Evening star., 1943-11-09

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this year has been the Russian ad
vance, liberating 50 much OF Rus
sian soil from the foul invader.
he said. This, too, brought a rol
of applause.
Russian valor and generalshi)
and science have wrecked the Naz
war machine, he asserted, and in
f1icted wounds that may we'll prov,
mortal"
I'VE and our American allie.
have done our best to bring ou
forces across the seas and put then
into action against the enemy.
The air attacks on Germany
have been one of the prime force
in the impending ruin Of the Hitle
regime.
I'VE all have been cheered by tn,
results of the Moscow conferenc,
and we look forward to welcomin,
back in the next week or so ou
Foreign Secretary from his success
full mission"
Will Not Liauidate Empire.
Referring to his 1912 speech OF
the same occasion, Mr.. Churchill
said:
Last year. in 1912, thought j
right to say I did not consider il
any part of my duty to liquidat.
the British Empire. I do not con.
ceal from you now that l hold the
same opinion today"
Mr.. Churchill described the mair
Allied task that Of beating dowr
into dust" the Hitler regime.
The campaign of 1914 in Europ.
will be the most severe and costly
in life that We have ever expert.
enced," he said. This is no time
for relaxation and rest"
He said Hitler and his regime
were fighting for their very lives
Victory will certainly be won
not only over Germany, but ovel
Japan, with which the British EN-
pire has an inexorable quarrel
which must be dissolved only b,
unconditional surrender" tn,
Prime Minister added, and empha
sized:
I'VE must make certain tha
chaos does not follow the victory
"A great many people speak a.
If the end of the war in Europ
were near. I hope they may prov,
right" he said, but added a warn
ing against hoping for quick col.
lapse of Germany.
No Time for Political Fumblinx.
1T is no time to relax any Of oul
precautions of our firewatching ane
home guard services.
1T is no time for those who hav
practical war work to do to dream O
a brave new world" he said, and de
clared also it was no time for politl
cal quibbling.
1T is reasonable assumption tha
unless we make some grave strate
glcal mistake that the year 1874
will see the climax OF the European
war.
Unless some happy event come
on which we have no right to count
1914 will see the greatest sacrific,
of the British and United State
Armies" he said.
We have given our men in tn
field the best chance. That mus
dominate our actions he said IL
pleading for calmness in consider
ing the differences between peoples
Note of Unconditional Surrender.
TIE promised a political struc.
ture alter the war that would secur,
the peace and freedom of mankind
Before concluding, Mr.. Churchill
again sounded the note of uncon
ditlonal surrender, adding:
But that doesn't mean our tas]
or duty will be done. Just as i,
time OF peace we must prepare TO
sudden emergency, so in time of wa
we must make sure confusion an,
chaos do not follow the victories O
the Army or stultify the unexpecte,
surrender of the enemy.
No airy visions, no party doc,
; trines or party prejudices, no vestet
interests must stand in tn,
way of providing for food, work ant
home. They must be prepare,
now"
There is no doubt, Mr.. Churchill
said, that the Moscow conference
has had the effect of making ou
5 Russian friends feel as they neve
, felt before that it is the hearted
wish Of our British and American
nations to fight the war out with
them in loyal alliance and after
ward to work with them on tn
basis of mutual respect and com
radeship for resettlement and re
building of this distracted and tor
mented world"
Statement Due Thursday.
A Government statement on tn
Moscow conference probably will
made in Commons Thursday, Gle
ment R. Attlee, deputy prime minis
ter, said today, with the entir
Thursday session reserved for tn
statement and subsequent debate.
Mr. Churchill, also in reply t
a question in Commons. said no de
cisions were reached at Moscow re
d garding postwar arrangements fc
civil air traffic.
;. Undoubtedly this is matte
!. which will have to be discussed be
l. tween all powers" he said.
Mr.. Churchill praised America
and British newspapers for the
very full and vivid informatio
from all the theaters of war"
: His statement came in reply to
question in Commons as to whethe
the Allies had reached a stage i
t the war where more detailed new
accounts could be published. Al
Z though he made no direct answer
I the laudation seemed to impl
that he thought present account
q sufdcient.
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