The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-09
Germany Is Reported Ready
 For Full Support To Japan
Many RumOrs Say Germany to Declare War Inside of Two Hours; Hitler May
 Make It Before Reichstag
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign EditOr)

 United Foreign EdtOr)
 Rumors circulated in Europe today-without off. cial con6rmation- Germany will go immediately to Japan's aid by declaring against the United States within few hours.
 Berlin dispatch to the United Press reported 'great activity" in the German foreign office the Whelmstrasse in the last 24 hours.
 DECLARE WAR ON U. s.
 A Japanese spokesman was quoted by the Brit. ish radio declaring Germany will declare war America and National Broadcasting Company porter in Stockholm said the declaration may come 'within two hours" Another radio report said that the German reichstaS is being summoned into sion, presumably to hear Adolf Hitler make Ger many's declaration.
 WILL NAZl ENVoYS QUIT
 Bits of charred paper Aoated down to the street in the vicinity of the German embassy at Washing ton today reviving rumors that attaches in the biz red building Massachusetts avenue were burning official papers, usually prelude to quitting the ccun- try Reporters discovered the charred bits whirling in the air. They appeared to come from chimney at the rear of the embasSy.
 NO ACTIVITY VISIBLE
 There was no activity visible from outside, but occupants of the embassy peered from windows at i- tervals
 Light smoke poured from the chimney through out the morning but it could not be determined whether it was merely from furnace that papers were being burned.
 Policemen on duty in the alley behind the em- bassy said that "this has been going all morning
 TWO MEN LEFT EMBASSY
 bright light burned in one upstairs room of the red structure.
 Two men left the embassy; one, stocky, with black mustache, carried brief case.
 Earlier, embassy attaches had declined to com. ment upon the reports that official papers were bens burned or otherwise destroyed.
 NEXT 24 HOURS TO TELL
 Cermanys position in the Pacific war is expected to be clarified within the next "A hours, but Naz sources declined say whether the caricaon will take the form of Rechstag declaration There was great dipomatl activity evident the WiIhelmSraSSe but neither GerW officials the German press has given any clear indies ton of the actual status of Aercan relations
 RUMoRs CIRCULATE IN EUROPE
 RumOrs circulated in Europe today that Germany preparing to declare on the United States such declaration presumably would pc made Dy A0OH mus speaking before the Rechstag)
 An official statement of Germanys position in the Asked by foreign correspondents if the Reichstag will convened the German statement an authorized Nazi spokesman refused to reply.
 WILL SUPPORT JAPAN
 Despite the lack of press guidance many usually rel down Germanys full solidarity and moral support af Japan.
 Germany will declare war on the United States Germany might however, announce breach in diplomatic rsia tiOns with America.
 MAY WITHIN TWO HOURS
 The National BrOadcasting COmpany's St0ckhoia~ correspondent David Anderson reported in broadcast a a. m, EST today that reports in Stockholm sald Ger many would declare the United States within tws hours. Columbia BrOadcasting System heard the nKaffEn broadcast that while diplomatic has been reported from Berlin in Tokyo, Japanese government spokesan has said that Japan naturally expected Germany O ueE upon the United States" SAY U. S. STAFF MOVED
 In his NEG broadcast from Stockholm Anderson aesa Swedish newspapers reported thnt the United 6tas guunennsa en E4Na