ROOSEVELT BELIEVED JAP CONFLICT INEVITABLE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (!')
A Jupiiiii'KO mcssiigo to Tokyo
luiurcupioci nearly n monui in
fori) l'ourl Harbor doscrlbud the
Into President Itnostivolt 08 be
lieving than Hint Jnpnn would
bo "on tliu move soon."
Thin ciinio to Hunt today as
tlia congri.'Slnul liHiulry Into
tho 1'iiclllo i n 1 1 1 tit r v disaster on-
ti'rod Ita iiccond duy of public
nuiirluus.
Tho iiu'finiiKo, "on I by Japanese
Ambassador Klchlsuburo No
mura on Noveinlmr 10, 11)41,
uuotod "n corlu In cabinet mom
bur" tin liuvlnii tidd Nomuru thul
Mr, KooHiivult u i ul lh then Hoc
rulnrv of Stnlo Cordoll Hull, did
not bolluvo tho Inimmdlim
"pence" eon forenoon would ultor
urn toiwo (Hnioiiiiitio summon
Tho pence confidences woro
tihortly to begin with Nomuru
and Simclu Envoy Bfiuuro luir
usu roprosunllng tho Jupuncao
lovcriunent.
In a message thut won de
coded and trunsliitud by u. s
armv liitclllucnco two days nf
tor It wiih Kent, Nomuru mild
thut on November 0 a cubinet
member had talked to him.
Without naming him, tho Jape
none ambassador emoted the cub
inet official as follow:
"Dear Friond"
"You inn indued n rienr friend
of ml no mid 1 tell this to you
a one. Tho American liovorn-
moot Is recelvhiK a number of
reliable report Hint Jiipun will
oa on tno move iooii. x na Ainer
Icun iiovornmenl docs not be'
llevo thut your visit on Monday
to tho president or tho coming
of Mr. Kurusu wll novo any ef
fect on tho Kcncrnl situation."
When Nomura protected thut
neither tho Jiipuneio govern
ment nor Its pcoplo desired
war with tho United Slates, the
cabinet member was quotod is
replying:
"Well, our boss, the presi
dent, believes til one reports and
so docs tho secretary of state."
The Nomura mcssuile, sent af
ter tho umbassudor had been
advised by Tokyo thut Novem
ber 23 was tho clcudllne for
concluding negotiations with the
uniteu biuies, was ono oi a
series mudu public by tho con
gressional Invsistlgutlng commit
tee. The commlttuo opened Its for
mal hearings yesterday with tes
timony of urmy und navy wit
nesses on tho actual attack made
by tho Jupnncso at Pearl Har
bor on December 7, 1D41. To
day the committco was prom
ised by Chairman Barklcy (D
Ky.) review of the Japanese
version of the attack. This was
to be furnished by tho army and
nuvy wltncssus, Rear Adm. T. B.
I mills und Col. Uernurd Thlulcn,
from captured Japancso docu
ments. First, however, tho committee
f dunned to finish its cross-exam-nation
of tho two on the iiillial
phase of their testimony.
Bhlps Rerouted
. Before crowd Jammed Into
; evory corner of tho committee.
i room, Senator Forguson (R
Mlcli.) drove yesterday at the
point that Adm. Hurold R. Stiirk,
' then chief of naval operations,
: hud ordered Hawaii-bound ship
ping rerouted to tho south ol
' most two weeks before tho Japa
nese attack.
Ferguson and Senator Brew
ster (R-Mc.) put their heads to
gether often for whispered con
ferences during tho cross-examination
period. Ferguson indi
cated later to reporters his
questions were designed to show
that thcro was somo advance
knowledge In Washington of the
possibility of attack.
Thcro remained littlo doubt,
after yesterday's presentation
of tho Intercepted Japanese mes
sages, that offlclul Washington
knew Japan was on the verge
of going to war.
From Janunry. 1041, eleven
months before tno attuck, the
United States armed forces had
been Intercepting and decoding
. Japanese military messages.
They hud broken tho Japancso
diplomatic codo by August 6,
1941, and Tokyo's Instructions
to Its representatives In the
world's capltols wore being read
by Americans.
It was In this flood of mes
sages that Nomura's report on
his conversation with the cnb
, Inot officer stood out, among
, tlieso others:
Tho Japanese woro reporting
In detail the movements of tho
U. S. Pacific fleet and continued
roportlng it until tho day before
the attack.
They ordered their code books
and machines destroyed Decern
. bcr 2.
They apparently believed that
the United Slates and Grout
Ilr tu In were nrouurlm to oc
cupy Tho Nuthorlunds Eunt In
dies und they woro prepared to
uttucK in unit ureu.
The Japanese told their axis
allies as early us tho lust week
in November that ncgolliitliius
with the United States woro
brokon off und got German und
Italian promises to Join with
them If they wont to wur agulust
America. Laid before tho com
mittco woro many which Indi
cated thut Tokyo hud Instruct
ed Its "pouco" ambassadors to
play for time while tho Japanese
tusk force already was steaming
towurd Pearl Harbor.
Nomura und Kurusu woro
told by Tokyo In u November
20 mesnago tho nuvy translated
tho sumo duy thut tho negoti
ations with tho United Slates
actually were being brokon off,
but told them not to give thut
impression here.
On December 1, thn Japanese
hore asked Tokyo whether it
would be possible to arrungo a
conference ut Honolulu between
Vlco President Wallace, or Hur
ry Hopkins, representing the
United States, and former Pre
mier Konove for Japan.
"We reall.o, of course," their
message snld, "thut an attempt
to huvo President Roosevelt und
former Premier Konoyo meet,
rauca."
Tokyo told Berlin Novombor
30, 1041, In a message trans
luted hero December 1, thut no
gotlntlons with tho United States
"now stund ruptured-broken."
"Grave Situation"
"In tho fuce of this our em
pire faces a gravo situation and
must act with determination,"
said tho mcKsngo, which asked
tho Jupaneso umbassudor to ar
rungo for talks with Hitler and
German Foreign Minister Joa
chim von Itibbontrop.
On December 3, 1041. Nomura
messaged Tokyo urging the
Japanese government to muke
its reply to un American inquiry
ubout the lncrcuso In Japanese
forces In Indo-Chlna clear as to
"our peuceful intentions."
"Thcro is no saying but what
tho United States government
will take a bold step, depend
ing upon how our reply is
trior In ,' Yit mitumattn mnr
In tho soma message in which
Nomura told of his conversation
with tho unnamed cabinet offi
cer, tho umbassudor also report
ed ho had sent Frederick Moore,
.legal udvlser to tho Japanese
embassy In Washington, to In
terview both Senator Elbert
Thomas (D-Utah) of the senate
foreign relations committco and
Secretary Hull. Moore brought
back this report, Nomura said:
"Tho United States is not
bluffing. If Jupun lnvudcs again
tho United States will fight with
Japan. Psychologically tho
American nnonle aro ready. The
nuvy Is prepured and roudy lor
action.
The lute Frank Knox, then
secretary of the navy, previous
ly hud mude a speech which
Nomura and othor Japancso of
ficials hod Interpreted in mcs
suges to Tokyo as Indicating an
uggresslvo attitude on tho part
of some American officials thut
Nomura said did not seem to be
borno out In diplomatic conver
sations,
After he hud sent his telegram
about tho conversation with the
cubinet member, Senator Thom
as and Hull, Nomura reported
in an "extremely urgent" mes
sugo the gist of tulk ho had had
with President Roosevelt, which
he said "was held In a private
room in tho White House to
avoid publicity."
Nomura outlined at length
the views of his government
with rcsnect to American de
mands for tho withdrawal of
Jupunese troops from China and
French Indo-Chlna and other
matters then under discussion
Then he quoted Mr, Roosevelt
as follows:
"It Is my earnest wish that
the preliminary talks relative to
this question would hove good
results which would servo as a
i basis of future negotiation.
Two Killed, One Wounded
In Blazing Gun Baitle
SEATTLE, Nov. 18 W) A
veteran Seattle police patrolman
and a negro gunman died and
another police officer was
wounded in a blazing gun bat
tle here last night.
. Patrolman Fred Hull, about
SO, died on the way to a hospital
after exchanging shots with Eu
gene Moszce, 21, negro service
station attendant. Moszee was
killed when he took refuge in
a gas station lubrication room
after fleeing from a Madison
street beer tavern.
Patrolman Ralph L. Osborn
was wounded in the ankle.
Police reported thot Moszee
was thrown out of the bar when
he drew a knife.
He left in an automobile
when police were summoned. He
will, Just as the Japanese gov
ernment hopes, do my best In
order to help carry on these ne
gotiations successfully. I wish
that the Japanese government
would clearly set forth Its In
tention of following a peaceful
course in this policy and not an
opposite course. This is the way
to attain results toward which
both you and we are working."
drove to a service station nearby,
where he was employed, and hid
in the lubrication room.
As Police Officers Hull and
Osborn approached the room,
the cornered negro started
shooting. Hull fell, mortally
wounoea, ana usoorn also went
down with a bullet through his
ankle. Osborn Jumped up and
emptied his revolver through
me cioor 10 me room.
Other police officers, arriving
on the scene, also began shoot
ing through the door. The negro
slumped, killed by the hall oi
bullets.
Patrolman Hull was hit bv
three bullets One of them
pierced his heart.
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