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"Lm - message. ey King's permission in order to meet the SAMUEL FARMER. $i Editor and Publisher, Nay ~_ oN « WINSTON CHURCHIL The text of Prime Minister Church- ill's speech to Congress follows: Members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives of the United States: I feel geatly honored that 'you should have thus invited me to enter the United States Senate chamber and address the representa-. _. tives of both: branches of Congress. The fact that my American forebears have for so,many generations played their part in the life of United State; and that here I am, an Englishman, welcomed In your midst; makes this experlence one of the most moving and thrilling in my life, which is al- cedy, long and has not been entirely uneventful, : 1 wish, indeed. that my mother whose memory I cherish across the vale of years, could have been here to see. By the way, I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been an American and my mother British, "instead of the other way around, I .might have got here on my own. In that case, this would not have been the firat time you would have heard my voice, In that case I would not have needed any invitation, but if I had it is hardly likely that it would have been unanimous. So, perhaps, things are better as they dare. I may confess, however, that I do not feel quite like-a fish out of water in a legislative assembly where English is spoken. . Champion of Democracy I am a child of the House of Com- mons. J I was brought up in my father's house to believe in democ- racy; trust the people, that was his : 1 was to see him cheered at meetings and in the streets by crowds of working men way back in those aristocratic, Victorian days when, as Disraeli said, the world was for the few and for the very few. Therefore, I have been in full: harmony all my life with the tideh which have flowed on both sides of the Atlantic, against privileges and monopoly, and I have steered confidently toward the Gettys- burg. ideal of government of the peo- ple, by the people, for the people. I owe my advancement entirely to the House of Commons, whose servant I am. In my country as in yours, public men are proud to be the ser- vangs of the state, and wopld be ashamed tg be its masters, On any - day, if they thought the people wanted _it, the Hopse of Comnigns copld by a single vote, remove me from my qffice but T am pot woprying about it gt ll. i © As a matter f fact, I am sure they will approve very highly of my jour- "herp, for which I abtained the i ¥ su % n = Vou 1 | Baa Tmo president of the United States, and to arrange with him for &l1 that map- ping out of our military plans and for all those intimate meetings of the high officers of the armed services in both countries, which are indispens- able for the successful prosecution of the war. Can Only End in Overthrow I should like to say, first of all, how much I have been impressed and en- tes. couraged by the breadth of view and': the sense of proportion which I have found in all quarters over here to which I have had access, Anyone who did not understand the size and soli- darity of the foundation of the United States might easily have expected to find an excited disturbed, self-centred atmosphere with all minds fixed upon the novel, startling and painful epi- sode of sudden war as it hit America. After all, the United States have been attacked and set upon by three most powerful armed dictator states, the greatest military power in Europe, the greatest military power in Asia-- Japan, Germany and Italy have all declared and are making war upon you, and the quarrel is open, which can only end in their overthrow or ours. Loy But here in Washington, in these memorable days, I have found an Olympian fortitude which, far from being based upon complacency, is only the mark of an inflexible purpose and the proof of a sure, well-grounded confidence in the final outcome. . We in Britain had the same feeling in our darkest days. We, too, were sure that in the end all would be well, You do not, I am certain, underrate the severity of the ordeal to which you and we have still to be subjected. The forces ranged against us are enor-- mous. They are bitter, ruthless, The avicked men and their nations who have 1 hed their peoples on the path 'of war and conquest know. that they' will be called to terrible account if they cannot beat down by force, of arms the people they have assailed, Will Stop.at Nothing . They will stop at nothing. They of us, have much to learn in the cruel art of war. We have, therefore, without doubt, a time of tribulation before us. In this same time, some ground will be lost which it will be hard and costly to regain. Many disappointments and unpleasant surprises await us. Many of them will affect us" before the full marshalling of our latent and total power can be accomplished. For the best part of 20 years the youth 'of 'Biitain and. America .have been taught that war was evil, which is true, and that it would never come again, which has been proved false, For the best part of 20 years the youth of Germany, of Japan, and Italy have been taught that aggressive war is the noblest duty of the citizen and that it should be begun as soon as the necessary weapons and organization have been done, We have performed the duties -in- cident to peace. They have plotted and planned for war. Naturally this places us in Britain, and now places you in the United States, at a disad- vantage which only time, courage and untiring exertion can correct. Thankful for Time We have indeed to be thankful that so much time has been granted to us. If Germany had tried to invade the British Isles after the French collapse in June, 1940, and if Japan had de- clared war on the British Empire and the United States at about the same date, no one can say what disaster and agonies might have been our lot. But now, at the end of December, 1941, our transformation from easy-going peace to total war efficiency has made very great progress, The broad flow of munitions in Gerat Britain has already begun. Im- mense strides have been made in the conversion of American. iffdustry to military purposes and now that the United States is at war, it is possible for orders to be given evéry day which in a year or 18 months hgnee will pro- duce results in war power beyond any- thing that has been seen or farseen in the dictator states, Provided that every effort is made, R URSDAY, JANU BELLS FOR VICTORY HISTORY HAS RECORDED NO GREATER EVENT THAN THE ADDRESS OF PRIME MINISTER | L BEFORE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 'WASHINGTON ON DECEMBER 26th, 1941 A Great Message for the New Year people may be startled or momentar- ily depressed when, like your presi- dent, I speak of a long hard war. Our peoples would rather know the truth, sombre though it be; and after all, when we are doing the most blessed work in the world, not only de- fending our hearths and homes, but the cause of freedom in every land, the question of whether deliverance comes in 1942 or 1943 or 1944 falls into its proper place in the grand pro- portions of human history. "Selyation Not' Denied Us? Sure I am that this day now, we the the masters of our fate; that the task which has been set us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance; as long as we hape faith in our cause and un- conquerable willpower, salvation will not be denied us. In the words of the psalmist, ye plies which joins our two nations enough resources of all kinds to be of British Empire compared to those of. shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Not all the tidings will be evil. On the. contrary, mighty strokes of war already have been dealt against the enemy. The glorious defence of their native soils by the Russian armies and people, who have inflicted upon the Nazi tyranny a wound that will fester and inflame not only the Nazi body but in the Nazi mind. ' The boastful Mussolini. has crum- pled already. He is now but a lackey and a serf, the merest utensil of his master's will, He has inflicted great suffering and wrong upon his indus- trious people. He has been stripped of all his African empire. Abyssinia is liberated. Our armies of the East, which were so weak. and: ill-equipped at the moment of the French. deser- tion, now control all the regions from Heron to Bengazi, from Apelol and Cyprus to the northeast of the Nile.: To Destroy Armed Force. For many months we devoted our- selves to preparing to take the of- fensive in Libya, The very consider- able battle which has been proceeding there for the last six weeks in the desert, has been most fiercely fought on both sides, Owing the difficulties have a vast accumulation of warp that nothing is kept back, that the of supplies upon the desert flank, we weapons of all kinds, highly trained and disciplined armies, navies gang air services, They have plans and designs which have long peen constrived gnd matured. They will stop at nothing that violerice or treachery can suggest. It is quite true that gn our side, our resources in manpower and materials are far greater than theirs, But only a por- tion of your resources are as yet valour and virtue of the- English- speaking world, with all its galaxy of loyal friends, are associated in 8 com- mon ¢ommunity or state, we can be reunitel by the simple but supréme good, I think it wonld be reasonable to hope that the end of 1942 will see us quite definitely in-a better position than we are now. 'And that the year 19048 will enable us to assume the mobalized and developed, and we, both initiative upon an ample scale,. Some Europe. The armo They have wholé manpower, brain power, virility, were never able to bring numerically equal forces to bombard the enemy. Therefore, we had to rely upon superiority in numbers and qualities of tanks and aircraft -- British and American, 0. 'For the first time aided by these, we have fought the enemy with equal weapons, For the first time we have made him feel the sharp edge of those tools with which he has .enslaved ' 7 TL : 5 $e Y STAR ARY 1st, 1942 corrupt invaders, and still more fierce. sce Milestones upon which a steady y;o5he of world war has fallen upon. red forces of the Watch your label; It tolls when your subscription expires 2 $1.60 per year in advance. 5 cents a copy enemy of Cyrenaica amounted to modern aircraft and army weapons of nated by secret sets of societies N about 150,000 men, of whim a- third all kinds in Malaya and in the East junior officers of the army and navy § were German. Generpl Auchinleck Indies," I can only point to the vie- who have enforced their will upon sue- set out to destroy totally that armored tory Gen. Auchinleck has gained in cessive Japanese cabinets and "parlian force and I have every reason to -be- the Libyan campaign. ment, by the assassination of any. * lieve that his aim will be accom- Had we diverted and dispersed our Japanese statesmen who opposed or plished. } gradually * gowing resources between Who did not sufficiently further thei# I am so glad to be able to place be- Libya and Malaya, we could have been aggressive policies. -- fore you members of the Senate and found wanting in both places. If the Japan Forced Into War? the House of Representatives at this United States has been found at a It may be that these societies, daz: * moment, when you are entering the (isadvantage at various points in the zled and dizzy with their own dreams war, the proof that with proper Pacific ocean, we know well that that of aggression and the prospect of Weapons and proper organization, we is to no small extent because of the carly victory, have forced their counss. | are able to beat the life out of the aid which you have been giving to-us try into war against its better judg- ¥ ° savage' Nazis, What Hitler is suffer in munitions for the defence of the ment. They have certainly embarked . ing in" Libya is only a sample 'and a Biitish Isles and to the Libyan cam- upcn a very considerable undertaking. Nin ad he aceon Wheeevoe cove [olin ard above all, because of your «fies the Sutbegae st. Pearl Harboe, war should lead us in any quarter of Hi hi hg fuilo of the An omie; hig and the Patifie islands, in the' Pilling; heli $ on which all depends and which has in nines, in Malaya and the Dutch East globe. : consequence been successfully and Indies, they must now know that the ' Life line Holds Firm prosperously maintained. stakes for which they decided to play . There are good tidings also from Of course, it would have been much are ehormous. When we look at the the blue waters. The lifeline of sup- better, I freely admit, if we had resources of the United States and the.' across the ocean without which all full strength at all threatened points, Japan, when. we remember. those. of would fail--that lifeline is flowing but considering how slowly and re- China, which have for so long valiant- steadily and freely in spite of all that luctantly we brought ourselves to |y withstood invasion of, tyranny, and, the.enemy could do. The back of the large-scale preparations today, we had when also we obseryg the Russian British Empire, which many thought no right to expect to be in such a for- menace which hangs over Japan, it' 18 months ago was broken, is now in- tunate position. becomes still more difficult to reconcile' - comparably stronger and is growing The choice of how to dispose of our Japanese action with prudence, even +. stronger with every month, hitherto limited resources had to be sanity, What kind of a people do they E Lastly, if you will forgive me for made by Brifain in time of war and think we are? Is it possible they dog HE saying so, the best tidings of all, the by the United States in time of peace, not realize that we shall never cease United States--united as never be- and I believe that history will pro- to persevere against them until they fore--has drawn the sword for free- nounce that upon the whole--and it is have been taught a lesson which they dom and cast away the scabbard. All upon the whole that these matters and the world will never forget? these tremendous steps have led the must be pledged--the choice made was ~~ Members of the Senate and mem- subjugated people of Europe to lift right. bers of the House of Representatives: i up their heads again in hope; they I'll turn for one moment more fram 3 Have put aside forever the shameful" the turmoil and convulsions of the temptation of resigning themselves to present to the broader spaces of the the conqueror's will. : future. Here we are together, facing, Hope has returned to the hearts of ship of, arms, now that our two con- or oup of mighty foes who seek our scores of millions of men and women, Siderable nations, each in perfect in Here we are together, defend- and with that hope there burns the 8Nity, have joined all their life 40 0) that to free men is dear. flame of anger against the brutal, energies in a common resolve, you will "pico in a generation the catags Brighter Days Ahead Now that we are together, now that we are linked in a righteous comrade- light will glow and brighten. us. Twice in -our life-time the long Many people have been astonished oop, of fate has reached out actoss enemy. that Japan, in a single day, has made ypo Goean to bring the United States - In a.dozen famous ancient states, war against the United States and the {140 tho forefront of the battle, If - now prostrate under the Nazi yoke, British Empire. We all wonder why, we had stuck together after the last | the masses of the people await their if this dark design, with its laborious war, if we took common rieasures fof hour of libefation when they too, will and intricate preparation, had been so safety, this renewal of the curse: once again be able to play their parts long filling their secret mind, they did oq never have fallen upon us. a and strike their blows like men. That not choose our moment of weakness 18 "Musk Corll "Pestilence" Do we not owe it to ourselves, to hour will strike and the people will months ago. ; proclaim that night is past and that But, quite dispassionately, in spite dawn has come. of the losses we have suffered and the our children, to tormented mankind, 4 further punishment we will have to to make sure that these catastrophies : take, it certainly appears an irration- do not engulf us for the third time? ly burn the fires of hatred and con- tempt for a filthy, quisling-like Didn't Divide Resources The onslaught upon us, so long and al act. -It,.of course, only proves it It has been proved, that pestilences ¥ so completely planned by Japan, has correct to assume that they have may break out in the old world which = presented both our countries with made very, careful calculations and carry their destructive ravags : grievous problems for which.we could think they see their way through; the new world, from which, once not be fully prepared. If people ask- nevertheless, there may be another ex- are afoot, the new world éannot ed me, and they have a right to ask planation. 4 cape. a? me in England, "Why is it that you = We know that for many years past, = Duty and prudence alike demand have not an ample equipment - of the policy of Japan has been domi (Continyed on back page) ' FL Lois (0 Loa |