The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-11

Regarding Germany and Italy
 aiding Japan, he said:
 "If this should be their resolve,
 and if they should declare this re-
 solve to encompass the destruction
 of the English speaking world, I
 know that speak for the United
 States as well as for the British ems
 pire, when I say that we would ell
 rather perish than he conquered.
 Not only the British empire but
 the United States are fighting for
 their lives"
 He said that the attacks on Prince
 of Wales and Repulse were deliver.
 cd with skill and determination.
 Both high level attacks scored
 hits, he said,
 "In my whole experience I do not
 remember any naval blow so heavy
 or SO painful" he commented.
 He said 1t was impossible for
 shore based British planes to sup-
 port Prince of Wales and Repulse,
 The attacks were made by shore-
 based planes.
 "It would indeed bring shame on
 our generation" he said, If we did
 not teach the enemy lesson which
 will not Do forgotten for Q thousand
 years"
 Cunningham Succeeded
 Of the situation In Lihya, he dis.
 closed that Sir Alan Cunningham,
 64, commander Of the eth army, had
 been succeeded by Maj, Gen. Nell
 Methuen Ritchie, A4, 70 much
 younger man." Nov. 20.
 He said Cunningham had been
 suffering from serious strain and
 had been granted sick leave.
 Although the battle is not yet
 finished l have not the slightest
 hesitation in saying that for good
 or Ill 1t is Gen. Auchinleek's (den.
 Sir Claude Auchinleck, commander
 in chief In the Middle East) battle"
 He admitted that British losses in
 tanks had been good deal heavier
 than expected. But he said the
 British had maintained air superior
 lty Ospited "extraVagant" 1talo-de man claims and despite German air
 achievements including those rom Russia.
 Enemy Now RetFeating 'The enemy, stripped largely of It's armor, iS now retreatlng to de. ,, , fenSlVe positions west of Tobruk, , he said, "substantial reinforce ments are available to us close ct hand.
 "In no other way than an attack ln Llhya could second front have been brought Into action under conditions costlleg to the enemy and more favorable Co ourselves. Prom the viewpoint of ourselves and the viewpoint of drawing
 weight from the Russian front con- tinued fighting Is not to he regarded as an evil"
 He said that although Britain had large armies In the middle east 1t had never been able to place ar the desert infantry forces nunleri. cally equal to those the enemy had gradually accumulated in L!bya. Britain was superior in numbers of armored vehicles and tanks ir IIlbya, he said, but he suggested that the somewhat heavier tank losses thtna had been expected were partly due to some German tanks being armed with six-pounder guns But numerical superiority had gradually given the British mastery In the first phase of the battle, he said.
 "The enemy, who fought with the utmost enterprise and stubbornness has paid the price for hi svalor,' he continued. Tt may well be that In the second phase we shall gather more easily the fruits of the first. Battle of Atlantic Of the Battle of the Atlantic he said that the November figures for shipping losses fully maintainfSi the great recovery Of the previous four months"
 "Russia Is fighting for It's life China Is fighting fir its life," he said in declaring that the United States and the British empire were fighting for their existence as free peoples.
 "Behind the British empire, the United States, Russia and China, are ranged all the spirit and all the hopes of all the conquered coun- tries of Europe, proStrate under cruel domination.
 we have Q very hard period tc go through. A new surge and new ] Impulse will be required and will be forthcoming from everyone" He pledged the fulflllment of Great Britain's engagement engage ment to Russia regarding supplies. Hitler at StandstiIl "Hitler everywhere has been broguht to a standstill-on a large portion of the front he is in retreat and the sufferings of his troops are indescribable," he continued. Their losses have been immense" !" He said that winter, guerrillas, the Russian army and air force and the stubborn unyielding resistance of the Russian people have inflict. ed on the German armies and the German nation bloody losses almost unedualled in the history of war;" Referring to the Japanese entry to the war, he said: "Our foes are bound by their am. bitions and their crimes implacably for the destruction of the English speaking world and all 1t stands 1 for"
 He praised Chinese resistance to Japan and described China as wor- thy of all aid.
 We will go forward together to victory-not over Japan alone but over the Axis and all its works" he said.
 In his review of the battle in which Prince of Wales and Repulse were lost he said that Sir Tom nttfff,.. ,,~conaeied t,. ft.n aoffsv. s.,.