The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-05-20
Churchill Pledges Britain Will Fiehi with U. }. Until
 Japan's War industries,
 Giles Are Laid in Ashes


 his jaw firmly, British Prime Min ister Winston Churchill pledged British participation in an eventual finish fight until Japan's war in- duStries and cities are laid in ash- es.
 The British, Churchill said, will be in there fighting side by side with you while there is breath in our bodies and blood in our veins
 When that finish fight will come, Churchill did not specify but the ringing prophecy of utter destruc- tion of the enemy in the Pacific was sounded at a joint session of Con- gress. It went out over the air waves to the world, abroad to the enemy and Allied countries alike, to thunderous applause of the mem bers of Congress high officials of the United States Government and the British Government, as the black suited Prime Minister, spread his feet apart. stuck his hands in his pockets, his characteristic ges- ture and made the declaration
 Then the Prime Minister disclos- ed moment later that he and President Roosevelt hope for a meeting soon with Russian Premier Joseph Stalin and Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek.
 Germany on Defensive
 Churchill declared also that Great Britains air offensive is forcing Germany to wit hdraw more and more" planes from the fighting fronts purely for defen- sive" operations at the expense and loss of aggression initiative and this, he said, will prove the major factor in bringing victory
 As for Japan's cities and war in- dustries, Churchill flatly declared in ashes they must surely die be- fore peace comes to the world
 The Master Minds in Berlin and Rome, Churchill reeounted. lost an 3. lions of gross tons of shipping and over 5000 planes in an attempt to hold Africa.
 One great danger of the United Nations, Churchill said, is 'un- due prolongation" of the present war.
 For 50 minutes Churchill address ed the lawmakers of his American Ally winding up amid tremendous applause.
 Aid To China
 T regard bringing immediate and effective aid to China as one of the most urgent of our common task, Churchill said as he turned to discussion of the war in the Pacific. soon after beginning his extempor- aneous remarks, as if taking note of recent speeches in the Senate urging war against Japan be given precedence over the destruction of Hitler and Mussolini in Erope.
 Accounting the loss of the Dutch East Indies. Malayan Peninsula. the great British base at Singapore. Churchill said:
 All this must be retrieved and much else must be repaid. Let no one suggest that Great Britain has not at least as great an interest in the Pacific War as the United States"
 Problems in Pacific
 Churchill said he brought mili- tary leaders from the India thea tre of war with him to the United States but he did not bring them merely to improve the health and happiness of the Mikado of Japan" They were brought here he added. to thrash out all points raised in the Pacific War of which there are many"
 Churchill said if all that is nec- essary to curb forces in the east upon Japan is an order then that order will be given this afternoon. !" but he added, such movements are governed by what American mili- tary leaders call the science of logistics,' the art of supplying mili- tary foroac