiro hito his gratefulness and appreciation appreciation appreciation for the cordial message of the president The reply to Mr Roosevelt's final appeal for peace concluded Establishment of peace in m the Pacific and consequently of the world has been the cherished desire desire desire de de- de- de sire of his majesty for the realization realization realization tion of which he has hitherto made I his government to continue its earnest earnest earnest ear ear- nest endeavors His majesty trusts that the president is fully aware of this fact But Mr Roosevelt Monday advised advised advised ad ad- congress that Japans Japan's real reply made by Japans Japan's war lords and evidently formulated many days before took the form of the attack which had already been made without warning upon our territories at various points in the Pacific There is the record wrote the president for all history to read in amazement in m sorrow in horror horror horror hor hor- and in disgust The document was dispatched to congress con as Mr Roosevelt conferred conferred conferred con con- with Secretary of Navy Frank Knox for a hand first-hand report report report re re- re- re port on the Pearl harbor attack and held a luncheon conference with Wendell L L. Willkie the 1940 1910 G GO GOP U 0 P l' Ares residential presidential id en ti a 1 nominee G GO GOP U 0 P l' Ares residential presidential id en ti a 1 nominee Earlier Mr Roosevelt had made Another lend lease lend n report port to q congress con con- gress his gress-his his third since the program was inaugurated inaugurated inaugurated-fn fn which he disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- dis- dis closed that out O of appropriated for aid only 1200 has been expended ded less th lh i 1 half that amount actually ex ex- exported exported exported ported but that has been committed to the cause of nations fighting the axis powers In his message con concerning ernin- ernin Japan Mr Roosevelt outlined this na- na on Pane SIX Column i our F D R DISCLOSES JAP TREACHERY Continued from Page On Oner 7 I Lions tion's present position in these words Fighting for Lives We Ve are now at war We Ve are fighting in self We are fighting in d defense of our national existence of our right to be secure se secure secure se- se cure of our right to enjoy the blessings of peace We are fighting in defense of principles of law and order and justice against an effort effort effort ef ef- fort of unprecedented ferocity to overthrow those principles and to impose upon humanity a regime of ruthless domination by unrestricted unrestricted unrestricted and arbitrary force The people of this country are totally united in their determination tion to consecrate our national strength and manpower to bring conclusively to an end the pestilence pestilence pestilence lence of aggression and force which has long menaced the world and which now has struck deliberately deliberately deliberately and directly at the safety of the United States Plan of Treachery Speaking of the false negotiations negotiations negotiations launched by and Kurusu the president reported We did not know then as we know now that they had ordered and were even then carrying out their plan for a treacherous attack upon us The president said he concurred emphatically in the statement of Secretary the Japanese envoys envoys envoys en en- voys that in in all my 50 years of public service I have never seen a document that was more crowded with infamous falsehoods and dis distortions infamous infamous falsehoods and distortions on a scale so huge that I never imagined until today December December De De- cember 7 that any government on this planet was capable of uttering utterIng uttering utter utter- ing them The word MOO document traced American relations with Japan from the day in 1853 when Commodore Commodore Commodore Commo Commo- dore Perry knocked on Nippon's door and brought western civilization civilization civilization tion to the Pacific island It was recalled that the United States used every influence it could to protect Japan in her transition transition tran tran- stage 1908 Agreement It was recalled in the year 1908 that the governments governments' of the United United United Unit Unit- ed States and Japan concluded an agreement to support by by all Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- means at their disposal the independence and integrity of China and the principle of equal opportunity for commerce and industry Industry in industry In- In of all nations in that em em- pire The president observed that the United States has consistently practiced the principles enunciated in that agreement The chief executive then traced the course of events which began 10 years ago with the barbaric ag aggression of Japan in Manchuria and led fed directly to the present crisis In 1933 Hitler assumed power in Germany the White paper continued con con- It was evident that once rearmed Germany would embark upon a policy of conquest in Eur Eur- ope Italy then Italy then still under the domination of Mussolini Mussolini also also had resolved upon a policy of conquest in Africa and in the Mediterranean I Axis Time Table Through the years that followed followed followed fol fol- lowed Germany Italy and Japan reached an understanding to time their acts of aggression to their common advantage and advantage and to bring about the ultimate enslavement of the rest of the world It was in December 1931 1934 that the Japanese government gave notice of its intention to terminate terminate terminate ate the naval treaties of 1922 which had limited competitive naval armament and in 1936 the government government government govern govern- ment of Japan openly associated itself with Germany by entering the pact They thus accepted the German thesis that 70 or 80 million Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans were by race training ability abilIty ability abil abil- ity and might superior in every way to any other race in Europe- Europe superior to about million other human beings in that area rea wrote the president Japan Drops Mask MaskIt I It was in July 1937 that Japans Japan's i leaders dropping the mask of hypocrisy publicly declared their intention to seize and maintain for Japan a a. dominant position in the entire region of eastern Asia the western Pacific and the southern Pacific The conquests to which Japan has set itself Mr Roosevelt warned if successful would give them complete control of vast sea lanes and trade routes of importance import import- ance to the entire world The president commented bitterly bitter bitter- ly on Japans Japan's brutal aggression in China and recalled the various insulting in insulting insulting in- in and provocative incidents which the United States suffered I at Japans Japan's hands in a futile effort to maintain peace Lists Incidents These Included the sinking of the gunboat Panay and other American vessels the killing of Americans the wounding and abuse of American men women and children and the bombing of American hospitals c churches h u r c h e s schools and missions in China The strategy of Japan in the Pacific area was a faithful counterpart counterpart counterpart count count- of that used by Hitler in Europe declared the president Through infiltration encirclement encirclement encircle encircle- ment intimidation and finally armed attack control was extended extended extended ex ex- tended over neighboring peoples Each such acquisition was a a. new starting point for new aggression |