Evening star., 1952-01-18

1--we tend to work on q two-party
system. The differences between
parties on our side Of the Atlantic.
land perhaps elsewhere between
British parties, are often less than
they appear to outsiders. In mod
ern Britain the dispute is between
a form of socialism which has
hitherto respected political liberty
on the one hand. and, on the
other. free enterprise regulated by
law and custom. These two sys-
TENS of thought, these two diff
Iferences, I assure you, give plenty
of room for argument between po-
Ilitical opponents. fortunately over
tapping quite lot Of practice. (
Tribute to Vandenberg.
Our complicated society would
be deeply injured if we did not
practice and develop what is
called in the United States the
bipartisan habit Of mind, which
divides. so far as possible, what
is done to make a party win and
bear in their turn their RESPONSE
bility of Office, and what is done to
make the Nation live and serve
high causes.
I hope here, Members of Con-
Igress, you will allow me to pay
la tribute to the late Senator Van
|denberg. I had the honor to meet
him on several occasions. His
final message in these anxious
years gave the feeling that in
this period of United States lead
|ership and responsibility all great
Americans should work together
for all the things that matter
most. That. at least, is the spirit
which we shall try to maintain
among British leaders In our own
country and that was the spirit
which alone enabled us to sur
vive the perils Of the late war.
Changes in u. S. Cited.
But now let me return to my
theme of the many changes that
have taken place since I was here
last. There is a jocular saying, to-
improve is to change. to be perfect
Us to have changed often. had
Ito use that once or twice in my
own career, but If that were true
every one ought to be getting on
very well. The changes that have
happened since I last spoke to-
Congress are indeed astounding.
1t is hard to believe we are living
in the same world. Former allies
have becomes foes; former foes
have become allies: conquered
countries have been liberated: lib
Grated nations have been enslaved
by communism. Russia, eight
years ago our brave ally. has cast
away the admiration and good will
her soldiers had gained for her by
their valiant defense Of their own
country. It is not the fault Of
the Western powers that this i'm
mense gulf has opened between US.
It took q long succession Of de-
liberate and unceasing words and
acts Of hostility to convince our
peoples, as they are now con-
vinced. that they have another
tremendous danger to face and
that they are now confronted with
Ia new form Of tyranny and ag-
gression as dangerous and ashate-
full as that which we overthrew.
Repeats Chinese Sayings.
When I visited Washington dur
ing the war I used to be told that
China would be one Of the Big
Four powers among the nations
and most friendly to the United
States. I was always bit skepti-
cal, and I think it is now generally
admitted that this hopeful dream
has not yet come true, but I am
by no means sure that China will
remain for generations in the Com
munist group. The Chinese said
of themselves several thousand
years ago, China is sea that salts
all the waters that flow into 1t.
There is another Chinese saying
about their country which is much
more modern. It dates only from
the 4th century. This is the say
ing: "The tail Of China Is large
and will not be wagged. I like
that one. Gaughter.)
The British democracy approves
the principle of movable party
heads and unwaggled national
tails. It is due to the workings of
these important forces that I have
the honor to be addressing you at
this moment. You have rightly
been resolute, Members Of the
Congress, in confronting Chinese
Communist aggression. We take
our stand at your side. (Applause.)
Appreciation Expressed.
We are grateful to the United
States for bearing nine-tenths or
more Of the burden in Korea
which the United Nations have
morally assumed. am very glad,
but whatever diplomatic diver
gencies there may be from time to
time about procedure, you do not
allow the Chinese anti-C -Commun-
lists on Formosa to be invaded and
Imassacred from the mainland.
(Applause). We welcome your
patience in the armistice negoti-
ations and our two countries are
agreed that if the truce we seek
is reached, only to be broken. our
response will be prompt, resolute
land effective. What I have
learned over here convinces me
that British and United States
policy in the Far East will be
marked by increasing harmony.
I can assure you that our British
hearts go out in sympathy to the
families of the 100000 Americans
who have given their lives or shed
their blood in Korea. We also
suffer these pangs for the loss of
our own men there. and not only
there, but in other parts of Asia
as well under the attack by the
same enemy.
Whatever course events in
Korea may take in the near fu-