Evening star., 1945-05-14
Churchill Pledges
Empire 10 Beat laps,
Perfect Peace Setup
By the Associated Press. .

under attack by Germany, asserting
IF it had not been for the LOYALTY
and friendship of Northern Ireland
we should have been forced to come
to close quarters with Mr.. De Valera
or perish forever from the earth"
New Nazi Weapons Revealed.
Mr.. Churchill disclosed that the
Nazis had been planning to use null
tiple long-range artillery against
London, in addition to rockets and
flying bombs.
only just in time did the Allied
armies blast the viper in his nest,
Mr.. Churchill said. Otherwise the
autumn of 1944-to say nothing of
l945-might we'll have seen London
as shattered as Berlin"
Mr.. Churchill's 35-minute address
lauded the immense superiority OF
the power used by the United
States" in the defeat of Germany
and paid tribute to Gen. Eisenhow-
ers leadership.
Warns Against Weakening.
But he warned the British En-
pire:
You must not weaken in any
way.
"On the continent of Europe we
have yet to make sure that the SIM
pie and honorable purposes for
which we entered the war are not
brushed aside or overlooked in the
months following our success, and
that the words freedom, democracy
and liberation are not distorted from
their true meaning as we have un-
derstood them
There would be little use in
Furnishing the Hitlerites for their
crimes if law and justice did not
rule and if totalitarian or police
governments were to take the place
of the German invaders.
I'VE seek nothing for ourselves.
But we must make sure that those
causes which we fought for find
recognition at the peace table in
facts as we'll as words, and above
all we must labor that the world or
ganization which the United Ma
tlons are creating at San Francisco
does not become an idle name, does
not become shield for the strong
and mockery for the weak.
Work Not Completed.
1T is the victors who must search
their hearts in their glowing hours
and be worthy by their nobility of
the immense forces that they WELD. .
Mr.. Churchill made no direct
reference to an election to end
Britains wartime coalition govern
ment but indicated he felt his work
had not been completed He said
however, he would step down with
the best of grace" if the people
thought they had had enough o.
him.
Reviewing his five years as Prime
Minister and head of the war cabi.
net, Mr. Churchill said that durins
the dark days of 1941 when the Ger.
man blockade was so effective, tn,
only route into England was between
Northern Ireland and Scotland, ane
added:
Owing to the action of Mr.. d.
Valera, so much at variance witt
the temper and instinct of thous
ands of Southern Irishmen wht
fastened to the battlefront to prove
their ancient valor, the approache.
which the Southern Irish ports anc
airfields could so easily have
guarded were closed by the hostile
aircraft and U-boats.
Restraint Toward De Valera.
This was indeed a deadly mo.
ment in our life, and if it had not
been for the loyalty and friend.
ship of Northern Ireland, we should
have been forced to come to close
quarters with Mr.. de Valera OF
perish forever from the earth.
However, with a restraint ano
poise to which, I say. history will
find few parallels, his majesty's
government never laid violent
hand upon them, though at times
it would have been quite easy anc
quite natural, but left the De Valera
government to frolic with the Ger
man and later with the japanese
representatives to their hearts con.
| tent"
He added. though, that bitter.
ness by Britain for the Irish race
dies in my heart" when he thought
of the valor of many Irish soldier:
in fighting for the empire during
the war
Mr.. Churchill said Australia, New
Zealand and Canada were and are
all directly menaced" by Japan
They came to our aid in our darE
times" he concluded, land we mus
not leave unfinished any task which
concerned their safety.
Tribute to U. S. Power.
II told you hard things at thu
beginning of these last five years
You did not shrink, and I shoulc
be unworthy of your confidence anc
generosity if did not still cry:
Forward unflinching, answering
indomitable till the whole task i.
done and the whole world is safe
and clean!"
Speaking of the United States
the Prime Minister said:
II shall make it clear at this mo.
ment that we have never failed tc
recognize the immense superiority
of the power used by the United
States in the rescue of France anc
the defeat of Germany.
For our part we have had ir
action about one-third as many
men as the Americans, but we have
taken our full share of the fighting
as the scale of our losses shows.
Our Navy has borne incompar-
ably the heavier burden in the At.
lantic Ocean, in the narrow sea.
and Arctic conveys to Russia, while
the United States Navy has used its
massive strength mainly against
Japan"
Mr.. Churchill, speaking through.
out slowly and deliberately, also re.
ferred to "the mighty military
achievements of the Russian people
who he said were always holdine
many more German troops on theil
front than we could do"
Il wish I could tell you tonight
that all our tolls and troubles are
Il over" Mr. Churchill said in his npIx