Aug. 16.
The long conference between President Roosevelt. and Mr. Winston Churchill will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the most momentous events of this war, Tt has Fesulted inthe publication of a document Which may be described as consisting of one war aim-~the destruction of Nazi {yrunny,-—and seven peace alms which clearly pro-hounce the doctrine that the democracies are fighting a. defensive war against aggression which threatens their very existence. It lias deen sneeringly said that, in the eight points which the two Matesmen have agreed upon, there is ttle. difference from the famous fourteen points. of President Wilson. 'That here should be similarity is inevitable. 'There {sa similarity between the two wars which Ihave inspired these documents, Great Britain, her Allies and the United States seck pho {erritorial aggrandizement. Germany' did fin the last war and doos in' this, and it is inevitable that. the declaration of the two caders should follow lines already Laid down by President Roosevelt, 3
But the document is of enormous signitic~ ance as assuring ihe small nations of the
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