Evening star., 1940-10-08
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$500 lives and $4,000 wounded, he
said.
General Review Of War.
Mr.. Churchill's review of the war,
made quietly to q House packed with
members but almost empty of gal
leryites because of the secrecy Of
parliamentary sessions these days,
was general.
He made it with quiet fervor,
which never faltered despite guns
and sirens often loudly interrupting
Mr.. Churchill suggested that the
Dakar incident could easily be ex-
panded out of all proportion and
confessed there hao been both neg
ligence and error in the passage Of
French ships through Gibraltar to
the French West Africa port.
He bespoke confidence in the
Judgment of Gen. de Gaulle that
Dakarites had been friends Of free
France until the arrival of those
ships altered the situation. He gave
assurance that sterner action
against the enemy would follow
that incident.
Murmurs of approval greeted his
statement that the effect of blitz-
krieg had been far less damaging
than some had feared, that Britain
is stronger than she was three
months ago, that her vital forces
are more numerous than depleted.
England's experience with bomb
ers has already made it possible to
project compulsory retroactive in
surance for property damage, he
told Commons.
Mr. Churchill declared Germany
must also be increasing her strength
by looting occupied countries and
making some use of their skilled
labor. Only the riches of the new
world, becoming increasingly avail
able, could counteract that, he said.
The prime minister emphasized
Britain's present desire to see Spain
win back prosperity after the civil
war. All Britain seeks. he said, IS
assurance that Spain shall not be-
come an avenue of supply for Brit
aims enemies. To that end meas
ures of blockade will always be care
fully examined on Spain's behalf, he
said.
Germany has sent over nearly 400
long-range bombers on an average
every "a hours since September Z,
Mr.. Churchill declared, doubling
whether such sustained attack
could be greatly enlarged by the
Luftwaffe.
Italy, he said, has experiences
ahead OF her not foreseen when
she declared war.
AS for reprisals on the German
population, Mr.. Churchill said our
object must be to inflict the maxi
mum harm upon the war-making
capacity of Germany, and that Is
the only object we shall pursue"
Falling on Last 10 Days.
"A month has passed since Herr
Hitler turned his rage and malice
on the civilian population of our
great cities and particularly on
London" he continued.
Hitler declared in his speech on
| September that he would raze our
cities to the ground and since then
he has been trying to carry out his
fell purpose. Naturally, the first
question is to what extent the full
strength of the German air force
has been employed. )"
Certainly there has been con-
tinued falling off in the last week or
10 days. Since the heavy bombings
began we have had a steady decline
of casualties and damage to So
called vulnerable points.
I'VE know exactly what we are
doing in reply and the size of our
own bomber forces and, from many
sources open to us, believe that Ger
man heavy bomber pilots are being
worked at least as hard-and it may
be a great deal harder-than our
own, and the strain on the bomber
is considerable.
"The bulk of them do not seem
capable of anything beyond blind
bombing.
"On the whole, we may, under all
reserve, reach the provisional con-
clusion that the Germans average
effort against this country absorbs
q very considerable part Of their
forces and strength.
II should not like to say We have
the measure Of their power, but Ne