Evening star., 1944-08-21
By the Associated Press.

AhC SCAy Vial dCtCI Va JAllS WAL
moves us to search for an enduring
peace--a peace founded upon justice
and fair dealing for individuals and
for nations. We have witneSsed-and
are witnessing today-the sweep of
forces Of savagery and barbarism of
the kind that civilized men hoped
and believed would not rise again.
Armed with the weapons of modern
science and technology and with
equally powerful weapons of coercion
and deceit, these forces almost sue
ceeded in enslaving mankind because
the peace-loving nations were dis
united.
Evil Forces Face Defeat.
During the years while these ag-
gressors made their preparations for
attack, the peace-loving nations
lacked both unity and strength be-
cause they lacked vigilant realiza-
ton of the perils which loomed be-
fore them. These forces of evil now
face utter defeat because, at long
last, their intended victims attained
the unity and armed power which
are now bringing victory to us.
The lessons of earlier disunity and
weakness should be indeliby stamped
upon the minds and hearts OF this
generation and of generations to
come. So should the lessons of unity
and its resultant strength achieved
by the United Nations in this war.
Unity for common action toward
common good and against common
peril is the sole effective method by
which, in time Of peace, the nations
which love peace can assure for
themselves security and orderly
progress, with freedom and justice
In the face Of what modern war
means to the physical and moral
being of man, the maintenance of
such unity is a matter of the high
est and most enlightened sef-inter-
est. In the final analysis it is, first
and foremost, thing of the spirit.
Peace Requires Vigilance.
Peace. like liberty, requires con.
slant devotion and ceaseless vigi-
lance. It requires willingness to
take positive steps toward its pres
ervation. 1t requires constant CO.
operation among the nations and
determination to live together as
good neighbors in a world of good
neighbors. Peace requires an &C.
ceptance OF the idea that its
maintenance is a common interest
SO precious and so Overwhelmingly
important that all differences and
controversies among nations can and
must be resolved by resort to pacific
means.
But peace also requires institu-
tons through which the will to
peace can be translated into &C.
ton. The devising OF such insti-
tutions is a challenge to the wisdom
and ingenuity of men and women
everywhere. That is why the
United Nations, in the midst Of q
recentless prosecution of the war
have been working together to create
the institutional foundations for q
just and enduring peace.
These foundations must support
arrangements for peaceful settle
ment Of international disputes and
for the joint use Of force, II neces-
sary, to prevent or suppress threats
to the peace or breaches of the peace
They must also support arrange
ments for promoting, by CO.
operative effort. the development OF
conditions of stability and we'll
being necessary for peaceful and
friendly relations among nations
and essential to the maintenance OF
security and peace. These are basic
problems of international organiza-
ton.
Progress Made Already.
Substantial progress has already
been achieved through the food and
agriculture conference, the confer
ence on relief and rehabilitation
and the financial and monetary con-
ference. These and other similar
steps are indicative of the profound
desire of the United Nations to act
together for advancing the we'll
being of their peoples. They have
been achieved by united effort OF
more than 40 nations, large and
small.
The governments represented here
are fully agreed in their conviction
that the future maintenance o1
peace and security-the supreme
objective Of international co-opera.
tion-must be a joint task and 9
joint responsibility of all peace-lov.
ing nations, large and small. They
solemnly proclaimed this conviction
in a declaration of their foreign
ministers at Moscow on October 80
1943.
1t cannot be emphasized too otter
that the principle of the sovereign
equality of all peace-loving states
irrespective of size and strength, a.
partners in a system of order under
law, must constitute the foundation
of any future international organi.
zation for the maintenance of peace
and security.
Force Must Back Peace.
In the Moscow declaration eacf
government also assumed its share
of responsibility for leadership ir
bringing about the creation of ar
international organization for thi.
purpose through joint action by al
peace-loving nations.
Success or failure of such an or.
ganization will depend upon the
degree to which the participating
nations are willing to exercise self
restraint and assume the response
bilities Of joint action in support
of the basic purposes of the organi.