ULh AAA., ivy. ou. p O V a complete harmony of community endeavour, sinking some of the old sentiments and feelings that in the past have pulled us apart. Kven in emergency, there Is nr reason to become excited. There is every reason, however, ( face the situation and be Intelligently prepared, to the best of our ability, to face anything the future may hold for us. And we should remember, too, that nothing worse can happen to us than has happened already in this war to our kith and kin in other parts of the world who carry on with grim determination, high resolve and good cheer. Others have "taken it." So can we, Doubly vanquished is he who is beaten before he starts. It is a poor soldier and a poor man who quails when the time conies to fight his own battles instead of having someone else to do it for him. For the most of us, ihe thing lo do is to carry on normally our Individual courses with common sense but steeling ourselves in preparedness for anything hat may come our way. WASHINGTON Indications re that South American countries will remain neutral as far as Japan is concerned unless there is an attack on American territory. it Only 14 Shopping Days Until Christmas. ft ft ft WAR IN PACIFIC Early Dispatches Covering Outbreak of Conflict With Japs. TOKYO Japanese Imperial headquarters announced Monday that Japan entered a state of war with United Statej and Great Britain in the western Pacific as from dawn Monday. NEW YORK Japanese war-planes killed 350 men at Hickman Field and set fire to the United States battleship Oklahoma in a sudden raid on Pearl Harbor, irnoiulu. Several attacking planes were shot down. A National Broadcasting Corporation observer radioed diiect from the scene. TACOL TH'gh""fanldn? .trmy officials have issued for an Immediate round-up of all Japanese nationals in the Pacific northwest. SHANGHAI The Japanese sank the British gunboat Petrel as it lay off the international settlement waterfront here SAN FRANCISCO A United States transport has been sunk three hundred miles off San Francisco. This was an unconfirmed report yesterday. LONDON A dispatch from New Delhi says that there is no doubt India will declare war on Japan. Continued on Page Two CANADA AT WAR ALSO Joins Motherland 1n Declarations Against Finland, Hungary and Rumania. OTTAWA, Dec. 8: Following j,a HONOLULU Fifty to 150 planes weie used by the Japanese in the initial attack upon Honolulu. Suicide troops were landed by parachute with saboteurs. Wake and Guam are also reported to have been Great Britain Declares war un japan; no Wait on Washington Hitler's Madness Has Infected Nippon, He Said, So Root and Branch Must Be Extirpated Together, Declares British Prime Minister. SPEAKS IN BROADCAST Prime Minister Winston Churchill spoke in a w orld radio broadcast at noon today, repeating the speech which he had earlier in the day delivered to parliament. LONDON, Dec. 8: Great Britain declared war upon the Tokyo government as from today without waiting for Washington to formulate a United States declaration. At the same time Britain made allies of Thailand and China. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, speaking in parliament today, said: "It only remains now for the 1 . . i . - r U . two great democracies io mtc we task ahead with whatever strength God may give them." The prime minister announced that instructions had been sent to the embassy at Tokyo to deliver a note to the Japanese government that, "in view of wanton acts of unprovoked aggression," the government informed them that a state of war existed against them. A similar note was sent to the charge d'affaires in London who was given his passports. (Continued from Page Two). No Confirmation On Sitka Bombed A radio broadcast today without confirmation that had been bombed. Ketchikan -was unable to check on this le-port. ' ' I Weather Forecast J Tomorrow sT ides Prince Rupert and Queen Charlotte Islands Moderate southwest winds, cloudy with scattered showers. Little change in tvri mature WAR IS WITH US For thirty years and more Prince Kupert has thought of her position as being five nun-died miles closer to the Orient in terms of possible trade and commerce with friendly nations across the Pacific. With Canada and Japan at war, today we think of our position in the terms of being closer to attack by an enemy and what we can do to defend ourselves here and aid in prosecuting the conflict to a successful culmination wherever the battle may rage in the widespread Pacific area. As far as we in Prince Rupert are concerned, we may be exceed for hoping that it will take as long for war to come to us from the Orient as it has taken to develop the peaceful contacts of friendly nations in whatever sphere they might have been. In one sense, and possibly a very real one, we here in Prince Kupert are now actually "on the front line." We may well consider many eventualities and take action without delay to meet them. We are in a state of emergency. War so far has not touched us verjr directly In Prince Rupert. From this on we may expert that it will change things (or many, If not all, of us. It may bring effect that we do not relish, involve sacrifices which we may resent, cause us inconvenience and most likely hardship. We should be prepared for many things and we should be prepared together. There may be tasks to do that will call for nnnnnii Dennocr 1 meeting. 013th. cab net Saturday BbfK Churchill and uanaaa was omciauy aecjarea at war with Finland, Hungary and Rumania, Joining the government of the mother country in the declaration. Premier William Lyon Mackenzie King made the announcement, stating that Australia, New Zealand and South Africa were likewise declaring war. Mr. King added that the most of the nationals of the three nations in Canada were considered wholly loyal to the Dominion. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE R UPERTrB.C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1941. Brief Resistance to Japs Roosevelt Tell of Plans "That Being Made to "Extirpate Both Root and Branch of Evil." Are Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared Great Britain at war today against Japan in accordance with her promises to United States, Thailand and China. President Franklin 1). Roosevelt asked Congress at a special session to declare war upon Japan since the "unprovoked and dastardly" attacks on Hawaii and the Philippines. Congress speedily implemented his request within 43 minutes. Only dissenter was a woman pacifist from Montana. Great Britain declared war on the Tokyo government without waiting for Washington first to formulate the United States declaration. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are joining the declaration. The Australian cabinet today agreed on a war declaration against Japan. Prime Minister John Cur-tin announced that the Japanese had attacked the Australian Island of Nauru. Thailand, after brief resistance to the Japanese invasion from the sea and across the French Indo-Chiria border, ceased firing today and opened negotiations with the invaders. China has decided to declare war on Japan, Germany and Italy, Foreign Minister Eugo Tai-Chi announced tonight. The White House announced today that a Japanese attack on Hawaii resulted in the capsizing of an old battleship, destruction of a destroyer, damage to other vessels and destruction of a relatively large number of planes. (Tokyo claimed that two United States battleships had been sunk, four others damaged and four heavy cruisers damaged in an attack on Pearl Harbor. The' battleships were the Oklahoma and West Virginia). The White House statement said that several Japanese planes and submarines had been accounted for and said that casualties in the attack were about three thousand, half being fatalities. President Roosevelt said in a statement yesterday that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor and Hawaii from the air, a second attack being severe. It was disclosed that active resistance was "still continuing" against a Japanese attacking force in the vicinity of Hawaii. Reinforcements of planes were being rushed to the islands, the White House said, and repair work was under way on ships, planes and ground facilities. Japanese bombers, ranging from Luzon to Mindanao, struck at least twice at the Philippines today and Manila, which so far has escaped bombing, was blacked out tonight. High Low , 4:49 ajn. 18.4 ft. 16:27 pm 18.6 ft.' -10:42 ajn. 92 ft. 23:14 pm. 5.3 ft. PRICE: FIVE CENTS ATTACK Thailand Quits Alter Only Treachery of Nippon Leads To peedy Action By Two Great acies In Entering Conflict Hawaii and Philippine Islands Subjected to Air Assault Without Warning Extensive Damage Done Battle Spreading Far and Wide. j President Roosevelt Asks for Declaration; Congress Soon Acts Describes Attack By Japan As Unprovoked and DastardlySuch Treachery Can Never Be Permitted Again. PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 8: - President Franklin hn I). Roosevelt late this afternoon signed the resolution declaring war against Japan. It had been speedilv passed by house and senate following the request of the president in his address to a joint session this morning. There was unprecedented unanimity with only one dissenting voice in the house. WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 8: -President Fraklin D. Roosevelt at 9:35 a.m. (PST) today requested a joint session of congress to declare war upon Japan, and the request was speedily implemented. "I ask congre&s to declare, since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, that a state of war has existed between V Naval Fight I Is Going On HONOLULU, Dec. 9: 'fheie Is naval fighting off Hawaii, the United States battle fleet havine moved out to emrae the Japanese. There was no confirmation, however, of a Japanese aircraft carrier and six Japanese submarines had been sunk. There Is, no panic in Honolulu despite t n e air attack on the city as we1! as oh Pearl Harbor base. DEFENCE OF THISCOAST All Measures Beinp Taken, Military and Civilian Protection Heads State. VICTORIA, Dec. 8: All neces sary defence measures are being taken In view of the new war situation in the Pacific, said Brigadier R. O. Alexander, general officer commanding here. All leaves of the Royal Canadian Air Force have been cancelled. The civilian protection organization is on the alert, said Major S. F. M. Moodle. A black-out may be declared la Vancouver at any time. Japan and the Japanese Empire." Throughout a brief speech to con gress, the president was wildly cheered. Almost every sentence was punctuated with great roars of applause. "I believe that I Interpret the wishes of congress and the people that we should not only defend ourselves to the uttermjst but make It certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us. No matter how long It takes we shall win through to absolute victory. "Our people, our territory and our Interests are threatened with destruction. "I am- confident that our forces and the determination of our people shall gain us Inevitable triumph so help us God." Immediately after the president had spoken. John W. M:Cormlck of Massachusetts presented a resolution to Implement the presi dent's request for a declaration of war and it was speedily put through. NOTICE FIRST AID WORKERS All first aid workers In the City of Prince Rupert will please report at the City Hall tonight, December 8, at 8:00 o'clock. CHAIRMAN' CIVILIAN PROTECTION COMMITTEE, "lit i- hi Ml : i