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weak anti-aircraft defense is able
to keep bombing planes at such a
height that accurate destructive
bomb sighting Is difficult. Incen-
diary bombs are easy to carry and
are effective no matter where they
land.
4. The Germans almost never
raided in Poland after dark, but
concentrated on dawn attacks.
5. A huge supply Of water Is
most important. Food must be stor-
ed in vast quantities and must be
easily moved.
Nation Behind Speech
Chamberlain, backed by united
country in his determination to
fight rather than accept Hitler's
peace terms, plans to broadcast to
Canada and the United States to-
morrow a speech supplementing his
house of commons statement yes
terday, it was understood.
Unmoved by angry German
threats of ruthless war, Chamber
lain planned to make the basis of
his speech the favorable world re-
action to his commons statement
that it Is for Germany to make
her choice between Offering terms
for real peace, supported by some
thing more than Adolf Hitler's
speech, or war.
Chamberlain at first intended to
make his speech last night, it was
reported, but was induced by cab
met members to put 1t off.
1t was believed that the speech
would be broadcast throughout the
British empire, and would be the
first of a series Of such speeches
by key cabinet men.
Press Supports Govt.
Newspaper comment this morning
showed complete support of the
governments position. Typical was
the editorial of the Times, infiuen-
tial conservative organ. It said in
part:
1--WE recognize that the world can
never be the same again as we knew
it before bombs began to fall on
Poland. We fight with our thoughts
conferred on the, future, having re-
gard to the past only as our efforts
for the future are conditioned by 1t.
I'm our hopes of better inter-
national system Is part of the reply
to those who are impatient for an
immediate detailed definition of our
war aims. The poles must have their
say in it. So must the CZechs and
Slovaks and other nations and so
most emphatically, must the Ger
mans.
I'm rejecting Hitler,s present
terms with the decision their utter
falsity requires, Mr.. Chamberlain
was careful to leave the way open
for a genuine offer. Only he was
compelled to give or repeat the
warning: There can no longer be
any possibility of coming to terms
unless the security of their fulfill
ment by Germany Is something bet
ter than Hitler's word
British War Aims
Britain now had even more plain
ly than before made it known that
its war aims included freedom not
only for the Poles but for the CzechS
and Slovaks, and that it required
which Hitler, on his own
word, was not personally in position
to give.
At the same time, emphasis was
put on the idea that Britain had in
no way rejected peace but had re-
jected a Hitler peace.
The government was encouraged
when at 6 a. m. today the offlcial
radio gave a long and i'm
partial summary of Chamberlain's
commons statement, emphasizing
his remarks that deeds, not words,
were necessary to show O peaceable
spirit and that Britain was deter
mined to fight on.
The New Chronicle, Liberal party
organ, published report from its
Tstanbul correspondent that, accord
ing to reliable but unconfirmed
sources Turkey and Russia signed a
defensive pact yesterday. providing
that. Turkey keep its Dardanelles
Straits closed and that Russia guar
antee the present status in the Bal
kans.