New weapon emphasises need for evercloser friendship among nations

Taranaki Daily News, 29 October 1945, Page 5

New weapon emphasises need for evercloser friendship among nations

By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.

Received 9.45 p.ra. New York, October 27; atomic bombs which fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki must be made the signal for a new era of ever-closer unity and friendship among the peaceful nations," deelared President Truman to-day in a speech at Navy Day celebrations at New York. "The differences existing to-day between nations that fought together so long and so valiantly for victory are not hopeless or irreconcilable, but the solution will require a combination of forbearance, firmness and willingness to find common ground as to the methods of applying the high principles enunciated. _ . "The atomic bomb does not alter United States^ basic foreign policy. It makes the development and application of our policy more urgent than we could have dreamed six months ago. It means that we must be prepared to approach international problems with greater speed, ^ determination and ingenuity to meet this unprecedented situation.

"In our possession of this weapon, as in our possession of other new weapons. there is no threat to any nation," continued the President. "We regard the possession of this new power of destruction as a sacred trust. Because of our love for peace thoughtful people of the world know the trust will not be violated and that it will be faithfully Gxccutsd/' President Truman deelared that even after demobilisation the United States would have the greatest navy and one of the most powerful air forces on earth. Furthermore, Congress had been asked to adopt universal f-aining to enable the United States to mobilise at short notice a powerful army. Four Chief Tasks. "The United States does not seek one inch of power outside the right to establash the necessary bases for our own protection," he said, "However, this armed might is needed for four principal tasks: In collaboration with the Allies to enforce the peace terms imposed on our enemies; to fulfil military obligations as a member of the United Nations organisation; to co-operate with the other American nations to preserve the territorial integrity and political independence of the western hemisphere nations; in a troubled and uncerlain world to make our forces adequate toedischarge the fundamental mission laid on them by the constitution— to provide for the common defence of the United States. "We seek to use our military strength solely to preserve world peace, for we now know that is the only sure way to make our own freedom," continued the President. "That is the basis of United States foreign policy, the fundamentals of which are:— No Sclfish Claims. "We seek no territorial expansion or selfish advantage and have no plans for aggression aainst any State, large or small. We have no objective which need clash with the peaceful aims of any other nation. "We believe in the eventual return of sovereign rights and self-government to all peoples deprived of them by force. We shall approve no territorial changes in any friendly part of the world unless they accord with the freely expressed wishes of the people concerned. "All peoples prepared for self-govern-ment should "be permitted to choose their own form of government by freely expressed choice without interference from any foreign source. That is true in Europe, Asia and Africa as well as the western hemisphere. "By combined co-operative action with our war allies we shall help the defeated enemy States to establish peaceful and democratic governments of their own free choice. We shall try to attayi a world in which Nazism, Fascism and military aggression cannot exist. No Diplomatic Recognition. "We shall refuse to recognise any Government imposed upon any nation by the force of any foreign Power. In some cases it may be impossible to prevent the forceful imposition of such a Government but the United States will not recognise any such Government. "All nations should have freedom of the seas and equal rights to navigation on boundary rivers, waterways and rivers passing through more than one country. All States accepted in the society of nations should have equal access to world trade and raw materials. "The sovereign States of the western hemisphere, without interference from outside the hemisphere, must work together as good neighbours in the solution of their common problems. "Full economic collaboration between all nations, great and small, is essential to the improvement of living conditions throughout the world and to the establishment of freedom from fear and from want. We shall continue to strive for more freedom of expression and religion throughout the peace-loving countries of the world. "We are convlnced that the preserva-

tion of peace requires a United Nations organisation composed of all the^ peaceloving nations who are willing Jointly to use force if necessary to enSure peace. Confidence in Fnture. - "That is the foreign policy with which the United States confidently faces the future. It may take a long time to achieve but it is worth striving to attain, The world cannot alford to let down in the united determination of the Allies to accomplish lasting peace; It cannot afford to let the co-operative spirit disintegrate. People in the United States, Russia, Britain, France and China, in collaboration with all the other peace-loving people, must take the course of current history into their own hands and mould it in a new directlon of continued co-operation. Common danger united us before victory; let common hope continue to draw us together in the years to come."