Evening star., 1939-09-21
Victory Chief Aim,
Says Halifax, Citing
Failure 10 Aid Poles
Must Undertake Nothino
Thot Might ImperiI
Cool, Lords Told
BY the Associated Press.

we must not undertake anything
that does not directly contribute" to
| victory in the European War, In
commenting on the failure of Po-
land to get help.
Speaking in the House Of Lords,
Lord Halifax said:
"One of the major tragedies of
the last few weeks was that we
should have had to watch the re-
sistance of a gallant nation over
borne without ourselves being able
to render such direct assistance as
might have produced different re-
suits. I have felt it every hour and
every moment.
But we must not lose sight Of our
main objective in this war-victory-
and we must not undertake anything
that does not directly contribute to
that victory or which might mitigate
against It,"
Leslie Burgin, minister Of supply,
at the same time told the House Of
Commons of creation of a war supply
council and broad plans to use every
ounce of endeavor and ton of output"
In Britain in the drive to win the
war.
$277,200, 900 in Orders.
Giving the nation a glimpse Of the
extent of the weapons Britain was
forging. Mr.. Burgin declared his de-
partment had placed orders for war
supplies exceeding f70,O0O, 900 tcur-
rently SPIT 100000 since the out
break of hostilities.
| Mr.. Burgin will head the supply
council. with Sir Harold Brown di-
rector Of munitions production and
Lord Weir as director general Of ex-
plosives.
| In an effort to allav fears of a
repetition of the World War shell
shortage, Mr.. Burgin told the House
700 firms were making shells or
their component parts and $500
contractors were working for the
ministry OF supply on nation-wid
scale.
OF the TOO firms making shells he
said that was "a number being
added to every day"
Mr.. Burgin said the country had
been divided into 13 districts, each
under trained engineer to insure
that the whole of capacity of the
country is utilized"
Arthur Greenwood, Laborite op-
position leader, Immediately At
tackled the setup outlined by Mr..
Burgin as bureaucratic and de-
clared "the dead hand of official
ism is going to throttle national ef-
fort
IF the government thinks 1t Is
going to mobilize the industrial
power Of this nation under 13 ex-
admirals, I tell them they have
! failed"
Prime Minister Chamberlain set
next Wednesday as the date for the
introduction of war budget In the
House of Commons.
The House was told by Oliver
Stanley, president of the Board of
Trade, that the government was
drafting measure to prevent war
profiteering. He said it also would
extend the scope Of price controls
now in effect for some foodstuffs.
British government allegations OF
serious" revolt in Bohemia and
Moravia-parts of Czecho- Slovakia
which Germany absorbed - were
cited as backing British hopes Of en-
listing Germany's anti-Nazis in the
fight against Adolf Hitler.
On Berlin. the British reports
of an organized revolt were de-
scribed as nonsense" by spokes-
man for Baron Konstantin Won
Neurath. Reich's protector for
both Bohemia and Moravia. He
invited correspondents to visit
Prague to see for themselves. The
British did not give the sources
of their informationD
A ministry of information COM
munique said Britain had received
authoritative information that a
revolutionary movement had started
last Sunday in Bohemia and Mo-
ravia and was continuing despite
ruthless" repressive measures.
That this is not just a fash in
the pan," the ministry said, 'is
shown by the unanimity of purpose,
the tenacity and the discipline OF the
participants"
1t was recalled in London that
Eduard Benes, former President OF
the Czech-Slovak Republic, told
Prime Minister Chamberlain only
two days after Britain's declaration
of war:
1--WE Czecho-S -Slovak citizens con-
slider ourselves as being also at war
with Germany's military forces I"
Casualties Held Numerous.
The information ministry, describ-
ing the uprising, said that firearms
were used on both sides and cas-
ualties are said to have been consid-
cradle"
On September 10, the communique
went on, Slovak garrisons at several
places revolted and about $4,000
troops have been disarmed." Arrests
throughout the protectorate, the
statement said, ran into thousands,
those executed into hundreds"
In the course of the revolt, which
began with labor disturbances in
Prague, the information ministry
said, bridges on important railways
and roads were damaged, fire sta
tions put out of action, rolling stock
and material damaged, workshops OF
importan factories bombed and
machinery destroyed"
| Back Chamberlain Views.
The British press, meanwhile. gave
unanimous Endorsement to Prime
Minister Chamberlain address be-
fore the House of Commons yester-
day, In which he answered Hitlers
Danzig speech and asserted that
Britains war efforts would be "the
utmost Of which she is capable"
Labor also gave its support to the
aim outlined by Mr.. Chamberlain
who said Britain is fighting ito re-
deem Europe from the perpetual
and recurring fear Of German ag-
gression and enable the peoples OF