The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-13

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Obviously, any real answer Is
extremely difficult, but there FOL.
lows, as best we can give 1t,
diagnosis Of the situation In
which this nation finds itself In
relation to the country from which
It sprang. ~.is,'tts o. ~
wAR WEAPONS OUT ~
1t, the sale Of more q. 8. Gov.
eminent war weapons Is almost out
Of the question. Government
munitions are about the only type
available and ready to be shipped
immediately. The. rest are on o..
der with private manufacturers,
but cannot be delivered until prob
ably too late to be Of any aid TO
England. a III
AT present munitions owned
blythe United States army ana
navy. caanet be sold untl Il b H.
certlfied that they are In NO way,
needed Sor. our national defense.
And since We are. using every
possible factory IN . prepared
ness program, Il b difficult II not
impossible 10 find anything
which can Be spared for Great
Britain. ct 4%.tA a
The, two weapons which Britain
needs most Of all are aiTplanes;
to prevent bombing attacks over
her isles: and small naval vessels
to intercept Nazi submarines. Re-
garding these, Congress has
clamped down on the sale OF air.
planes, while the Justice Depart
ment has. ruled out the sale Of
about twenty small mosquito boats
which the Navy was willing TO sell
to Great Britain. .
ENGLAND'S GREATEST NEED
2ND, the sale to England Of
various war materials manufac-
tured by private industry Is pro.
ceedtng. But this Is chiefly In
the form Of raw or semi-manufac.
tured goods, and can be Of no Inn.
mediate assistance.
what the British need most, and
desperately, Is guns. ammunition,
sirplaneg, tanks - already manu-
featured and ready to use inrne.
diately. These are not available
In any large quantity IN the
United States.
MOVE TO CANADA
3rd, There have been various
American proposals that the Eng
lish government should fall back
on Canada, where It could rally
the remains Of the British fleet
and continue the war from this
hemisphere.
This, Of course, Is almost Ger.
tain TO pull the United States
into war. II Is uncomfortable that
fighting IN the North Atlantic
would not involve New England or
American shipping. Already there
Is risk Of German submarines
operating off the French West In
dies and involving the United
States.
However, assuming for the mo-
ment that the transfer Of the
British government to Canada
would not involve the United
States, let US examine whether
such Q transfer actually Is possible.
Judging by the French experience
It would seem doubtful.
Once the center 81 France col.
lapsed, the Republic Of France,
the people Of France also col.
lapsea. An IeadeEship evspor.
stea. French eeIenies scattsred
Whatsoever way their lecal lead
egs willed. The heart and seul
q France was NJ mere. ana
the body eeuA net hive witheut
Probably the same would be true
Of the British Empire. Perhaps
even more than in France, the
heart ard soul Of Britain are
those muFiy, Tain-drenched isles
which have been the center Of lit.
STATURE, culture. government ana
trade for most Of the English.
speaking world during hundreds q
years.
r. they we're conquered, u &
deubtfui Il tzis Maiesty's fiest
eoaId rally around some other To-
cal point. More likely his ships
would scatter ansons Tie seven
seas.
/. hN0Eo,U. 3. BITTERNESS
en-, Il Great britain falls. 4 e
very iIkeig lhak tlAe sane bitter
RS aaB exisleI1t betNeen Francs
aad HE.lein waflc hHek forth e