Title: "Army Controls Jap-Riot Camp," Seattle Times, 12/8/1942, (ddr-densho-56-865)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-865

ARMY CONTROLS JAP-RIOT CAMP

MANZANAR, Calif., Dec. 8.--(AP)--Army-enforced peace prevailed at the Manzanar Relocation Center today as military authorities, ready for any emergency, announced evacuation of all non-Japanese personnel.

The Army said the evacuation order, particularly as it affected women and children, would remain in force until certain identification of all the Axis sympathizers who Sunday provoked a riot which compelled troops to fire into a throng of Japanese, killing one and wounding eight.

Military police on duty at the center have been augmented by other Army units, and the place was under strict military rule. A rigid censorship had been invoked, and camp authorities early today refused any comment on the situation.

The riot started when the pro-Axis Japanese contingent attempted to celebrate the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, said Ralph P. Merritt, camp director.