Evening star., 1941-08-25

to the Black Sea six or seven mil.
lions of soldiers are locked in morta.
struggle.
All, but this time 1t was not sc
easy. This time it was not all one
way. The Russian armies and al
the peoples OF the Russian Republic
have rallied to the defense Of theil
hearths and homes. For the first
time Nazi blood has flowed in fear.
full flood. Perhaps a million anc
q half, perhaps two millions, of Nazt
cannon fodder have bit the dust O,
the endless plains of Russia.
A tremendous battle RACES along
nearly 1000 miles of front. The
Russians fight with magnificent de-
votion. Not only that, our generals
who have visited the Russian front
line report with admiration the eff
cheney of their military organization
and the excellence of their equip
ment. The aggressor is surprised,
startled, staggered For the first
time in his experience, mass mur-
der has become improbable He
retaliates by the most frightful
cruelties.
AS his armies advance, whole dis
tricts are being exterminated. Scores
of thousands-literally scores of
thousands-of executions in cold
blood are being perpetrated by Ger
man police troops upon Russian
patriots who defend their ma
tive soil.
MethOdical Butchery
Worst in. History.
Since the Mongoi invasion of Eu-
rope In the 10th century there has
never been a methodical, merciless
butchery of such scale. And this
Is but the beginning. y
Famine and pestilence have yet to
follow In the bloody ruts of Hitler's
tanks. We are in the presence Of
crime without name. But Europe
is not the only continent to be tor
mented and devastated by aggres-
sions. For five long years Japanese
military factions seeking to emulate
the style Of Hitler and Mussolini,
taking all their posturing as If it
were new European revelation. have
been invading and marrying 500, ,0O0,-
600 inhabitants of China.
Japanese armies have been wan
dering about that vast land In futile
excursions, carrying with them car
mage, ruin and corruption and call
ing it "the Chinese incident"
Now they stretch a grasping hand
into the southern seas Of China.
They snatch Indo-China from the
wretched Vichy French. They
menace by their movements Siam.
They menace the Singapore British
link with Australasia and menace
the Philippine Islands, which are
under the protection of the United
States. 1t is certain that this has
got to stop. Every effort will be
made to secure a peaceful set
tlement.
The United States are laboring
with infinite patience to arrive at a
fair and amicable settlement which
will give Japan the utmost reassrlr-
ance for her legitimate interests.
We earnestly hope these nego-
tiations will succeed. But this I must
say, that If these hopes should fail
we shall, Of course, range ourselves
unhesitatingly at the side Of the
United States.
And thus we come back to a quiet
bay somewhere in the Atlantic
where misty sunshine plays on
great ships which carry the white
ensign or the Stars and Stripes.
Grant to All People
Rights Against Oppression.
We had the idea when we met
there-the President and THAT
without attempting to draw final
and formal peace aims or war aims
1t was necessary to give all peo-
pies and especially the oppressed
and conquered peoples a simple
rough-and-ready wartime state
ment of the goal toward which the
British Commonwealth and the
United States mean to make their
way and thus make way for others
to march with them upon the road
which will certainly be painful and
may be long.
There are, however, two distinct
and marked differences in this joint
declaration from the attitude adopt