The Refusal Of The British And Russian

There Has Been Considerable Comment Over The Awarding Of The Nobel Peace Prize To A Soldier. I Am Afraid This Does Not Seem As Remarkable To Me As It Quite Evidently Appears To Others. I Know A Great Deal Of The Horrors And Tragedies Of War. ... The Cost Of War In Human Lives Is Constantly Spread Before Me, Written Neatly In Many Ledgers Whose Columns Are Gravestones. I Am Deeply Moved To Find Some Means Or Method Of Avoiding Another Calamity Of War.

I Think One Difficulty Is That The Problem Is One Of Such Enormous Complexity That The Very Mass Of Facts Presented To The Public By Press And Radio Make It Exceedingly Difficult For The Man In The Street To Reach A Clear Appraisement Of The Situation. It Is Virtually Impossible At This Distance To Grasp At All The Real Significance Of The Situation.

I Find It Hard Even Now Not To Look On Your North African Strategy With A Jaundiced Eye. Cross Channel Operations For The Liberation Of France And Advance On Germany, We Should Finish The War Quicker. Yes, Probably, But Not The Way We Hope To Finish It.

You Know, I Know, All Of Us Know That The Time Factor Is The Vital Consideration - And Vital Is The Correct Meaning Of The Term - Of Our National Defense Program; That We Must Never Be Caught In The Same Situation We Found Ourselves In 1917.

The One Great Element In Continuing The Success Of An Offensive Is Maintaining The Momentum. This Was Lost Last Fall When Shortages Caused By The Limitation Of Port Facilities Made It Impossible To Get Sufficient Supplies To The Armies When They Approached The German Border.