Evening star., 1943-12-24

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mented by American air forces, are
playing vital part in starting the
drive which will push invaders into
the sea.
Following out the military deci-
sions at Cairo, Gen. Marshall has
just flown around the world and has
had conferences with Gen. Mac
Arthur and Armiral Nimitz-con-
ferences which will spell plenty Of
bad news for the Japs in the not too
far distant future.
U. s. and China Closer Together
Than Ever in Deep Friendship.
I met in the generalissimo a man
Of great vision and great courage,
and remarkably keen understanding
of the problems of today and to-
morrow. We discussed all the mani
fold military plans for striking at
Japan with decisive force from many
directions, and I believe I can say
that he returned to Chungking with
the positive assurance of total vic
tory over our common enemy. To-
day we and the Republic of China
are closer together than ever before
in deep friendship and In unity of
purpose.
After the Cairo conference, Mr.
Churchill and 1 went by airplane' to
Teheran. There we met with Mar
shall Stain. We talked with COM
plete frankness on every conoeiv-
able subject connected with the
winning of the war and the estab-
lishment of a durable peace after
the war.
Within three days of intense and
consistently amicable discussions
we agreed on every point concerned
with the launching of a gigantic
attack upon Germany.
The Russian Army will continue
its stern offensives on Germany
Eastern front, the Allied Armies in
Italy and Africa will bring relent-
less pressure on Germany from the
south. and now the encirclement
will be complete as great American
and British forces attack from other
points of the compass.
The commander selected to lead
the combined attack from these
other points is Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower. His performances in
Africa, Sicily and Italy have been
brilliant. He knows by practical
and successful experience the way
to coordinate air, sea and land
power. All these will be under his
control. 1t. Gen. Carl D. SpaatS
will command the entire American
strategic bombing force operating
against Germany.
Gen. Eisenhower gives up his
command in the Mediterranean to a
British officer. whose name is be-
ing announced by Mr.. Churchill
We now pledge that new COM
mander that our powerful ground
sea and air forces in the vital
Mediterranean area will stand by
his side until every objective in that
bitter theater is attained.
| Both of these new commanders
will have American and British SUBJ
ordinate commanders whose names
will be announced in few days.
During the last two days al
Teheran, Marshal Stain, Mr.
Churchill and looked ahead to the
days and months and years which
will follow Germany's defeat. We
were united in determination that
Germany must be stripped of hel
military might and be given nc
opportunity within the foreseeable
future to regain that might.
The United Nations have no in.
tention to enslave the German
people. We wish them to have q
normal chance to develop, in peace
as useful and respectable members
of the European family. But we
most certainly emphasize that word
"respectable"-for we intend to rid
them once and for all of Nazism
and Prussian militarism and the
fantastic and disastrous notion that
they constitute the Master Race. ;
Insoluble Differences Between
Big Three Held Unlikely.
We did discuss international re.
lationships from the point of view
OF big, broad objectives, rather thar
details. But on the basis of wha
We did discuss, can say even TODAY
that I do not think any insolubl,
differences will arise among Russia
Great Britain and the United States
In these conferences we were con
cerned with basic principles-prin
ciples which involve the security ant
the welfare and the standard O
living OF human beings in countrie
large and small.
To use an American and ungram
matical colloquialism, 1 may sa,
that 1 "got along fine" with Mar
shall Stain. He is a man who com
blnes a tremendous, relentless de
termination with a stalWart goo,
humor. I believe he is truly repre-
; sentative of the, heart and soul O
Russia, and I believe that we ar
going to get along well with hin
and the Russian people-very wei
indeed.
Britain, Russia, China and tn
United States and their Allies rep
resent more than hree-quarters O
the total population of the earth
AS long as these four nations will
great military power stick togethe
IN determination to keep the peac,
there will be no possibility of an az
gressor nation arising to start an
other world war.
But those four powers must b,
united with and cooperate with al
the freedom loving peoples of Eu
rope. and Asia, and Africa and tn,
Americas. The rights of every ma
ton, large or small, must be re-
spected and guarded as jealousy a.
are the rights of every individual
within our own Republic.
The doctrine that the strong shall
dominate the weak is the doctrin,
OF our enemies-and we reject it.
i But, at the same time, we ar
agreed that if force is necessary t,
keep international peace, interna
tional force will be applied-fo
as long as it may be necessary.
1t has been our steady policy
and 1t is certainly a common sens
fhnf h.