Evening star., 1940-11-16
Strength for Battle
Drawn From U.S., Says
Sir Wi|Imott Lewis
English Speaking Union
Heors Journalist and
Sir Evelyn Wrench

In her battle for survival, Britain
has been greatly strengthened by the
"sure knowledge that the Searts OF
the great mass of the American
people are with us, and the doors
open through which move to us the
material aid of their country" The
statement was made last night by
Sir WilImott Lewis. Washington
correspondent of the London Times.
In addressing the annual dinner of
the English-Speaking Union OF the
United States at the Mayflower
Hotel.
DR.. James r. Angel. president of
the union and former president OF
Yale University, presided at the
dinner. which was attended by
about 300 persons. DR.. Angel in
troduced the two speakers OF the
evening, Sir Willmott and Sir Evelyn
Wrench, founder of the English
Speaking Union Of the British En-
pire.
Last nights dinner climaxed the
10Th National Council meeting OF
the English-Speaking Union OF the
United States. At business sessions
yesterday morning and afternoon
the delegates discussed a greater
coordination of war relief activities,
the care of overseas children, educa-
tional work and other matters. They
were entertained at tea by Ralph w.
Close. Minister of the Union OF
South Africa. and Mrs. Close. Alan
son B. Houghton, former Ambassador
to the Court of st. James, was host
to the delegates at lunch.
Must Root Out Nazi-ism.
A vast gulf separates the liberal
and the totalitarian states In their
attitude toward war. Sir Wlllmott
asserted. The liberal state thinks OF
war as something abnormal, even
monstrous. though admitting that
where fallible human beings are
concerned. it might be necessary
from time to time.
1.-THE liberal concept OF life left
place always for some moral or in
tellectual community above the
battlefield to which when the fight
ing was ended. the enemies might
return. there to make peace, he
said. There cannot again be such
a community until Nazi-ism is root
ed out as a doctrine. beaten as a
physical force
There is none today to call this
q 'phony' war, there is none in any
country who will maintain that the
issues of this struggle are not his
business. For men in all lands have
come to know that tremendous
forces of reaction are at work every
where, a revolution, if YOU like to
call it so. but a revolution down.
ward as Waldo Frank has said,
which in very truth has left the
German people as PROSTATE in spirit
as are their victims in the body.
Free Men Join in Fight.
u speak today to gathering OF
men and women whose sympathy
and whose hopes go with the peoples
of the British Commonwealth, upon
whom the burden of the struggle has
fallen. We did not seek the con-
f1ict vaingloriously. 1t grew upon us.
What is more, We are not fighting
alone. Free men of other nations
are with us-French, Poles, Dutch,
Czechs, Belgians and Norwegians,
standing by our side in the little be-
leaguered island and at its farther
outposts.
But they will forgive me if say
that the mainstay of the defense
are the incompatible youth of Can
ada. Australia and New Zealand,
wing to wing with the English, the
Scots and the Welsh, and with an
American squadron whose volunteers
have become part of the Royal Air
Force. We are strong in men, and in
the magnificent valor of our wom-
snhood; and stronger still for our