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要求对日本宣战

ForaDeainstJapan

富兰克林·罗斯福Frankli

富兰克林·罗斯福(1882—1945),美国第三十二任总统,民主党人,著名的资产阶级政治家,生于纽约。他生前颇孚众望,成为美国历史上唯一连任四届的总统。第二次世界大战中,他执行反对德、意、日法西斯侵略扩张的外交路线,引导美国加入了反法西斯阵营。他随之也成为该阵营的重要领袖之一。1945年4月,他因脑溢血而与世长辞。

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&hefollowingarticlecarefully,ahequestionbelow。

Agtotheauther,whydidAmericadeclareaan?

Mr。VicePresident,Mr。Speaker,membersoftheSeheHouseofRepresentative,

&erday,December7,1941—adatewhichwillLiveininfamy—UesofAmerica,wassuddeelyattaavalandairforpireofJapan。

&edStateseacewiththatnation,aationofJapan,wasstilliionwithitsgoversEmpertowardsthemaintenahePacific。

IerJapaneseairsquadronshadenbingintheAmeridofOahu。TheJapaneseAmbassadortotheUesandhisco1leagues,deliveredtoourSecretaryofStatesaforma1replytoaretAmerimessage。Ahisreplystatedthatitseemsuselesstouetheexistingdiplomatiegotiations,itedorhintofwarorofarmedattack。

ItwillberecordedthatthedistanceofHawaiifromJapaobviousthattheattackwasdeliberatelyplannedmanydaysorevenweeksagtheiimetheJapahasdeliberatelysoughttodeceivetheUesbyfalsestatementsandexpressioinuedpeace。

&ackyesterdayontheHawaiianislandshascausedseveredamagetoAmeriavalandmilitaryfrettotellyouthatverymanyAmeriliveshavebeenlost。Inaddition,AmerishipshavebeeorpedoedonthehighseasbetweenSanFrandHonolulu。

&heJapaalsolauastMalaya。

Lastnight,JapaagKong。

Lastnight,JapaackedGuam。

Lastnight,JapaackedthePhilippineIslands。

Lastnight,theJapaacked>

Andthism,theJapaackedMid>

JapanhasthereforeuakenasurpriseoffehroughoutthePacificarea。Thefactsofyesterdayandtodayspeakforthemselves。ThepeopleoftheUeshasalreadyformedtheiropinionsandwelluheimplistotheverylifeayofournation。

Asander-iheArmyandNavy,Ihavedirectedthatallmeasuresbetakenforourdefealways,letourwholehecharacteroftheonslaughtagainstus。

Nitmaytakeustooverethispremeditatedinvasion,theAmeripeopleieousmightwillwinthroughtoabsolutevictory。

&hatIihewillofgressandofthepeoplewhewewillnotonlydefeheuttermost,butwillmakeitverythatthisformoftreacheryshallneveragainendangerus。

Hostilitiesexist,thereisnoblihatourpeople,ourterritoryandouriareingravedanger。

Withedforces,withtheunbouionofourpeople,wewillgairiumph,sohelpusGod。

IaskthatthegressdeclarethatsiheunprovokedanddastardlyattackbyJapanonSunday,December7,1941,astateofwarhasexistedbetweeedStatesandtheJapaneseEmpire。

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