Evening star., 1943-02-13
u. S. Must Have Bases Reochinq
Around World, Knox Says
Nation Will Supply Mojor Port Of Power
To Enforce Peace, Navy Chief Believes

, strength; that you can't fight with
dollars and that we must maintain
hereafter powerful military forces,
particularly on the seas and in the
air We must implement these forces
with system of bases around the
world.
II we have learned these things
We have come long way. But to
prepare for peace we have far more
at war so that when peace comes
we will be ready for it: so that We
will not present the broken, bleeding
world with the spectacle OF vic
torious, enlightened savior paralyzed
| with indecision and deafened by
the babble of discordant voices.
Have we learned, for example
that the old system Of balance of
power is a war breeder and is not
good enough anymore, have We
learned that there can be no endur-
ing political security without eco
nomic cooperation; that trade bar
riers and economic nationalism
spread poverty, not prosperity; that
we can not maintain our standing
OF living in world of want; that
we cannot increase prosperity by
raiding others; that our best Gus
toners are our best competitors
that as we enable other nations to
develop their resources and raise
their standards Of living we will
| improve ours?
And, finally, have we learned
that unqualified freedom is anarchy :;
| that there are no rights without du-
ties; that we cannot accept rights
without incurring responsibilities as
citizens, and that the same Is true
IN international affairs?"
On the same program, Sir Owen
| Dixon, Australian Minister to the
| United States, declared that "the
! things for which Lincoln strove, our
enemies in this war are bent on
destroying
Personal liberty and equality be-
/ fore the law are conceptions foreign
to the political philosophy Of the
/ Axis" he said
Lincoln believed deeply in equal
! political rights. Sir Owen asserted,
| and the fact that such legal views
never have been handed down in
| principles of freedom in either Ger
many or Italy accounts in no small
degree for the failure of democracy
/ to take root in those countries and
/ for the ease with which autocracy
/ there rises
Prior to his address. Secretary
Knox went to Lincoln's Tomb, in
/ Oakridge Cemetery, and placed a
| wreath alongside one bearing the
name of President Roosevelt. The
latter tribute was performed on the
Presidents behalf by Maj. Gen. H. S.
Aurand, Chicago, commander of the
Armys 9Th Service Command.
Sir Owen accompanied Secretary
Knox and Gen. Aurand to the tomb.
The Minister came here with Sec
retary Knox by plane from Wash
ington.
Before the ceremonies Secretary
Knox revealed he hasn't much re-
/ Spect for. the accuracy of Japanese
snipers who. he disclosed, fired on
( him two or three times during his
recent inspection Of Guadalcanal in
the Solomons.
The bullets whistled overhead
the craftsmanship was terrible, ;
Secretary Knox said. The snipers
were more of a nuisance than any
thing else"
He compared japanese jungle
fighters with early American In
dians. saying they were tough,
fanatical and persistent. But, he
asserted, American troops are tough
er. In close fighting they're ac-
counting for Japs at the rate of 10
to !. he said.