GREATER AID.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 310, 31 December 1940, Page 7

GREATER AID.

FOR THE ALLIES. Necessary In Defence Of America. United Press Association.— Copyright. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. <f We have furnished the British ■with great material support, and ire ■will furnish far more in future," declared Mr. Roosevelt, in his broadcast. "There will be no bottlenecks in our determination to aid Britain. 3so dictators and no combination of dictators Trill weaken that determination by threats of how thev will construe it." "The Axis Powers' prop. %> jew order is the very opposite to a United States of Europe "or Asia. It is not government based upon the consent of the governed. It is not a unjon of ordinary selfrespecting men and women to protect themselves their freedom and dignitj from oppression. It is an unholy alliance of power and self to dominate and enslave "the human race. "The British people are conducting active war against this unholy alliance. Qw own future security is greatiy dependent on the out-come of that fight, and our ability to keep out of war is going to be affected by that outcome. "Certain facts are self-evident. In the military senise, Britain and ier i Empire are to-day 4hc spearhead of resistance to world conquest. They are putting up a fight which will live for ever in the of human gallantry. There is no demand for the sending of nn American expeditionary force outside our own borders, and there is no intention by any member of your Government to send such a force. "You can nail any talk about sending armies to Eurojm as a deliberate untruth. Our natural policy Jβ not directed to war—its sole purpose is to keep war from our country and our people. "The fight of democracy against world conquest is being greatly aided, a.ud must be more greatly aided, by the rearmament of the United States and by the sending of every ounce and every ton of munitions and supplies we can possibly spare to help the defenders who are in the front linos. It is no more unneutral for us to do that than fur Sweden, Rus.-ia and other nations near (icrmany to send fcte-cl, ore. oij and other war material into Oermany daily. ''We are planning our own defence with the utiurvt urgency, and in ils va*:, scale we must intesrral* , the war ne<*ds of lirhain and ihe other free I nations tliat are resiling aggreseion. This is not a matter of wnliment or con 1 rover-ial personal opinion—it is a nailer of realistic military policy, based on lh«» adviee of military experts who are closely in touch, with existing wariare. "I have the profound conviction that the American people axe now determined to put forth a mightier effort than they have ever yet made to in<t«i>o the production of all impJenjcnia of defence to meet the threat to our dem<vratk faith,- iir. Roosevelt con--;lud<-d.