Evening star., 1943-02-13

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time 1t would take to bring Japan
to final defeat merely by inching
our way forward from island to
island across the vast expanse of
the Pacific.
Great and decisive actions against
the japanese will be taken to drive
the invader from the soil of China.
Important actions will be taken in
the skies over China-and over
Japan itself.
The discussions at Casablanca
have been continued in Chungking
with the generalissimo by Gen. Al
mold and have resulted In definite
plans for offensive operations.
Many Roads to Toxic.
There are many roads which lead
right to Toxic. We shall neglect
none of them.
In an attempt to ward off the in
evitable disaster, the Axis propa-
gandiSts are trying all of their old
tricks in order to divide the United
Nations. They seek to create the
idea that II we win this war, Rus
sia, England, China and the United
States are going to get into a cat
and-dog fight.
This Is their final effort to turn
one nation against another, in the
vain hope that they may settle with
one or two at time-that any of
us may be so guillible and so for
getful as to be duped into making
deals" at the expense of our Allies.
To these panicky attempts to es-
cape the consequences OF their
crimes we say-all the United Ma
tions say-that the only terms on
which we shall deal with any Axis
government or any Axis factions
are the terms proclaimed at Casa
blanca: unconditional surrender"
In our uncomprising policy we mean
no harm to the common people OF
the Axis nations. But we do mean
to impose punishment and retribu-
ton in full upon their guilty, bar
baric leaders.
The Nazis must be frantic indeed
II they believe that they can devise
any propaganda which would turn
the British and American and Chi
nese governments and peoples
against Russia-or Russia against
the rest of us.
The overwhelming courage and
endurance of the Russian people in
withstanding and hurting back the
understand the genius with which
their great armies have been di-
rected and led by Mr.. Stain and
their military commanders all
speak for themselves.
The tragedy of the war has sharp
ened the vision Of the leadership
and peoples of all the United Ma
tlons and I can say to you from
my own full knowledge that they
see the utter necessity of our stand
ing together after the war to Sc
cure peace based on principles of
permanence.
You can be quite sure that If
Japan should be the first of the
Axis partners to fall, the total ef-
forts and resources of all the United
Nations would be concentrated on
the. job of crushing Germany.
Policy Toward Japan.
And, on the other hand, lest there
be any question in Nazi or Japanese
minds that we are wholly one in
the prosecution of the war to COM
plete victory all over the world, the
Prime Minister wished to make a
formal agreement that if Germany
should be conquered before Japan.
all British Empire resources and
manpower would, of course, join with
China and us in an out-and- -out
final attack on Japan. I told him
that no formal statement or agree
ment along these lines was in the
least bit necessary-that the Amer
lean people accept the word of a
great English gentleman-and that
1t was obvious and clear that all
OF us are completely in accord in
our determination to destroy the
forces OF barbarism in Asia and in
Europe and in Africa. In other
words-our policy toward our Japa-
nese enemies is precisely the same
as our policy toward our Nazi enc
mics: 1t is a policy of fighting hard
on all fronts and ending the war
as quickly as We can on the un-
compromising terms of uncondition-
al surrender.
Ioday is the anniversary Of the
birth OF a great, plain American.
Ihe living memory of Abraham Lin
coin IS now honored and cherished
by all of our people, wherever they
may be, and by men and women and
children throughout the British
Commonwealth and the Soviet
Union, and the Republic OF China.
and in every land on earth where
people love freedom and will give
their lives for freedom.
President Lincoln said In 1862,
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape
history. We of this Congress and
this administration will be remem-
bered in spite of ourselves. No per-
sonal significance or insigniicance
can spare one or another of us. The
merry trial through which we pass
Will light us . in honor or dis
honor, to the latest generation"
Today, 80 years after Lincoln de-
livered that message, the fires of
war are blazing across the whole
horizon Of mankind-from Kharkov
to kunming-from the Mediterran-
can to the Coral Sea-from Berlin
to Toxic.
Again--We cannot escape history
We have supreme confidence that,
with the help Of God. honor will
prevail. We have faith that future
generations will know that here, in
the midle OF the Twentieth Century,
there came the time when men of
good will found way to unite and
produce and fight to destroy the