1943年宋美龄美国国会演讲词

1943

年宋美龄美国国会演讲

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The committee appointed by Vice president, preceded by the Secretary of the Senate (Edwin A.

Halsey), and the Sergeant at Arms (Wall Doxey), and consisting of Mr. Barkley, Mr. McNary, Mr.

Connally,

Mr.

Capper,

And

Mrs.

Caraway,

entered

the

Chamber

at

the

main

door

and

escorted

Mme. Chiang Kai- shek to a seat at the desk immediately in front of the Vice President.

(Mme. Chiang Kai-shek was greeted with prolonged applause, Senators and guests of the Senate

rising.)

The

VICE

PRESIDENT.

Senators,

distinguished

guests,

Mme.

Chiang

Kai- shek,

wife

of

the

Generalissimo of the armies of China, will now address you.

[Applause]

ADDRESS BY MME. CHIANG KAI-SHEK

Mr.

President,

Members

of

the

Senate

of

the

United

States,

ladies

and

gentlemen,

I

am

overwhelmed by the warmth and spontaneity of the welcome of the American people, of whom

you are the representatives. I did not know that I was to speak to you today at the Senate except to

say, “How do you do? I am so very glad to see you,” and to bring the greetings to my people

to the people of America. However, just before coming here, the Vice President told me that he

would like to have me say a few words to you.

I am not a very good extemporaneous speaker; in fact, I am no speaker at all; but I am not so very

much discouraged, because a few days ago I was at Hyde Park, and went to the President’s library.

Something

I

saw

there

encouraged

me,

and

made

me

feel

that

perhaps

you

will

not

expect

overmuch of me in speaking to you extemporaneously. What do you think I saw there? I saw

many things. But the one thing which interested me most of all was that in a glass case there was

the first draft of tone of the President’s speeches, a second draft, and on and on up to the sixth

draft. Yesterday I happened to mention this fact to the President, and told him that I was extremely

glad that he had to write so many drafts when he is such a well-known and

acknowledgedly fine speaker. His reply to me was that sometimes he writes 12 drafts of a speech.

So, my remarks here today, being extemporaneous, I am sure you will make allowances for me.

The traditional friendship between your country and mine has a history of 160 years. I feel, and I

believe

that

I

am

now

the

only

one

who

feels

this

way,

that

there

are

a

great

many

similarities

between your people and mine, and that these similarities are the basis of our friendship.

I should like to tell you a little story which will illustrate this belief. When General Doolittle and

his men went to bomb Tokyo, on their return some of your boys had to bail out in the interior of

China. One of them later told me that he had to mail out of his ship. And that when he landed on

Chinese soil and saw the populace running toward him, he just waved his arm and shouted the

only Chinese word he knew, “Mei

-kuo, Mei-

kuo,” which means “America,” [Applause.] Literally

translated from the Chinese it means “Beautiful country.” This boy said that our people laughed

and

almost

hugged

him,

and

greeted

him

like

a

long

lost

brother.

He

further

told

me

that

the

thought that he had come home when he saw our people; and that was the first time he had ever

been to China. [Applause.]

I

came

to

your

country

as

a

little

girl.

I

know

your

people.

I

have

lived

with

them.

I

spent

the

formative years of my life amongst your people. I speak your language, not only the language of

your

hearts,

but

also

your

tongue.

So

coming

here

today

I

feel

that

I

am

also

coming

home.

[Applause.]

I believe, however, that it is not only

I who am coming home; I feel that if the Chinese people

could speak to you in your own tongue, or if you could understand our tongue, they would tell you

that basically and fundamentally we are fighting for the same cause [great applause]; that we have

identity of ideals’ that the “four freedoms,” which your President proclaimed to

the world, resound throughout our vast land as the gong of freedom, the gong of freedom of the

United Nations, and the death knell of the aggressors. [Applause.]

I assure you that our people are willing and eager to cooperate with you in the realization of these

ideals, because we want to see to it that they do not echo as empty phrases, but become realities

for ourselves, for your children, for our children

’s

children, and for all mankind. [Applause.]

How are we going to realize these ideals? I think I shall tell you a little story which just came to

my mind. As you know, China is a very old nation. We have a history of 5,000 years. When we

were

obliged

to

evacuate

Hankow

and

go

into

the

hinterland

to

carry

on

and

continue

our

resistance against

aggression,

the

Generalissimo

and

I

passed

one

of

our

fronts,

the

Changsha

front.

One

day

we