The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-12
Far East Situation
 Is Nearing An Abyss
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I that the Pacific, no less than the Atlantic, calls for instant readiness for defense. In the Pacific area, no less than in Europe, interests which are vital to our national security are threatened"
 we have cooperated with every lbieral and peace-loving element in Japan, and we arc still ready to cooperate with those clements" he said. we have been patient while, repeatedly, our rights have been violated. We have continued to per- init supplies to go to Japan ale though we could very well have stopped them on the just and truth. full ground that we needed such supplies for our own defense.
 we have felt that in the inter- ests of peace we must be tolerant and take risks. But there comes a time in the life of every man, and every nation, when principles can mot be sacrificed, and when vital and essential rights can no longer be ignored: 8 time when to go flIr- ther would mean that our uberality and forbearancc would be 111isunder- stood.
 Declaring that ''in the last great struggle we won the war but lost the peace" he stressed the importance of this country'S role in establishing peace in the postwar world. The nations whole weight, he said, must be thrown upon the side of making 8 peace, not of revenge but of justice and righteousness"
 4 Point Peace Plan He proposed a four-point peace program:
 i. e.. A world free of the forces which drive men to war. This action should be both political and econ- oinic.
 ?. Political autonomy must go hand in hand with economic unity free interchange of goods, and free access to raw materials must be the cornerstone. The great powers--and that includes the United States and the British em- pire-which dominate the material resources of the earth, must see to it that the rest of the nations get a fair share of them"
 3. "The third basic point is the assumption by the United States of the position of world leadership to which its material resources and stable government call 1t No world order can possibly succeed if the strongest and richest nation re-. fuses to accept any responsibility for making 1t succeed" l {. And, finally, any world or. der which we attempt to establish must rest upon more than scraps of paper We must estah- fish some sort of international order in which the entire community of nations will move as one against any country which deliberately in. vokes the bloodshed to achieve ag- gressive purposes"
 Two-O Ocean Navy Tn an interview, Knox told f1ews- men that this nations two-ocean navy would be in operation Hong before" its scheduled completion in l946 but declined to guess" how soon the greatest navy in world history" would be completed.
 In 1e41 alone, Secretary Knox said, l26 ships have been placed in opera tion including 35 of the combatant class. The remainder were auxiliary craft, which in many respects ''are just as important"
 He said the last of the first six super battleShips of the S5,OOO.ton class-the Alabama-will be ready by February and that the first 45, 900 ton battlewagon will be completed sometimes next year.
 The secretary reiterated his re- cent statement that the navy de- partment will not release informa- tion concerning Axis submarine losses.
 The news will be withheld, he said, because i've think it is the best policy In our fight to free the seas of modern pirates. It's just one of our methods of impairing and breaking down their morale"
 Commenting on Panama Canal defenses, he said the canal had the longest-range guns in the world and God help any ship that gets with in their range. Nothing has been left undone to make the canal im- pregnable."