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| Chapter II - Part 1 |
| International Relations |
| Allied Victory Aug. 15, 1945 |
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| Haile Selassie the First - August 15, 1945 |
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| Ethiopia was the first of the Allied nations to be liberated from Nazism and Fascism in the second World War. In fact, it was partially because His Imperial Majesty had followed closely the war, and world political events and because of the vital connection of Ethiopia to Allied strategy, that Allied support was made available to Him and his valiant patriots in winning the victory over Italian fascism. After the victory, Ethiopia was still at war against the Central Powers. Ethiopia, therefore, had an inescapable interest and connection with the subsequent Allied victory. |
Today marks what will, perhaps, be recorded as the most significant day
in world history, for today has at last been brought to account and to a
crushing defeat a worldwide philosophy of aggression against all
peace-loving nations. This glorious victory has been won because those
peace-loving nations have persisted for long years of incredible hardships,
sacrifices, and determination to achieve freedom, decency, and justice not
for themselves alone but for the entire world. It is in this sense that the
victory over Japan which started in 1931 her infamous attack upon our
great friend the Republic of China and which led to the equally infamous
aggression against Ethiopia in 1935 and against Europe in 1939, takes on
its deeper significance for world history.
We have today, reversed the policy of expediency at the expense of
international justice. Today the victory which We now celebrate,
represents not only the triumph over Japan, not only the triumph over
those same forces in Europe which were part and parcel of the same
struggle, but also triumph of the principle of collective security enshrined
in the Charter of the United Nations signed at San Francisco.
However, at this solemn moment in history Our hearts turn in grief and
tender reflection to those countless families throughout the world who
have sacrificed their most cherished possessions, their husbands and sons,
that justice might triumph. This victory has been achieved at a cost of
lives, sufferings, and treasure that have never before been equalled. It has
also recorded the bravest and most heroic deeds and actions of modern
times. In history will ever be enshrined the battle-fields of Alamein, of
Stalingrad, of Anzio, of Normandy, of Iwo Jima and of Okinawa, Ethiopia,
with the other United Nations and more than most, has contributed her
maximum efforts to the attainment of that victory. She will, with all
others, however, remain eternally grateful to the British Empire, for her aid
in liberating Ethiopia and, during those dark hours of 1940 and 1941, in
carrying on alone the war for the defence of decency and liberty; to the
Soviet Union, through incredible acts of heroism, for having ground to
dust the vast German armies in the East; and finally to the United States of
America for its great sacrifices in men and wealth, which with the
combined forces of Britain and the Soviet Union made possible the
invasion of Europe and which by a series of brilliant naval and air victories
achieved the defeat of and victory over Japan.
in world history, for today has at last been brought to account and to a
crushing defeat a worldwide philosophy of aggression against all
peace-loving nations. This glorious victory has been won because those
peace-loving nations have persisted for long years of incredible hardships,
sacrifices, and determination to achieve freedom, decency, and justice not
for themselves alone but for the entire world. It is in this sense that the
victory over Japan which started in 1931 her infamous attack upon our
great friend the Republic of China and which led to the equally infamous
aggression against Ethiopia in 1935 and against Europe in 1939, takes on
its deeper significance for world history.
We have today, reversed the policy of expediency at the expense of
international justice. Today the victory which We now celebrate,
represents not only the triumph over Japan, not only the triumph over
those same forces in Europe which were part and parcel of the same
struggle, but also triumph of the principle of collective security enshrined
in the Charter of the United Nations signed at San Francisco.
However, at this solemn moment in history Our hearts turn in grief and
tender reflection to those countless families throughout the world who
have sacrificed their most cherished possessions, their husbands and sons,
that justice might triumph. This victory has been achieved at a cost of
lives, sufferings, and treasure that have never before been equalled. It has
also recorded the bravest and most heroic deeds and actions of modern
times. In history will ever be enshrined the battle-fields of Alamein, of
Stalingrad, of Anzio, of Normandy, of Iwo Jima and of Okinawa, Ethiopia,
with the other United Nations and more than most, has contributed her
maximum efforts to the attainment of that victory. She will, with all
others, however, remain eternally grateful to the British Empire, for her aid
in liberating Ethiopia and, during those dark hours of 1940 and 1941, in
carrying on alone the war for the defence of decency and liberty; to the
Soviet Union, through incredible acts of heroism, for having ground to
dust the vast German armies in the East; and finally to the United States of
America for its great sacrifices in men and wealth, which with the
combined forces of Britain and the Soviet Union made possible the
invasion of Europe and which by a series of brilliant naval and air victories
achieved the defeat of and victory over Japan.
| Re-Affirm Faith |
These sacrifices, the sacrifices of other United Nations and the long bitter
struggle of Our Empire for the defence and furtherance of the cause of
collective security impose upon all nations alike the obligation rendered
sacred by the life-blood and sufferings of Our people to ensure that war
will not again sear the face of Our fair lands, and that justice and not
expediency shall guide the councils of nations and, in the words of the
Charter of the United Nations "to reaffirm faith in fundamental human
rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights
of nations large and small."
struggle of Our Empire for the defence and furtherance of the cause of
collective security impose upon all nations alike the obligation rendered
sacred by the life-blood and sufferings of Our people to ensure that war
will not again sear the face of Our fair lands, and that justice and not
expediency shall guide the councils of nations and, in the words of the
Charter of the United Nations "to reaffirm faith in fundamental human
rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights
of nations large and small."
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