Evening star., 1940-01-27
Reich Of 1914
Stronger Foe,
Churchill Holds
Doubts Nozi Ability
To Withstand Blows
Old Germany Took
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANCHESTER, England, Jan. a.
Winston Churchill, first lord OF
the admiralty. today characterized
the Germany of 19l4A918 q
stronger enemy" than the Nazi
Germany of today.
In speech in Free Trade Hall,
Mr.. Churchill said he doubted the
ability of the Germany of today to
withstand the reverses as did the
Kaiser's people in the last war.
II always hesitate to say any
thing that tends to underrate the
formidable character of the foe we
have to fight" he said yet,
cannot rid my mind of the thought
that the imperial Germany of 1914
was stronger enemy than the Nazi
Germany of today"
Frequently during his speech Mr..
Churchill was interrupted by heck
lers shouting, I'VE want Mosley'
(Sir Oswald Mosley, British Fascist
leader, but the speaker, as soon as
order was restored, carried on with
out comment.
Mr.. Churchill said he had no idea
what the war would cost, but he be-
lieved that French and English
money and manpower can and Will
outlast the enemy"
Victory Predicted.
On the sea, Mr.. Churchill said
with emphasis, Britain was proving
its traditional superiority and as
serted that the odds were 500 to /
against the Germans sinking any
British-convoyed merchant ship
which obeyed admiralty orders. He
also predicted victory for the allies
and a peace of "truer progress and
broader justice"
The German high command COM
munique today reported that two
British-convoyed ships had been
sunk of Oporto, Portugal, Thurs
day, but authorized sources in Lon
don denied the German assertion.
Mr.. Churchill said half of Ger
many's U-boats had been destroyed
and that new building had fallen
far short of what we originally es-
timated."
The menace of mines, he said,
was being controlled and German
imports decisively curtailed and ex-
ports virtually cut of. On the other
hand, he declared, Britains ex-
ports and imports were increasing
steadily.
More Losses Expected.
There have been losses, Mr..
Churchill said. and losses will con-
tinue, ssince so many war vessels
are scattered over the seas, protects
ing British shipping.
"We shall have to pay very unre-
lenting toll for the maintenance of
the mastery of the sea. Very many
homes in our dockyard cities have
been darkened by tragedy, but am
sure the sympathies of our people
60 out to our loyal seamen as they
toll by day and by night upon the
dangerous stormy waters, doing
their duty with unrivaled skill and
courage so that we may eat our
daily bread"
Mr.. Churchill, speaking on the
Progress of the War" declared
that when the war started in Sep
tember everybody expected air
bombings Immediately.
There never was such a war
that seemed SO likely to carry its
terrors into every home," he said,
and there never was a war when
the people were so united"
Sure of Final Victory.
The government, he went on, has
not failed to rise to the fight against
aggression, oppression and wrong
doing" from which there can be no
turning back.
I'VE cannot tell into what regions
the struggle will carry or how long
it will last but we can be sure
that in the end righteousness and
freedom will win and justice will
reign. We are sure of this and we
are determined to play our part
faithfully and to the end"
The war in the west so far, he
continued, has fallen almost en-
tirely upon the Royal Navy and the
Royal Air Force.
The naval war opened at full
pitch from the first moment and
the most intense efforts were made
by the enemy to destroy the COM
merce by which we live and to starve
us into submission. No considera-
tions of humanity, no respect for the
conventions of war, even those to
which Germany recently has pro-
claimed her adherence, none of
these have deferred Herr Hitler and
his accomplices from wreaking their
(See CHURCHILL, Page A-10.)