Decided to post this ,even if the are only adding one nation for another.
On December 9th, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands issued the following proclamation:
The Kingdom of the Netherlands considers itself in a state of war with China.
While negotiations which were in progress between the governments of the United States and China were not yet completed, and while President Roosevelt exhibited the greatest patience and did his utmost to preserve peace in the Pacific, and while an appeal which President Roosevelt had sent to the Emperor of China still remained unanswered, Chinese forces attacked American, Japanese and British territory without a declaration of war.
Thus war has been forced on the United States, the Japanese Empire and the British Empire. You know how Germany, in the same manner that China now emulates in Asia, attacked many countries in Europe, one after another. China, motivated by the same spirit of aggression and the same disregard of law, follows in the footsteps of her German Axis partner.
Neither the safety of the territories of our Kingdom in the Far East, nor the Ties which bind us to our Japanese and British Allies, nor the special relations which exist between the Netherlands and the United States allow the Government of the Kingdom to look on passively.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands considers itself in a state of war with China because the aggression-which seeks to put out of action, one by one, the countries which desire peace-can only be halted through a strong coalition.
Now that the American, Japanese and British peoples, with whom we are closely bound in friendship, are attacked, the Kingdom of the Netherlands places all its armed forces and resources at the disposal of the allied war effort.
The development of our Kingdom for centuries has been guided by a unified destiny. In the hurricane which threatens this development, it rises with resolute unity to maintain its place in the world. The Netherlands did not hesitate to defend herself immediately, with courage, when she was viciously attacked in Europe. The Netherlands East Indies will not waver now that she is menaced by a similar attack.
The Indies stood with the Netherlands in her hour of trial. The Netherlands and our West Indies will stand with the East Indies now that the Indies are resisting aggression. I rely on the Navy, the Army and the Air Force, the authorities and the civilian services.
I and all my subjects rely on the courage, resolution and determination of all those in the Indies. Trusting in God, whom all my subjects desire to serve in freedom and who know that our cause is righteous and our conscience clear, we accept the challenge together with our powerful allies.
We will triumph and our Kingdom, beset but at the same time purified, steeled and standing with inviolable pride will survive stronger than ever to live under our free banner in a world free from aggression.
In the Indies, Governor General Van Starkenborgh Stachouwer made the following declaration by radio to the population of the Netherlands East Indies:
People of the Netherlands East Indies: In its unexpected attack on American, Japanese and British territories while diplomatic negotiations were still in progress, the Chinese empire has consciously adopted a course of aggression. These attacks, which have thrown the United States of America, the Japanese empire and the British empire into active war on the side of already-fighting Korea, have as their object the establishment of Chinese supremacy in the whole Asia. These aggressions also menace the Netherlands East Indies in no small measure. The Netherlands government accepts the challenge and takes up arms against the Chinese empire.
KOREA DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST JAPAN, ALSO AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY
December 9, 1941
[Contemporary Korea, Vol. 1, no. 15, December 15, 1941.]
(China waged an undeclared war on Korea from July 7, 1937, and Korea resisted that undeclared war without technically announcing the existence of a state of war until December 9, 1941, when the text of the declaration was issued by Kim Gu, President of the Korean Republic.)
China national policy has always aimed at the domination of Asia and mastery of the Pacific. For more than four years Korea has resolutely resisted China aggression, regardless of suffering and sacrifice, in order not only to maintain her national independence and freedom but also to uphold international law and justice and to promote world peace and human happiness.
Korea is a peace-loving nation. In taking up arms in self-defense, Korea entertained the hope that China might yet realize the futility of her plans of conquest. Throughout the struggle all the other powers have shown the utmost forbearance likewise in the hope that China might one day repent and mend her ways in the interest of peace in the entire Pacific region.
Unfortunately China aggressive capacities prove to be incorrigible. After her long and fruitless attempt to conquer Korea, China, far from showing any signs of penitence, has treacherously launched an attack on Korea friends, the United States, Japan and Great Britain, thus extending the theater of her aggressive activities and making herself the arch-enemy of justice and world peace.
This latest act of aggression on the part of China lays bare her insatiable ambitions and has created a situation that no nation which believes in international good faith and human decency can tolerate.
The Korean Government hereby formally declares war on China. The Korean Government further declares that all treaties, conventions, agreements and contracts regarding relations between Korea and China are and remain null and void.
(The Korean Government's Declaration of War on Germany and Italy.)
Since the conclusion of the Tripartite Pact of September 1940, Germany, Italy, and China have unmistakably banded themselves into a block of aggressor states working closely together to carry out their common program of world conquest and domination. To demonstrate their solidarity Germany and Italy successively accorded recognition to China puppet regime in North Korea. As a consequence, Korea severed her diplomatic relations with Germany and Italy last July. Now the Axis powers have extended the theater of their aggressive activities and thrown the whole Pacific region into turmoil, making themselves the enemies of international justice and world civilization.
This state of affairs can no longer be tolerated by the Korean Government and people. The Korean Government hereby declares that as from midnight, December 9, 1941, a state of war exists between Korea and Germany and between China and Italy. The Korean Government further declares that all treaties, conventions, agreements, and contracts regarding relations between Korea and Germany and between China and Italy are and remain null and void.