The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-20

inflicting losses far heavier than its own.
 Air Fight to Increase
 Churchill frankly told Commons that intensification of air warfare must be expected but was inclined to scout the possibility of successful invasion. He said Britain now had 2OOO 900 men under arms at home and that her seapower was greater than at the outbreak of the war, de- spite need for destroyers.
 Illustrating her command of the sea, he declared vast quantities of arms and ammunition were shipped from the United States during July without the loss of single gun or bullet.
 The increased defenses of Bri- tain, he said, makes the invaders task ever more difficult - increas- ing size of the force which must be employed and rendering 1t easier for its presence to be detected long be- fore t hears the coast.
 Churchill strongly backed the proposal for leasing defense bases to the United States and cited 1t as indicating increasing collaboration of "the English speaking democracies."
 No Shame Of Defeat
 Death and ruin," Churchill told commons, become small things compared with the shame of de- feat or the failure or our duty we will face whatever is coming to us. We are sure of ourselves and of our cause and here is the su- preme factor which has emerged in these months of trial.'
 But he warned that Germany Is preparing even greater assaults by air and that suffering lies ahead. He admitted that British offensive action is developing slowly but forecast that 1941 and 1942 would find the British carrying the war to their enemies.
 A few months ago, said Church. ill, it would have seemed incredible that Britain would be standing erect and confident at the end of pe- riod of such attacks as she has been through.
 These attacks, he declared, can be expected to continue as long as Germany's air force exists and un- less "preoccupation with the Rus sian air force" should cause Hitler to desist.
 British airmen," he said, 'are turning the tide of war"
 He promised that British air ate tacks on Germany would increase and said that they may "in another year attain dimensions hitherto un- dreamed of."
 Britain To Grow Stronger
 The longer the war in the air continues, he said, the more rapid 1y Britain approaches parity and superiority in the air.
 ''The astounding increase in the output and repair of British air. craft and engines achieved under Lord Beaverbrook (minister of air. craft supply)," Churchill said, "has given us overflowing reserves of every type and an even-mounting stream of production"
 Churchill declared that "an im- mense mass of munitions of all kinds --cannons, rifles, machine guns, car- tridges and shells" had been brought across the Atlantic during July and landed without the loss of a single gun or round of ammunition.
 He decribed the strength of the British navy as greater than at the beginning of the war and said that ''as in Nelson's day the maxim holds our first line of defense is the enemy's ports"
 At home Britain has grown con- stantly stronger. he said. with the mastering of 100000 men under arms, thus making any invasion at- tempt more difficult.
 Bristles Against Invaders
 'The whole island" he said, sfbristles against invaders from sea or air. The stronger our army at home the larger must the invading expedition be and the larger the in- vading expedition the less diff1cult will be the task of the navy in de- tecting its assembly and intercepting and destroying it."
 Churchill said that Britain is now able to divert increased strength to the Mediterranean to deal with Italy.
 His remarks were heard by U. S. Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, and U. s. military and naval observers, Rear Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, Brig. Gen. George V. Strong and Mai. Gen. Delos S. Emmons who sat ir, the Automatic gallery,
 Churchills figure of 92,000 British casualties compares with the official figures on German casualties ar1- rounced in Berlin July 3. The Ger mans, as of that date, gave these figures 38,953 killed, 142,950 wound- ed, and 24,169 missing-a total Of 206,081.
 Church spoke for 45 minutes.
 Blockade Must Stand
 Church declared that Britain could not be swayed by humani- tartan appeals to lift the blockade to allow shipment of food to con quered territories as proposed by former President Herbert Hoover or the United States.
 To do SO, he said, would only pro z long EuropeS agony" py alolng the Germans.
 Requesting U. s. destroyers, Churchill said:
 we hope that our friends across the ocean will send that timely re- inforcement to bridge the gap be- tween the peace flotillas and the 1889 war fotillas of British de- stroyers)."
 Churchill warned the British that the French government at Vichy s.may at any moment be forced to become our foe" and said that Bri- tain,s war effort is on long time basis with an offensive being pre- pared for 194l and 1942.
 Tn view of these considerations, he declared, Great Britain must re- fuse any proposals for relaxing the economic blockade which now in- cludes the bulk of western Europe.
 However. once victory is won. he