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of presence Of possible raiders, Is
available to merchant shipping,
would be maintained at whatever
ocean range is necessary.
In my judgment, MI Hull said.
"our safety and security require
that. in accordance with the de-
clared policy of the legislative and
executive branches of the Govern
ment, aid must be supplied without
hesitation to Great Britain and those
other countries that are resisting
the sweep OF the general conf1agra-
ton.
This policy means. in practical
application, that such aid must
reach its destination in the shortest
of time and in maximum quantity.
So-WayS must be found to do this" !"
Col. Knox, who spoke at a dinner
of the Bureau of Advertising of the
American Newspaper Publishers AS
socia ton in New York, was COM
parably blunt:
Hitler cannot allow our war sup
plies and food to reach England-he
will be defeated if they do. We can
not allow our goods to be sunk in
The Atlantic-We shall be beaten if
they do. We must make our prom
ise good TO give aid to Britain. We
must see the job through. All of
this is needed for our own safety
and cur future security. This is our
fight The American people have
recognized the catastrophe quality
of a totalitarian victory and by
overwhelming ma ajority they have
Endorsed every step along the prog
reSS We have made TO our present
posture
'Proclaiming, as we do, our faith
in the ultimate victory of the good
over evil. our devotion to the cause
of human liberty. our century and
half of the pursuit of justice between
men on terms of equity. we can no
longer occupy the immoral and
craven position of asking others to
make all the sacrifice for this vic
tory which We recognize as so essen
tial to us. Our manhood and our
Self-reSpect demand that We shall
assume our part of the burden"
Both Of these speakers predicted
their hints of things to come on
recounting Of things that already
have happened. as the totalitarian
axis has rolled its way by words by
war of nerves and by military might
over Is European nations that al
ready have lost everything that
makes life worth living
That axis intentions toward the
United States are no more friendly
was emphasized,
Evidence has been piling up"
Mr. Hull said. over several years
which makes it perfectly plain that
one group of powers actually does
have designs both upon the New
World and upon the principles. the
possessions and the way of life that
are ours. All the military move
ments and official acts and utter
dIlNCS vi lIlOSt po"CIS IldNC NOIl-
firmed the knowledge that We. too,
are included in their plans for world
domination. Our freedom and our
wealth inevitably makes us magnets
for their machines of force
Yes. it makes a difference who
winS-the difference whether We
stand with our backs to the wall with
the other four continents against
us and the high seas lost. alone de-
Tending the last free territories on
earth-or whether we keep our place
in an orderly world"
America Becoming Encircled.'
Col. Knox, too. foresaw a nation
imperiled by enemies on four conti-
nentS. America. he asserted al
ready was gradually becoming en-
cirCled by military powers" which
have openly and repeatedly pro-
claimed themselves our enemies
The pressure on the United States
was growing, he went on. German
strategy-World strategy. carefully
planned and efficiently eXecuted-is
becoming clearer each day. German
aspirations for world dominion can
no longer be mistaken. The jaws of
the Nazi trap are closing
How long will we remain be-
mused and stupefied while the axis
| powers press their plans for our iso-
lation and ultimate defeat?'
Expressing his concern at posi-
bilities in the Pacific area. the
Navy Secretary pronounced as "the
latest link in this chain of encir-
clement that is being forged by the
axis powers the recently concluded
/ RuSSo-JapaneSe pact
The deal. he explained. tight
/ ems the circle around us. leaves Rus
/ Sia quite as likely an object of at
tack by Hitler as she was before
the deal was made and leaves
/ Japan free from any Russian inter-
up in military terms. the Russo
! Japanese agreement makes Japan
more secure as she pursues her
dream of domination of all East
ern Asia and leaves Russia no
stronger in the event of an at
tempted Nazi seizure of the Ukraine
Pressure Growing.
Thus everywhere. as we esti-
mate the situation the world
| around, the pressure on us grows:
through Libya; through Egypt and
the Suez through Yugoslavia and
/ across to the sea: from the western
/ coast of Africa to South America !:
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