1941年九月，岁岁重阳，今有重阳。
离海伦的第一次西部之旅，又有三年了。但这时的世界，已是战火纷飞，硝烟四起。美国的平静，也还只乘下最后的几个月了。
九月大事录：
9/1: 罗斯福发表演说，以一切资源打败纳粹德国。
9/4：德国潜艇攻击美军舰
9/6： 日美为亚太和平做最后的努力。和谈的破裂导致了年底太平洋战争的爆发。
9/11：罗斯福向国会要7000亿的租借法案，向抗战各国援助
9/18: 蒋介石发表满洲事变10年演讲，表示抗战到底。
9/21：大西洋宪章发表
9/24：自由法国建立
9/30：丘吉尔向国会发表战争演讲
1 September 1941
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President Roosevelt pledged every effort to defeat
Germany. |
(". . . our fundamental rights-including the rights
of labor-are threatened by Hitler's violent attempt to rule the world." Bulletin, No. 115, p. 177. Cf. June 20, supra.) |
4 September 1941
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German submarine tried to torpedo American destroyer Greer.
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("'. . . en route to Iceland with mail'. . . . She is
similar to the fifty ships which were traded to the British Navy for leases of naval and air bases in British possessions. She was painted a dark gray like most war vessels. Her flag might, therefore, be the only thing to distinguish her from the ships of her type which are hunting submarines for the British Navy." Times, Sept. 5, 1941, pp. 1, 4.) |
6 September 1941
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Japan subscribed to the four principles of President
Roosevelt [See April 16, supra] and presented proposals for a basis of discussion. |
(Japan, Vol. II, p. 604. Cf. Sept. 3, supra.
"The Prime Minister hopes that as a result of the commitments which the Japanese Government is prepared to assume . . . a rational basis has been established for a meeting between the President and himself." Peace, pp. 733, 735 f.) |
10 September 1941
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Germans imposed martial law on Oslo.
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(Trade unions had planned a general strike. Times,
Sept. 11, 1941, p. 1.) |
11 September 1941
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President Roosevelt submitted report on lend-lease
$7,000,000,000 appropriation to Congress. |
(Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 122, pp. 311 f. Cf. Mar. 27,
supra.) |
18 September 1941
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CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S MESSAGE TO NATION ON THE TENTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOUKDEN INCIDENT |
"It is just a decade since the Japanese occupied our
northeastern city of Moukden and our fellow countrymen in Manchuria are as yet not delivered from the hellish sufferings the enemy invasion has brought upon them. " See doc. |
24 September 1941
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Free French National Council announced.
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(With political aims: recognition as government in exile. Times,
Sept. 24, 1941, p. 5. Rice, pp. 152 f.) |
24 September 1941
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INTER-ALLIED COUNCIL STATEMENT ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
ATLANTIC CHARTER |
London. " Adherence to the principles set forth in
the Roosevelt-Churchill Declarations by the governments allied with Great Britain was formally declared at the second meeting of the Inter-Allied Council, held in London on September 24, 1941." See doc. |
25 September 1941
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Italy reoccupied demilitarized zone in Croatia.
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(To secure her Adriatic flank. Times, Sept. 26,
1941, p. 1. Cf. May 18, supra.). |
27 September 1941
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DOCUMENT HANDED BY THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR (NOMURA) TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE |
"The Governments of Japan and of the United States
accept joint responsibility for the initiation and conclusion of a general agreement of understanding as expressed in a joint declaration for the resumption of traditional friendly relations." See doc. |
29 September 1941
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United States-British missions conferred in Moscow.
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(To determine Russian defense needs. Bulletin, Vol.
V, No. 124, p. 364.) |
30 September 1941
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PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REVIEW OF THE WAR TO
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS |
"It seems likely now that we shall bring in several
million tons more than the import total which I mentioned in private to the House earlier in the year, which total was itself sufficient to keep us going. We are now within measurable distance of the immense flow of American new building, to which, together with our own construction, we look to carry us through and on progressively till the end of the war." See doc. |
