Nevertheless, when the greedy flames of war inexorably spread in the Pacific following the perfidious attack on Pearl Harbor, Malaya, and lands in and around the China Sea, and one after another of these places fell, the pendulu

m swung to the other extreme. Doubts and fears lifted their ugly heads and the world began to think that the Japanese were Nietzschean supermen, superior in intellect and physical prowess, a belief which the Gobineaus and the Houston Chamberlains and their apt pupils, the Nazi racists, had propounded about the Nordics。

　　虽然，自日本对于珍珠港(Pearl Harbor)、马来亚(Malaya)，以及南洋一带加以背信无耻之袭击后，战争之贪狂火焰，弥漫太平洋上，而各该地域，相继失守，一时观感，遂又趋向另一极端。于是怀疑忧惧之狰狞面目乃大暴露。世界人士由此遂视日本人为尼采(Nietzchean)所称之超人，在智力上与体力上均超越他国人民。其实此项信念，乃古皮诺(Gobineaus)派豪斯敦、张伯伦(Houston Chamberlains)派，以及其得意门徒纳粹种族主义派，对于北欧人(Nordics)所发挥者。

　　Again, now the prevailing opinion seems to consider the defeat of the Japanese as of relative unimportance and that Hitler is our first concern. This is not borne out by actual facts, nor is it to the interests of the United Nations as a whole to allow Japan to continue not only as a vital potential threat but as a waiting sword of Damocles, ready to descend at a moment’s notice。

　　不宁惟是，就现时流行之意见而言，则又似认为击败日本，为目前比较次要之事，而吾人首应对付者，则为希特勒。但事实证明，并不如此。且即为联合国整体利益着想，吾人亦不宜继续纵容日本使其不独为一主要之潜伏威胁，且为德玛克利斯(Damocles)头上之悬剑，随时可以坠落。

　　The victories won by the United Sates Navy at Midway and the Coral Sea are doubtless steps in the right direction—they are merely steps in the right direction—for the magnificent fight that was waged at Guadalcanal during the past 6 months attests to the fact that the defeat of the forces of evil though long and arduous will finally come to pass. For have we not on the side of righteousness and justice staunch allies in Great Britain, Russia, and other brave and indomitable peoples? Meanwhile the peril of the Japanese juggernaut remains. Japanese military might must be decimated as a fighting force before its threat to civilization is removed。

　　美国海军在中途岛(Midway)及珊瑚海(Coral Sea)所获得之胜利，其方向为正确，显然无疑，惟亦仅为向正确方向之前进步骤而已。盖过去六个月在瓜达康纳尔(Guadalcanal)之英勇作战，已证明一项事实，即凶恶势力之溃败，虽尚需时而费力，最后必将到来。吾人站在正义与公道方面岂无英、苏与其他英勇不屈之民族为吾人忠实之盟邦乎？惟是日本侵略恶魔继续为祸之可能，依然存在。日本之武力，必须予以彻底摧毁，使其不复能作战，始可解除日本对于文明之威胁。

　　When the Seventy-seventh Congress declared war against Japan, Germany, and Italy, Congress for the moment had done its work. It now remains for you, the present Representatives of the American people, to point the way to win the war, to help construct a world in which all peoples may henceforth live in harmony and peace。

　　贵国第七十七届国会，向日、德、义三国宣战。就其在当时而言，贵国国会确已完成其工作。就今日而论，则有待于诸君。诸君为贵国人民之代表，当有以指示取得胜利之途径，并协助建立一新世界，使一切民族此后得相处于融洽与和平之中。

　　May I not hope that it is the resolve of Congress to devote itself to the creation of the post-war world? To dedicate itself to the preparation for the brighter future that a stricken world so eagerly awaits?

　　余岂可不希望，美国国会之决心，乃在尽力于创立战后新世界，乃在尽力于准备水深火热之世界所殷切期待之较光明前途乎？

　　We of this generation who are privileged to help make a better world for ourselves and for posterity should remember that, while we must not be visionary, we must have vision so that peace should not be punitive in spirit and should not be provincial or nationalistic or even continental in concept, but universal in scope and humanitarian in action, for modern science has so annihilated distance that what affects one people must of necessity affect all other peoples。

　　吾人生于今世，有为吾人自身以及子子孙孙建立一较美满世界之光荣机会。所应牢记不忘者，即一方面固不可抱持过高理想，另一方面却亦必须具有相当理想，使未来之和平在精神上不至成为专对战败者之惩罚，在概念上不至以一区域或一国家甚或一大陆为对象，而以全世界为范围，而其行动亦必须合乎人道主义。盖现代科学，已将距离缩短至如此程度，以致凡影响一民族之事物，势必同时影响其他一切民族。

　　The term “hands and feet” is often used in China to signify the relationship between brothers. Since international interdependence is now so universally recognized, can we not also say that all nations should become members of one corporate body?

　　“手足”一词，在中国用以表示兄弟间之关系。国际间之相互依赖，今既已如此普遍承认，吾人岂不能亦谓一切国家应成为一集(咔咔)合体之分子乎？

　　The 160 years of traditional friendship between our two great peoples, China and America, which has never been marred by misunderstandings, is unsurpassed in the annals of the world。

　　中、美两大民族间一百六十年来之传统友谊，从未染有误会之污痕，此在世界历史中，诚无出其右者。

　　I can also 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 into another orgy of blood。

　　余亦能确告诸君，吾人渴望并准备与诸君及其他民族合作，共同奠定一种真实与持久之基础，以建设一合理而进步之世界社会，使任何恣肆骄狂或劫掠成性之邻国，不复能使后世之人，再遭流血之惨剧。

　　In the past China has not computed the cost to her manpower in her fight against aggression, although she well realized that manpower is the real wealth of a nation and it takes generations to grow it. She has been soberly conscious of her responsibilities and has not concerned herself with privileges and gains which she might have obtained through compromise of principles. Nor will she demean herself and all she holds dear to the practice of the market place。

　　中国虽明知人力一项，乃一国之真正富源，并需累代之久始能成长，然中国在其反侵略战争中，从未计及其在人力方面所受之损失。中国对于其本身所负之各种责任，深切明了；对于如何而可在原则方面妥协让步以获得种种权益，则从未顾及。中国对于其本身，对于其所珍爱尊重之一切，亦决不稍降品格，而循商场中市侩之行径。

　　We in China, like you, want a better world, not for ourselves alone, but for all mankind, and we must have 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 into our effort to fulfill these ideals even at the risk of failure。

　　我中国国民，正与诸君相同，不仅为吾人本身，且更为人类全体，希望有一较佳之世界；实则必须有此较佳之世界。然仅宣布吾人之理想，甚或确信吾人具有此种理想，尚嫌不足。盖欲保存、支撑，并维持此等理想，有时必须不惜牺牲一切，甚至甘冒失败之危险，以努力促其实现。

　　The teachings drawn from our late leader, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, have given our people the fortitude to carry on. From 5 1/2 years of experience we in China are convinced that it is the better part of wisdom not to accept failure ignominiously, but to risk it gloriously. We shall have faith that, at the writing of peace, American and our other gallant allies will not be obtunded by the mirage of contingent reasons of expediency。

　　吾人已故领袖孙逸仙博士所示之训范，已给予吾国人民奋斗前进之毅力。我中国人民根据五年又半之经验，确信光明正大之甘冒失败，较诸卑鄙可耻之接受失败，更为明智。吾人将有一项信念，即在订立和议之时，美国以及其他英勇之盟友，将不致为一时种种权宜理由所迷惑。

　　Man’s mettle is tested both in adversity and in success. Twice is this true of the soul of a nation。

　　个人之品德，于困厄中验之，亦于成功中验之。以言一国之精神，倍加真确。

 

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