Evening star., 1943-11-09
Text of Churchirs Lord Mayor Address
Prime Minister Warns War in Europe Will Be Most Costly
In Lives Next Yeor Than Any Action Allies Have Yet Seen

Than Any Action Allies
are the best foundations for all
plans, whether for war or for peace
In our grand alliance OF 33 states
or governments constituting the
United Nations we try all we can by
correspondence and consultation to
preserve harmony and intimacy and
to procure concerted action. AS you
may we'll imagine, it Is not possible
to consult with every member about
details Of all military movements or
plans This must be confined to as
few persons as possible.
Hopes for Reborn France.
The high aims we set before our
selves were first outlined in the At
lantic Charter and now we have
published in Moscow the all impor-
tant four-power agreement which
looks to the future foundation of
world peace after the storms are
over.
There are many in our thoughts
today. We hope that France will
rise again to true greatness and will
play a worthy part in shaping the
progress Of Europe and the world.
I rejoice in every increase of unity
and consolidation that / notice in
the French National Committee al
Algiers and l also rejoice at the
growing power of the French Armies
which are being re-created and re-
armed in North Africa and which
will presently take their share in
the liberation of the soil of France
from the most hateful forms of hu.
man bondage.
The French National Committee
are not the owners, but the trustees
OF the title deeds of France. These
must be restored to the French ma
tion when freedom is achieved, fol
1t Is only on the will of the people
freely expressed under conditions O,
reasonable tranquility that ir
France, as in other enslaved coun.
tries, any permanent structure car
be raised
Predicts Heavy Casualties.
A great many people speak as Il
The end OF the war in Europe wer,
near. I hope indeed that they may
prove right.
For certainly every month thi.
devastating struggle continues car
rles human society into deeper
depths, more toll and heightened
burden OF recovery.
We should, however, be foolish
and blameworthy IL we allowed ou
plans and actions to be based upo,
the prospect Of an early collapse il
Germany.
There is danger in anything which
diverts the thoughts and efforts o
any Of the Allied Nations from th
supreme task which hes before them
namely, that of beating down int,
dust and ruin the deadly foes an,
tyrants who so nearly subjugate,
the entire world to their domination
I am myself proceeding on tn
assumption that the campaign O
1914 in Europe will be the mos
severe and to the Western Allies tn
most costly In lives of any we hav
yet fought and we must all brac
ourselves for that task and strai,
every nerve for its successful &C
complishment.
Hitler Has 400 Divisions.
This is no time for relaxation O
OF thoughts on the joys of peac
and victory. Hitler still has 400 divi
sions under his command or control
He has a party police force which
gives him grip on the agonized an,
regimented people of Germany in
comparably stronger than anythin,
which was at the disposal of the lat,
Kaiser.
Under this odious Nazi system
children still betray to their teacher
and thus to the police any incau
tious remarks that their fathers ane
mothers may have used in thei
presence.
Hitler and his guilty confederate
know their lives are at stake ant
they at any rate run no extra risl
In making other people fight on tt
the bitter end. German troops
wherever they have been found
fight with veteran skill. Hazards O
great battles lie before us.
We cannot, moreover, exclude tn,
possibility of new forms of attack
upon this island We have beer
vigilantly watching for man,
months past for every sign of prep
aration for such an attack. What
ever happens, they will not be of
nature to affect the final cours
OF the war
No Time to Relax.
But should they come they will
certainly call for the utmost efficl
ency and devotion in our fire watch
ing and home guard and also for
further display of firmness and for
titude for which the British Natio
has won renown.
This is no time to relax in all ou
precautions or discourage our splen
did auxiliary services. This is n
time to divide the unity of the Ma
ton by raising various party politics
issues. This is not the time TO
persons who have practical war wor
to do to dream easy dreams of brav
new worlds. We must keep ou
sense Of proportion even when dis
cussing incidents of procedure il
some of our juvenile courts.
We must not lose for a momen
the sense and consciousness of ur
gency and crisis which must con
tinue to drive us even though W
are in the fifth year of war. W.
must go forward with unrelentin
and unwearying effort through ever
living minute that Is granted to us.
This government came togethe
with the sole policy of making wa
until victory was won. We canno
today exclude from our minds, no