Evening star., 1941-12-08
Continued From First PageD

bombers again. Apparently the raid
is not over yet"
Army Base Bombed.
Then Mr.. Bell went on. saving that
Corregidor, Army base guarding
Manila, had been bombed but moth
ing very serious happened"
A DNB dispatch to Berlin from
Toxic, quoting a report in the Jap
aneSe newspaper Yomiuri from
Saigon, French Indo-China, said a
United States transport had been
sunk with a loss of $50 men IN
waters around Manila.
Besides losses inflicted on Amer
ican naval craft, DNB. said in a
dispatch from Toxic that japanese
planes also sank two British cruisers
in attacks on Bntain's great fort
reSs at Singapore,
In earlier, daylight raids the Jap
anese had bombed DavaO and Ba-
gulo. Davao is a center Of concen-
trated japanese population on the
SOuthernmOSt of the islands and
BaguiO is the summertime mountain
capital of the Philippines. north OF
Manila. A report also was beng
investigated that there had been
raid on Tarlac, on the island OF
LuZon.
Francis B. Sayre, American high
commissioner in the Philippines, de-
Clared that the situation was well
in hand" Admiral Thomas c. Hart.
commander of the United States
Asiatic fleet. announced that
small contingent Of American ma
rines stationed al Peiping had been
forced TO surrender TO the japanese,
He also said the American gunboat
Wake had been compelled to sur
render at Shanghai There was
nothing else they could do the
admiral said
Presidential Secretary Stephen
Early made the White House an
nouncement concerning yesterday
attack on Pearl Harbor.
This announcement, made an
hour and a quarter before President
Roosevelt appeared before Congress,
contraSted with japanese claims that
they had won naval supremacy in
the Pacific. The japanese said their
surprise attack on Hawaii had sunk
two American battleships and an
airfcraft carrier and damaged four
battleshlps and six cruisers sta
toned AZ Pearl Harbor.
Great Britain this morning ranged
herself actively with the United
States against Japan. This fulfilled
the announced pledge of Prime Min
lister Churchill to support the United
States in war in the Pacific.
Rapid Counterblows Being Delivered.
The United States delivered rapid
counterblows to Japan in the battle
OF the Pacific, Mr.. Early said, and
"a number of japanese planes and
submarines have been destroyed
American warships have been Or
dered to cruise the Pacific in search
Of the japanese.
The White House said number
Of American bomberS had arrived
safely in Hawaii from San Fran
cisco during yesterdays engage
ment, and that further reinforce
mentS Of planes are being rushed.
This first Official communique and
accounting of American losses was
issued by Mr. Early on specific in
structions of President Roosevelt
Text of Mr. Earlys announcement
follows in full
American operations against the
japanese attacking force in the
neighborhood of the Hawaiian
Islands are still continuing.
"A number Of japanese planes
and submarines have been destroyed.
The damage caused to our forces
in Oahu in yesterdays attack ap-
pears more serious than at first be-
lieved.
IN Pearl Harbor itself, one old
battleship has capsized and several
other ships have been seriously dam
aged One DESTROYER was blown up.
Several other small ships were
seriously hit.
Army and Navy fields were
bombed with the resulting destruc-
ton of several hangers and a large
number Of planes were put out of
commission.
"A number of bombers arrived
safely from San Francisco during the
ngagement-While it was under
wav.
"Reinforcements Of plants are be-
ing rushed and repair work is under
way on ships, planes and ground ia
cilities.
Guam, Wake. Midway Islands and
Hong Kong have been attacked. De-
tails of these attacks are lacking.
Two hundred marines. all that re-
manned in China, have been in
termed by the japanese near TEN
tSin.
The total casualties on the Island
of Oahu are not yet definitely known,
but in all probability will amount to
about 5000. Nearly half of these are
fatalities, the others being wounded.
1T seems clear from the reports
that many bombs were dropped IN
the city of Honolulu. resulting in a
small number Of casualties"
Asked for some official explanation
of Japanese ability to surprise the
American defending forces, Mr.. Early
offered the following as consensus
of the experts"
That probably most. If not all OF
the planes, that attacked. came from
carriers. Apparently these planes
we're of the dive-bomber type.
The attack came at dawn. The
carriers naturally had all night
under cover of darkness to approach
the islands. Planes could take of
gain high altitude and come in from
the darkness"
Mr.. Early did not identify any of
the ships lost, damaged or in action
Japanese parachute troops were
reported landing in the Philippines
simultaneously, Australia decided
to declare war as Japanese forces at
tackled the tiny British inundated
island of Nauru.
An Italian broadcast quoted Dome
as listing the 33,l00-ton U. S. S
PENNSYLVANIA and the Oklahoma a!
the American battleships sunk. Twt
= ~s