Evening star., 1941-08-25
BY the Associated Press.

In Atlantic"
In q spacious landlocked bay
which reminded me Of the west
coast Of Scotland. powerful Ameri.
can warships protected by strong
f1otillas and far-ranging aircraft
awaited our arrival and, as it were
stretched a hand out to help us in
Our party arrived In the newest OF
almost the newest British battleship
the Prince of Wales, with a modest
escort of British and Canadian de-
stroyers. And there for three days
spent my time in company and, ]
think I may say, in comradeshir
with Mr.. Roosevelt, while the chiefs
of staff and naval and military
commanders both of the British
Empire and of the United States
sat together in continual council.
President Roosevelt is the thrice
chosen head of the most powerful
state and community In the world
I am servant of King and Parlia-
ment at present charged with
principal direction of our affairs
in these fateful times and it is my
duty also to make sure, as I have
made sure, that anything I say
or do in the exercise of my office
is approved and sustained by the
whole British Commonwealth of
nations.
Therefore this meeting was
bound to be important because of
the enormous forces at present only
partially mobilized but steadily
mobilizing which are at the dis
posal of these two major groupings
of the human family, happen to
speak the same language and very
largely think the same thoughts or
anyhow think a lot OF the same
thoughts.
The meeting was therefore sym.
bolic. That is its prime impor-
tance. 1t symbolizes, in form and
manner which every one can under
stand in every land and in every
cline, deep underlying unities which
stir and at decisive moments rule
English-speaking peoples through
out the world.
Good Forces Combine
Against Forces Of Evil.
Would 1t be presumptuous for me
to say that 1t symboliZed some
thing even more majestic, namely
the marshalling of good forces of
the world against the evil forces
which are now SO formidable and
triumphant and have cast their
cruel spell over the whole of Eu-
rope and large part of Asia?
This was a meeting which marks
forever in the pages of history
the taking up by English-speaking
nations, amid all this peril, tumult
and confusion, Of the guidance Of
fortunes of the broad toiling masses
in all continents and our loyal ef-
fort, without any clog of selfish in
terest to lead them forward out Of
the miseries into which they have
been plunged, back to the broad
high road of freedom and justice.
This is the highest honor and the
most glorious opportunity which
could ever have come to any branch
of the human race. When one be-
holds how many currents Of extraor-
dinary and terrible events have
flowed together to make this har-
mony, even the most scepticaI per-
son must have the feeling that we
all have a chance to play our part
and do our duty in some great de-
sign, the end of which no mortal
can forsee.
Awful and horrible things are
happening in these days. The whole
of Europe has been wrecked and
trampled down by the mechanical
weapons and the barbaric fury Of
the NaZis. The most deadly instru-
ments of war and science have been
joined to extreme refinements OF
treachery and the most brutal ex-
hibitions Of ruthlessness and thus
have formed combine Of aggres-
sion the like of which has never
been known before.
The characteristics and structure
Of many ancient and honored states
and peoples have been laid pros
trate, and are now ground down
under the heel and terror OF the
monster-Austrians, Czechs, Poles,
Danes, Belgians, Dutch,
Greeks, Croats and Serbs, above
all the great French nation-have
been stunned and pinioned. Italy,
Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria have
brought shameful respite by be-
coming jackals OF the tiger.
But their true situation Is very
little different, and will presently
be indistinguishable, from that OF
his victims. Sweden, Spain and
Turkey stand appalled,, wondering
which will be struck down next.
Here then is q vast pit into which
all of the most famous states and
races of Europe have been hung
and from which unaided they can
never climb.
Hitler Turned on Friend
without Provocation.
But all this did not satiate Adolf
Hitler. He made a treaty of nom
aggression with Soviet Russia just
as he made one with Turkey in
order to keep them quiet till he was
ready to attack them and then
nine weeks ago today without a
vestige of provocation he hurled
millions Of soldiers with all their
upon a neighbor he had
called his friend with the avowed
object of destroying Russia and
tearing her to pieces.
This frightful business is now
unfolding day by day before our
eyes. Here is a devil who in the
mere spasms of his pride and lust
for domination can condemn two or
three millions-perhaps it may be
many more-of human beings to
speedy and violent death. LET
Russia be blotted out" LET Russia
be destroyed, order the armies to
advance" were his DEGREES.
Accordingly, from the Arctic Ocean