Show MADAM CHIANG 1 URGES MORE AID TO CHINA Flays Nazis Beat First Attitude In Congress T Talk aile WASHINGTON Feb 18 UP P Madame C Chi Chiang h i a n g shek Kai-shek Thursday denounced the prevailing prevailing pre opinion that the defeat of Japan is less important than the d defeat feat of G Germany e r m man a n y and urged congress to lead the way in n formulating on one one corporate body of all nations after the war It was her her first dramatic appeal to the American people for more aid for China which has bled and borne unflinchingly the burden burden burden bur bur- den of war for more than five and anda a half years Before a hushed and crowded house chamber in her first public appearance she praised America as not only the cauldron of democracy democracy democracy racy but the incubator of democratic democratic demo demo- cratic principles She hoped that the congress of th that t America would help make a postwar world in which It will be Impossible for anyone to plunge future generations generations genera genera- into another orgy of blood The address of the famous educated American-educated wife of the Chinese generalissimo was in Impeccable impeccable Im iou- English and woven into it were the sayings of old Chinese philosophers to illustrate Important important important tant points She concluded with this philosophIcal philosophical philosophical philo philo- advice from a nation long torn tornby by war to one barely initiated in a a ha of l I i I exp ne e. we i China are re conI convinced convinced con con- vinced that it is Is' the better part of wisdom om not to accept failure ignominiously but to risk it glo gin We sh shall ll ha have e faith that at atthe atthe atthe the writing of peace America m rica and our other gallant allies will hot not be obtunded by the mirage of contingent contingent contin contino gent reasons of expediency Mans mettle is tested both in adversity and in success Twice is this true of the soul of a na- na tion Mme MIne Chiang left no doubt that her mission mission- here now that her treatment for an old injury has been pronounced successful is to convince Americans that the Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese are no less les's a dangerous foe than the Germans She prefaced her review revIe of Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese strength with this this' Chinese saying It takes little effort to watch the other fellow carry arry the load The prevailing opinion y no now she added seems to consider the defeat defeat defeat de de- de- de feat of the Japanese as of relative unimportance and th that t Hitler Is our first first- first concern concern This is not borne tout out by actual on Page Pae Five IMad Madam m Chiang Urges Increased Aid to China in Congress Talk Continued from PIe Page One facts she said nor is it to the interests of the united d nations as asa asa a a. whole to allow Japan to continue continue con con- not only as a a. vital potential threat but as a ig sword of Damocles ready to descend at ata ata ata a moments moment's notice Japanese military might must be decimated as a a. fighting force before its threat to civilization is removed She praised the American naval victories at Midway and in the Coral sea but emphasized that they are merely steps in 10 the right direction The six months' months battle at Guadalcanal attests t to the fact she said that the defeat of evil forces though long and arduous I Ivill will vill finally come to pass But she warned congress Let us not forget that Japan in her occupied areas today has greater resources at her command than Germany Let us not forget that the longer Japan is left in undisputed possession of these resources the stronger she must become She told the congress that as its predecessor had discharged its duty in 1941 by declaring war on the aggressors the duty of the present congress is to help win the war and to create and uphold a lasting peace which will justify the sacrifices and sufferings of the victims of aggression to to help construct a world in which all peo pie may henceforth live in harmony harmony harmony har har- mony and peace May I not hope that it is the resolve of congress to devote itself to the creation of the postwar world she said To dedicate itself to the preparations for the brighter future that a stricken world so eagerly awaits w Eager to Co Cooperate p rate I I can assure you that China is eager and ready to cooperate with you and other peoples to lay a true and lasting foundation for a sane and progressive world society which would make it impossible for any arrogant or predatory neighbor to plunge future generations generations genera genera- into another orgy of blood We in China like you want a better world not for ourselves but for all mankind mankind- and we must have haveit it It is not enough however to proclaim our ideals or even to be convinced that we have them In order to preserve uphold and maintain them there are times when we should throw all we cherish cherish cherish cher cher- ish into our effort to fulfill these ideals even at the risk of failure Mrs Chiang arrived Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day from Hyde Park N N. Y where she spent six days at the Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt home Although she is not here as an official representative of the republic of China Mr and Mrs Roosevelt paid her the signal honor of meeting her at union station sta sta- tion a tion-a a ceremony usually reserved for only visitors of s state ate I |