WISH ACCLAIM MOMENTOUS EVENT

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 192, 15 August 1941, Page 7

WISH ACCLAIM MOMENTOUS EVENT

Roosevelt-Churchill Declaration

UNITY of views

priti?li orrifis) Wireless. Rec. 1 P- m - RUGBY, Aug. 1-1. The momentous announcement, which was made this afternoon that Mr Churchill and President Roosevelt had met at sea. has been received with intense satisfaction by the! British public, and their eight-point orocramme for a world democracy, contained in thc statement issued, will be carefully studied throughout the world. It. is the first time the leaders of the two great democracies have met face to face, although they have conversed frequently by telephone on world affairs and were thoroughly familiar with one another's views as a result of constant consultation and communications carried on through normal diplomatic channels and special envoys. One interesting feature of the statement is the close correspondence between the programme outlined and that recited in the third paragraph of the resolution passed at the recent Inter-Allied Conference in London on June 12. Indeed, it may be said that when compared these documents show a broad identity of views between the Allied Governments and thc United States on all the main issues that confront thc world after the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny.

It has long been recogniscd in London that no peace could be satisfactory without the participation Tsf the United States, and the declaration constitutes an assurance of United States willingness to cooperate in pcac-c. Although for obvious reasons no details have been given as to the subjects discussed or of the results of these discussions, it is generally assumed that, having the advantage of the presence of high-ranking officers of the militarv. naval and air forces of both Governments, Mr. Churchill and Mr. Roosevelt were able to review in precise detail all aspects of the problem of supply of munitions of war, as provided by the Lease-or-Lend Act, for the countries actively engaged in resisting aggression.

It is taken for granted among commentators here that two outstanding aspects of the present world situation, which inevitably engaged close attention, were the progress of the Battle of the Atlantic and the FatEastern situation.

Through their High Commissioners in London, the Dominion Governments have been kept closely informed as to the progress of these dramatic mid-ocean talks, and the representative in London of the soviet Union has been kept fully informed, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, having had frequent meetings with M. Maisky during the past few days. M. Maisky called on Mr. Eden again this afternoon. In Greatest Secrecy The historic meeting at sea between Mr. Churchill and Mr Roosevelt is believed to have taken Primo M- ln - S * last w eek-end. The Britafn _ Mlmste r s departure from wa ?j. made wi th the greatest rSL,, Ils p£ J rty deluded Lord kins a P Mr " Harr y HopKins. It is understood from Amerii" t s ° urces that a number of experts also attended.

°" ecl . broadcasts have i at . te / lt ' on to the meeting !re/ ew days - and - while notiVo v. u 11 was not worth wllrf il , shmvn anxiety by their acbLi M at '?ns — reported as thl inside information" —as to the tw t S » of the conv ersations of ne wo statesmen.

imnrfJ° declaration made a deep cirrlpc i° n i ln Belgian Government recpfvorf -k on( i ori ' where it was {£? 1 Wl th the greatest satisfacff'rri? n ? p , hasisin § that several of ohiJt f CI Fi enunciated were the hv tiL th ? declaration confirmed cnnrh.ti resol ution adopted at the AlHprf r> n 0 the nieeting of the afflrbi governments on June 12, i, fi, Belgian circles state that it #l«^„ emely important that a a Sreement on such principles Sp, Britain and the United V , be made , for this has unitoc J?, e solidarity which fiehthL * em , and unites all nations oniv if 4u r the cause of liberty, not thp • waging of war but in oiganisation of peace.