Evening star., 1942-12-06


present unpleasantness-a month in
which our affairs have prospered,
In which our soldiers, sailors and
airmen have been victorious, in
which our gallant Russian allies
have struck redoubtable blows
against the common enemy, in
which our American Allies and our
kin far off in the Pacific from Aus
tralia and New Zealand also have
seen their efforts crowned with a
considerable measure of success.
"A great month, this last month
of November. But I must tell you,
and know you will not mind my
saying it because / do not think it
wise to deal IN sL1ooth words or airy
promises, that yo1 must be on your
guard not to let the good fortune
which has come TO us he anything
else but a means of striking harder.
The struggle is approaching its
most tense part. The hard core of
Nazi resistance and villainy is not
yet broken in uDon.
Must Gather All Strength.
1--WE have to gather up all our
strength and if, by any chance,
unexpected good tldings come to us,
that will be matter which We, can
rejoice at but which we must not
count upon.
1--WE count upon our strong right
arm, honest, hard-working hearts
and our courage, which has not yet
been found wanting, either in do
mestic or foreign stresses during the
whole course of this war.
These are simple virtues which
our island race has cultured and
nurtured during these generations
and these are virtues which Will
bear us through strife and in which
we must put oul faith.
1--WE have broken into North
Africa with our American allies
and now have, in short time, ad-
vanced from the Atlantic Ocean al
most to the center of the Medl-
terranean-a distance Of nearly 800
miles.
But there still are 20 miles to
20 and very hard fighting Will take
place before that small distance IS
overcome and the violent military
power of the enemy there has been
beaten down and driven into the sea.
"I do not doubt the result, but
7 cannot lead you to suppose it will
be easily achieved.
Armies Advancing.
away on the other side OF North
Africa. our armies are advancing,
having taken thousand of prisoners
and are driving the enemy before
them-but here again hard flghting
is to be expected.
But what I have felt during this
month ." has been feellng
of gladness that we who are en-
eagirg the enemy closely are not
leaving an undue burden to be borne
by the Russians who have carried
this immense struggle through the
whole of this year and large part
of last year.
"They are defending their own
country and we are defending our
own country. but we are all OF us
defending something which Isl
won't say dearer-but greater than
country, namely, a cause.
That cause is the cause OF Tree
dom and of justice. That cause Is
the cause of the weak against the
strong. 1t is the cause of law against
violence, of mercy and tolerance
against brutality and iron-bound
tyranny.
That is the cause we are fighting
for, the cause which is moving
slowly and painfully but surely, in
evitably. inexorably forward to VIC
tory. And when that victory Is
gained you will find you are in a
better world, a world which can be
made even more fair, more happy,
if only all peoples will join together
to do their part and if all classes
stand together to reap the fruits
of victory as they are standing to-
gether to bear and face the terrorS
and menaces Of war.
Powerful Enemies.
"Our enemies are very powerful.
They have many millions Of soldiers.
They have millions of prisoners
whom they, in many cases. use like
slaves. They have rich lands which
they have conquered. They have
large gifted populations in their
grip.
They have a theme of their own
which is the Nazi theme of tyranny
and domination of race in the
shameful idolatry of a single man.
a base man elevated almost to the
stature of a god by his demented
and degraded worshippers.
They have this idea of the sup
preston of the individual citizen,
man and woman. to be mere chat
tel of the state machine. All tbs, in
our view, Is at stake. But our enc
mics are powerful. They consider
they will have the strength to wear