The Durant news., 1942-11-19
THROUGH
H A I FL
EYES
BY HAZEL BRANNON

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Those persons of lofty ideals VIII,
think we are waging war on many
fronts in order to free men iron
slavery and make it possible for al
people everywhere to enjoy the
-Four Freedoms must have had
quite shock on November 10th
when plain-speaking Winston Chur-
chill told the world that the British
Empire intended to hold its own.
Speaking specifically to the Lord
Mayors dinner the Prime Minister
said: "Let me however, make this
clear, in case there should be any
mistake about it in any quarter
We mean to hold our own. / have
not become the Kings first minister
in order to preside over the liquida-
ton of the British Empire"
Now at least we know where we
stand. We can disabuse ourselves
of the idea that we are fighting this
war to free all men from slavery
of all kinds. Instead we must ac-
knowledge that we agree with our
great ally. England, only in freeing
people from the slavery brought up
on them by German and Japanese
conquest. We must admit that we
can 20 no further than that without
a change in heart of our British ally
We can send our men to Africa and
to the Pacific to die in order, to de-
stroy Hitler and the Jap. But af-
ter we have destroyAl them we can
not guarantee the enslaved peoples
their freedom, as we have been led
to believe by President Roosevelt
in his Atlantic charter, because our
British sister will not permit it
unless she has q change Of heart
and renounces her right to her rich
possessions in the Pacific.
Anyone able to visualize England
renouncing any of her vast empire
has more imagination than practical
sense. Thus Mr.. Churchills re-
marks give rise to the thought that
once again upon successful compile
llOH Oh "a WOIlu-Wiut Noi We NNN
apt to face the same situation at the
peace table as we did before. The
seeds have already been sown for the
United States to reap from TINS war
grea5er disillusionment and bitter
ness than marked our participation
in the first World War. AS long as
the sun never sets upon the British
Empire we will continue to have
worl dwar after war. And as long
as we have world wars some way
win be found to involve the United
State in such wars.
The idea has not been stressed IN
this war so much that we are
fighting a war to end wars, possibly
because that was one of the popu-
lar slogans in the last war But
nevertheless the American people
show every indication that they
mean for a kind of peace to come
out of this war that will make un-
likely another war in our lifetime.
If the American people expect
that much out OF this war, and they
dertainly have every right to, 1t
looks like we had better get together
with our British ally and evolve some
kind OF a postwar peace policy that
will be acceptable to the American
people as well as the British. DO
not make the mistake of thinking 1T
is too early to start thinking of the
kind of peace we mean to achieve
Our men dying on the fighting front
have a right to know whether they
are making the supreme sacrifice so
that Hitlerism can be crushed and
slavery of mankind abolished or
whether they are fighting for the
preservation of the British Empire.
The people on the home front who
are expected now to give up almost
every vestige of their liberty in the
name of cooperation with the gov
ernment, who are asked to have less
and give more than they have ever
had in their lives, who are told to
deny themselves so that we can give
more to our fighting forces ane
Lend-Lease to our allies, deserve
some kind of clear cut policy as
well.
The Atlantic charter is no longer
enough.
Next week is "Women AT Wa
Week and the sale of war bond
and stamps will be pushed by WON
EMS organizations throughout the
nation. Various organizations o
women in Durant and Holmes count!
are pushing the sales next week un
der the direction of County Char
man Dorothy McBee. So do you
best to buy a war bond next wee
for victory. Uncle Sam needs ever,
one of your dollars to pay for thu
costliest of wars.