Evening star., 1943-05-19

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troops are to be rendered fruitful
and II the curse Of war which now
lies so heavily upon almost the whole
world is to be broken and swept
away within the shortest possible
time,
l. therefore, thought it my duty,
with the full authority Of his ma
jesty's government, to come here
again with our highest officers in
order that the combined STATS may
work in the closest contact with the
Chief Executive power which the
President derives from his ONCE
and In respect of which I am the
accredited representative of the
cabinet and Parliament.
The wisdom. Mr., President, the
wisdom Of the founders OF the
American Constitution led them to
associate the ONCE of Commander
In Chief with that OF the presidency
Of the United States. In this they
were following the precedents which
were successful in the case of
George Washington.
Political and Military
Authority Is Combined.
It Is remarkable that after more
than $50 years this combinatio O.;
political and military authority has
been found necessary. not only in
the United States, but in the case
of Marshal Stain in Russia and Of
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek in
China. q,
Even I, as that ma jority leader in
the House of Commons, one branch
OF the Legislature. have been drawn
from time to time, not perhaps
wholly against my will, into some
participation in military affairs.
But modern war Is total and it is
necessary for its conduct that the
technical and professional author
ities should be sustained and If
necessary. directed by the heads of
government who have the knowl-
edge which enables them to compre-
hend not only the military but the
political and economic forces at
work and who have the power to
focus them all upon the goal.
These are the reasons which COM
PEELED the President to make his long
journey to Casablanca and these are
the reasons which bring me here
We. both of us. earnestly hope that
at no distant date We may be able
to see what we have 50 long sought.
namely 4 meeting with Marshal
Stain and, II possible. with Cen
eralissmo Chang Kai-shek.
Praises Contribution
Canada Is Making. ,%
But how, when and where 1t is
to be accomplished is not a matter
upon which am able to shed any
clear light at the present time. And
If were I should certainly not shed
it. In the meanwhile we do our best
to keep the closest association at
every level between all the authori-
ties Of all the countries who are en-
gagged In the active direction of the
war. And 1t is my special duty to
promote and preserve this intimacy
and concert between all parts Of the
British Commonwealth and Empire
and especially with the great self
governing dominions. like Canada,
whose Prime Minister is with us at
this moment. whose contribution is
Sc massive and invaluable. There
could be NO better or more encour-
aging example OF the fruits of our
consultations than the campaign in
Northwest Africa which has just
ended so we'll.
One morning in June last. when
I was here. the President handed
me a slip of paper which bore the
unexpected, utterly unexpected. news
of the fall Of Tobruk and the sur
render of it's garrison in unexplained
circumstances. the surrender of its
garrison of $4,000 men.
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Response Of America.
That indeed was A. dark and bitter
hour for me. I shall never forget
the kindness, the delicacy, the true
comradeship which our America n
friends showed me, and those with
me- In such adversely. Their only
thought was to find means of help
ing to restore the situation. and
never for = moment did they ques-
ton the resolution or the fighting
quality of our troops.
, Hundreds of Sherman tanks were
taken from the hands OF American
divisions and sent with the utmost
speed around the Cape of Good
Hope to Egypt. When one ship
carrying 50 tanks was sunk by tor
pedo. the United States Government
replaced 1t and its precious vehicles
before We could even think of ask
ing them to do 50.
The Sherman tank Has the hast