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hlauo NJ DNi an apart rum cur
rent military arrangements"
One OF those secret arrange
ments, he added, was for Russia's
war declaration on Japan. II was
made, Mr.. Truman said, before Sta
lin was told OF the atomic bomb.
elsewhere II was learned that Sta.
lin had said the declaration would
be effective August is. The as
sumption here is that the advent
OF the atomic bomb prompted him
TO move 1t up to August 81
1.-The Japs will soon learn some
of the other military secrets agreed
upon at Berlin" Mr.. Truman said.
They will learn them firsthand-
and they will not like them"
Mr.. Truman said Hiroshima was
chosen as the initial target for the
atomic bomb because II was a mill
tary base and I'VE wished in this
first attack to avoid. insofar as
possible. the killing OF civilians.
only Warning
But that attack Is only a warn
ing OF things to come" he continu-
ed. III Japan does not surrender,
bombs will have to be dropped on
war industries and, unfortunately.
thousands OF civilian lives will be
lost.
81 urge Japanese civilians to
leave industrial cities Immediately,
and save themselves from destruc-
ton"
Realizing the tragic signific-
ance" OF the atomic bomb. Mr..
Truman said II had to be developed
because enemy nations we're after
II also. Now II is being used to
shorten the war. in order to save
the lives Of thousands and thous-
ands of young Americans"
I'VE shall continue to use It until
we completely destroy Japan's pow
er to make war;" he asserted. only
a japanese surrender will stop us"
The bomb is too dangerous to
be let loose in a lawless world"
Mr.. Truman went on, and the Unit
ed States. Britain and Canada in
tend to retain the secret OF its pro-
duction until means have been
found ito protect ourselves and the
rest Of the world from the danger
of total destruction"
I'VE must constitute ourselves
trustees OF this new force" he
declared, ito prevent its misuse,
and to turn II into the channel
Trustees
I'VE must constitute ourselves
trustees OF this new force" he de
clared, ito prevent its misuse, and
to turn It into the channels OF serV
ice to mankind"
Throughout his speech Mr.. Tru
man emphasized his concern to set
tie the affairs OF the world after
its greatest war so that It may not
be plunged into another, far more
terrible conflict. The United Ma
lions, he said, "can never permit
any aggressor in the future TO be
clever enough to divide us or strong
enough to defeat u.s."
High Points
In reviewing the results OF the
Berlin conference, he hit these high
points OF political settlements FOL
Europe:
/. The Big Five Council OF For
eign Minister Omitted States, Rus
STA, Britain, France and China) was
set up to settle the peace OF Europe
in a cooperative and orderly man
ner. without a single big peace con
ference, and in the belief that "ade'
quate study now may avoid the
planting OF the seeds OF futurS
wars"
2. This council will draft q peace
treaty for Germany but 1t cannot
be made effective until Germany
has developed a government
Meanwhile Germany will be rid OF
Naziism, ornaments. war indus
tries, its notorious general staff
land all its military tradition" and
the Allies will seek to make 1t over
into a decent nation"
3. The basis OF reparations is that
Russia and Poland should get halt
OF what is taken from Germany and
he rest OF the Allies the other
half The purposes of reparations
are first, to strip Germany OF all
machinery and other things with
which she might prepare for an
other war. and second, to help re-
pair the countries the Germans
devastated.
4. In carving out OF Germany
10000 square miles for the new
Poland, the Big Three at Berlin de
termined that only about 1,500,00t
Germans will have to be moved