Evening star., 1940-12-30

order" in the world, but what
they have in mind is but . revival
of the oldest and the worst tyr
amy. In that there is no lib
erty, no religion, no hope.
The proposed new order" Is
the very opposite Of = United
States of Europe or = United
States of Asia. It Is not 4 gov
ernment based upon the consent
of the governed. It is not =
union Of ordinary, self-respecting
men and women to protect them
selves and their freedom and
their dignity from oppression. 1t
is an unholy alliance of power
and pelf to dominate and en-
slave the human race.
The British people are conduct
ing an active war against this
unholy alliance. Our own fu-
ture security is greatly dependent
on the outcome OF that fight.
Our ability to keep out of war"
Is going to be affected by that
outcome.
Aid to Britain Seen Lessening
Chance Of Going to War.
Thinking in terms Of today and
tomorrow, I make the direct
statement to the American peo-
pie that there is far less chance
of the United States getting into
war If we do all we can now to
support the nations defending
themselves against attack by the
axis than If we acquiesce in
their defeat, submit tamely to an
axis victory, and wait our turn to
be the object of attack in an
other war later on.
II we are to be completely hon.
est with ourselves, we must admit
there is risk in any course we
may take. But ! deeply believe
that the great majority of our
people agree that the course that
I advocate involves the least risk
now and the greatest hope for
world peace in the future.
The people OF Europe who are
defending themselves do not ask
us to do their fighting. They
ask us for the implements Of
war, the planes. the tanks, the.
guns, the freighters which will
enable them to night for their
liberty and our security. EN-
phatically we must get these
weapons to them in sufficient
volume and quickly enough so
that we and our children will be
saved the agony and suffering
of war which others have had to
endure.
Let not defeatists tell us that
it is too late. 1t will never be
earlier. Tomorrow will be later
than today.
Certain facts are self evident.
Our National Policy
Is to Keep War Away.
In a military sense Great Brit
ain and the British Empire are
today the spearhead Of resistance
to world conquest. They are
putting up a fight which will live
forever in the story of human
gallantry.
There is no demand for sending
an American expeditionary force
outside our own borders. There
is no intention by any men,
ber of your Government to
send such force. You can,
therefore, nail any talk about
sending armies to Europe as de-
liberate untruth.
Our national policy is not d.
rected toward war Its sole pur-
pose Is to keep war away from our
country and our people.
Democracy's fight against world
conquest is being greatly aided,
and must be more greatly aided,
by the rearmament of the United
States and by sending every
ounce and every ton Of munitions
and supplies that we can possibly
SpdlC W liClP tiiC dCASAoSio wiz
are in the front lines. 1t is no
more unneutral for us to do that
than it is for Sweden, Russia and
other nations near Germany to
send steel and ore and oil and
other war materials into Ger
many every day.
Held Matter of Realistic
Military Policy
We are planning our own de-
fense with the utmost urgency,
and in its vast scale we must
integrate the war needs of Brit
ain and the other free nations
resisting aggression.
This is not a matter of senti-
ment or of controversial per-
sonal opinion. 1t is a matter
of realistic military policy. based
on the advice of our military ex-
perts who are in close touch with
existing warfare. These military
and naval experts and the mem
bers of the Congress and the
administration have single