UNITY OF ALLIES

Waikato Times, Volume 193, Issue 22199, 19 November 1943, Page 3

UNITY OF ALLIES

MOSCOW DECLARATION CORDELL HULL EXPLAINS PEACE AND SCURRY (Received Nov. 19, noon) RUGBY, Nov. 18. “ Victory would have been impossible if this country and Britain, the Soviet Union, China and other victims of aggression had not each risen as a unit in defence of liberty and independence,” Mr Cordell Hull declared when he addressed Congress on the results of the Moscow declaration.

“ Victory would have been equally impossible if all these nations had not come together in a brotherhood of self-preservation.” The convocation of the conference, said Mr Hull, was the result of

“profound conviction on the part of Mr Roosevelt, Mr Churchill and Marshal Stalin that at this stage of the war frank and friendly exchanges of views between responsible representatives of their Governments on post-war problems as well as war collaboration were matters of great urgency.” He had gone to Moscow to discuss some of the basic problems of international relations in the light of the principles to which the United States, under the leadership of Mr Roosevelt, had given widespread adherence. He had never attended a conference where there was a greater determination on the part of all the participants to move forward in a spirit of mutual understanding and confidence, and he emphasised, too, that while important agreements were reached there were no secret agreements and none was suggested. International Organisation

General security would be the foundation stone of which the future international organisation decided upon at Moscow would be constructed. The declaration by the Soviet, Britain, the United States and China was designed to enable all peace-loving countries, large or small, to live in peace and security, to preserve the liberties and rights of a civilised existence, and to enjoy expanded opportunities and facilities for economic, social and spiritual progress. Each had in the past relied in varying degrees upon the policy of detachment and aloofness. The four Governments at Moscow had pledged themselves to carry forward to the fullest development a broad and progressive programme of international co-operation. This action was of world-wide importance. As the provisions of the declaration were carried into effect there would no longer be need for spheres of influence alliances, balance of power, or any other special arrangemnets through which in the unhappy past the nations strove to safeguard security or promote their interests.