UNITED STATES PROMISE

Waikato Times, Volume 194, Issue 22355, 23 May 1944, Page 4

UNITED STATES PROMISE

PROMPT AID FOR CHINESE (OfflclaJ Wireless) RUGBY, May 21 “Neither the swamps of Burma, nor the Himalaya Mountains nor Japanese warships shall prevent America bringing all possible and prompt aid to this great and enduring people. Our President’s message to China is just that,” said Mr Henry Wallace. “The object of my trip,” he said, “is to let our Asiatic friends know the spirit of the American people and the beliefs and hopes of their Commander-in-Chief. Asia is just as important to the United States as is Europe. We are fighting a determined enemy in the north, south and ipiddle Pacific. “We fight because of Pearl Harbour. We fight tc preserve our freedom and for the democracies of Australia, New Zealand and Canada. We fight so that permanent peace and its blessings may become safe for the half of humanity which has its being on the shores of the world’s greatest ocean. Chiha and Russia Glorious

“The two great lands of China and Russia are glorious in the present, struggle. Siberia is a great arsenal without which the Russian victories could not have occurred. Tne Chinese will to survive and resist has its only counterpart in the defence of Stalingrad, Moscow and Leningrad.

“If I may carry to these working and fighting peoples of Asia something of the confidence and pride which the American people and the President feel in their magnificent, effort I know my journey will have not been undertaken in vain.”

Of China he said: “A new day opens for this great people. The closed door has gone forever. The future of China belongs to the world, and the world in justice and peace shall belong to China. The Chinese have the right to know that the American people conceive it a duty and a privilege to work a plan with the Chinese nation for that permanent peace and prosperity of our Pacific allies which will also make permanent our own peace and prosperity.’*