The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-01
Why Wait To Be Hit?
Port Hope Evening Guide)

Port Hope Evening Guide) Allied Forces are ready for any Jap drive east
 ward in the Aleutan Islands-but it may take the enemy some time to get started" Those the
 Continuing the dispatch 1t would appear that this sentiment comes from Washington military spokes- men.
 We'll why don't we hit them before they are ready? We must by now, know that the Japanese don't strike until they they go ahead And here we are sitting back waiting until they are ready! Are going to wake up to the fact that we won't win this war by sitting still? And our excuses about the whole thing are pathetic in their futility. We hear that the weather is bad. Good heavens The Japanese have been having the same weather unless the Emperor of the Land of the Rising Sun has some special pull with that orb and change it where can't. We have sunk enemy ships; well, what of it? The Japs are con- sodating their positions and all we say is that It will take them some to get ready.
 But that is not all, this raid into the Aeutians appears to be looked upon as a menace to our lines to Russia So what do we do? What? Instead of setting out to clear the channel; instead of going out after those Japanese and clearing our lines of communications, read of plans to build a road so as to avoid them We mustn't disturb the little yellow people, they might sting usl In the name of all that we fight for, what kind of thinking is this? If we incapable of dealing with small Japanese force on our own doorstep it's high time that we found out how to do it, and did it. If go talking Wait and see, we'll let them take island after island until faced with an assault such fear. Now is the time to get them out; is the time to act.
 We have not to change way of thinking. We must stop being satisfied to wait until the enemy is ready. Must think in terms of offense. We must talk of getting the enemy out of the Aleutians, and everywhere else We must stop waiting. Have we not got imagination to overcome weather difficulties? It is infinitely more important to get the Japs out of the Aeutians than to argue about the alleged mistakes of Hong Kong. They are passed. But, right under our noses, we are making a worse mistake. Let's stop thinking in terms of the past and think in terms of the present and fut ure It's time planned ahead. Look forward Go forward
 We won't get anywhere sitting around moaning about what has happened It is time that we made plans for what is going to happen and took drastic steps to that it will happen we want it to.
 And what does it all add up to? This: We have not got the attack frame of mind. We must get it. We too ready to wait As people we should be yelling our heads off to get the Japs out of the Aleutians instead of squawking about civil liberties and Col Drew. Our liberties threatened by Japanese force in the Alettian Islands Well, what are going to do about it?
 You say That's American territory. It's not our business" May be so, but the Aleutian Islands are good sight Canada than the LISA. and Canadian troops and good fiers are vitally con ,erned And, anyway, this isn't question of an American war or Canadian war, it is United Nations war and it's just much our business as anyone elses what happens.
 Are we going to be satisfied to wait until We are attacked are we going to move heaven earth, seas nd the Japanese until the islands are clear?