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THE CHINA: MAIL, JANUARY 21, 1941
Pres. Roosevelt's Inaugural Peril OF
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Address: Inaction
"TO US THERE HAS COME THE TIME, IN THE MIDST OF SWIFT HAPPENINGS, TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT TO TAKE STOCK TO RECALL WHAT OUR PLACE IN HISTORY HAS BEEN AND TO RE-DISCOVER WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE MAY BE, SAID PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN HIS INAUGURAL SPEECH IN WASHINGTON YESTERDAY.
"On each inaugural day," he said, "the U.S. NAVAL
American people have renewed their sense of dedication to the United States.
"In this day, the task of the people is to save the nation and its institutions from dis- ruption from without.. We must assess our- selves in history.. If we do not, we risk the real peril of inaction.
de-
of
"The lives of nations are
count termined not by the years but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The bie of man is three score years and ten, a
little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live.
"There are men who doubt this, "There are men who believe that Democracy is a form of Gov- ernment and a frame of life as limited or measured by a kind of mystical artificial fate that for some unexplained reason, tyranny and slavery have surging wave of the future that freedom is an ebbing tide.
MEN
tossess CONVICTED
of this
from other nations hemisphere and from
enslaved
across the sea well as free. "Sometimes we fail to hear
Two United States Navy those seamen were convicted in as San Francisco yesterday of "malicious mischief”
or
such
heed these voices because to us by cutting down the Nazi the privilege of fredom is
flag from the German an old, old story."
Consulate-General.
Washington Address
Washing- Recalling President
address in tou's first inaugural 1789 when he spoke of "the pre-
fire of serva ion of the sacred
of the liberty and the destiny. become
Republican model of government, President Roosevelt declared: "I we lose that sacred freedom, we let it be smothered with doubt
Free Expression Of Thought
the
US
"But we Americans know that
Democracy that is not true. not dying. We know it because and grow we have seen it revive We know it cannot die because
and
it is built of the unhampered initiative of individual men women joined together in a com-
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if
"This is
offence against another nation." said the Muni- cipal Judge, after remanding them in the custody of the naval authorities.
He is to pronounce genteure on Thursday,
The German Radic yesterday or fear, then we shall reject the referred to "impudent and pro- destiny which President Washing-vocative insults to the German ton strove so valiantly, so trium-flag"
the phantly to establish.
in
"The preservation of the spirit and faith of a nation docs and will furnish the highest justi. fication for every sacrifice We may make in the cause of na. tional defence.
In the face of perils never be-
7710211 enterprise enterprise un- | fore encountered, our strong pur- der aken and carried through by|pose is to project and perpe.uute the free expression of thought. the integrity of democracy.
"We spreading on every Continent--- for it is the most humane, the most advanced and the Inpat
sense that it is stli:
We Go Forward
unconquerable of all forms of spirit of America, the faith human society.
"A nation, like a person,
the
For this we muster
America. We do not retreat; WW has are
not content to stand. As
a mind--a mind that must be kept | Americans, we go forward in the informed and alert, that must know itself, that understands the hopes and need of it. neighbours
all other nations that live with in the narrowing circle of the world. And a nation like a per- son has something deeper, sume- thing
permanent. more
some thing larger than the sum of all
service of our country, by the will of God to the end."
that In announcing German Charge d'Affaires Washington had lodged a strong States protest with the United State Department about the inci-
Reuter.
cient.
ADVANCE INTO ETRITREA
In addition to the suc- cessful Western Desert campaign, the British troops in Africa are also Mighty cheers welled up from the multitude in the Plaza beneall, attacking the Italians at the Capitol's sunflecked dome as several other points. the President reached the con- The most important of these at cluding passage of his inaugural the moment is the Kassala sector, speech: "We do not retreat, we and British troops are already 20 are not content to stand still" miles east and south-west of that
well inside
Eritrea. The
its parts. It is that something After the speech, the President, | city, which matters most to it, future, before re-entering the car to re-enemy withdrawal continues. which calls forth the inos, sacred turn to the White House, waited On the Sudan/Abyssinian bor- in a white pillared pavilion which der our patrols are very active, guarding of its present,
had been specially constructed in while in the Kenya sector con-
offensive action by front of the Capitol for the cere- tinued monies and stood with the multi-mobile detachments has resulted tude as the band played the na-
in a number of gains and the in- tional ́ anthem.
tlicting of casualties on the enemy.
It is the thing for which we find it difficult, even impossible, to hit upon
in a single, simple word, and yet we all understand what it is the spirit and the faith of America.
"It is the product of centuries. "The democratic aspiration is not a mere recent happen- 1 ing In human
history.
Strong In Emphasis
Observers noted that President It is Roosevelt looked more than us- human history. It permeated ually serious before he took the
early oath.
the ancient
life of the
He was also unusually peoples, it blazed anew in the strong in emphasis throughout Middle Ages, it was written in his address but afterwards he Magna Carta,
greeted friends gaily and appear- In the Americas, its impact based in the best of spirits. been irresistible.
witnessed the historic
our
A further 4,000 Italians taken prisoner in the initial thrust in to the Western Desert arrived at Bombay yesterday for intern- ment.
ALBANIA OPERATION
THE IMPORTANT TOWN 'OF
Several members of President Those who first came here to Roosevelt's family, including his carry out the longings of their mother, spirit and the millions who fol- inauguration from the pavilion BERAT, BEHIND THE ITALIAN lowed and the stock that sprang over which the President's own LINES IN THE SECTOR IN
flag waved with from them, all have moved for blue and gold
ward constantly and consistently | the Stars and Stripes."-Reuter.
towards an ideal which, in itself,
has gained in stature and clarity
with each generation.
"We know we have still far to go and that we must more
"FUNIETY" TO BE REPEATED
greatly build security and oppor tunity for knowledge of every citizen in the measure justified by A repeat performance of
and and the capacity "Funiety," a novel
our resources
highly
of our land, but it is not enough | successful varle'y entertainment to achieve these purposes alone, given a short while ago, has been for there is also the spirit.
America's Spirit»
arranged to take place on Febru ary 1 at the China Fleet Club Theatre in aid of the South China Morning Post War Fund (Bomber
THE WHICH
GREEKS ARE DRIVING ON TEPELINI, HAS BEEN HEAVILY BOMBED BY THE R.A.F. SAYS A CAIRO COMMUNIQUE.
Our 'planes dropped high ex- plosive and incendiary bombs on military concentrations and motor transport and on buildings east
of the town...
GIFTS FOR MORE AIRCRAFT
The State War Council of Unit-
President Rosevelt. proceeded: ber Fund), "If the spirit of America”..........were During the interval since. Its ed Provinces, India, has resolved killed, even though the nation's first appearance rehearsals have to send six lakhs about £45,000 body and mind, constricted in an continued and an entertainment for the purchase of aircraft. r alien world, lived on, the America of even higher, standard than the The "Times of Ceylon" has sent we know would have perished. first is promised. Seats at pop!! | £6,000 to the Lord Mayor's, air-
“That spirit, that faith, upeaks.lar prices are bookable at An-raid distress relief fund and sents to us in our daily lives in ways derson's Music Store, ice. House £120,000 for various war. chari- unnoticed. It speaks tous Street.
ties,