Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
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LONDON. april 2S.-Embattled
Britain took heart today from
Prime Minister Winston Church
ills stirring speech which frankly
conceded defeats in Greece and
Libya but predicted British vic
tory with United States aid at
sea.
Churchill declared that extern
sion Of American naval patrols
VIII enable the British navy to
shorten its lines and thus help win
the most decisive fight of the var,
the battle Of the Atlantic.
Warning that warfare IS likely
TO spread TO Turkey. Spain, Rus
STA, Morocco and other spheres
Churchill said in his broadcast TO
the empire and the United States;
at is the battle Of the At
lantic which holds first place in
the thoughts of those on whom
rests the responsibility for pro-
curing victory.
at WAS, therefore, with in
describable relief that l learned
of the tremendous decisions
lately taken by the President
and people of the United States.
WARNING PATROL
sarha Au,erican fleet and fIy-
ing boats have been ordered 10
patrol the wide waters Of the
Western Hemisphere and to
warn the peaceful shipping of
all nations outside the combat
zone of the presence of lurking
U-bosts or raiding cruisers be-
longing to the two aggressor
nations.
I'VE British will. therefore. be
able 10 concentrate our pro-
tecting forces far more upon the
routes nearer home and TO take
a far heavier toll of the U-bosts
there"
Great disasters" suffered by
Britain in the Balkans with loss
Of Yugoslavia and Greece and the
great defeat" in Libya were at
tributed by Churchill 10 lack Of
sufficient British troops TO engage
in wars both in North Africa and
the Balkans. He declared:
There Is only one thing GER
tain about war-that II Is full
of disappointments and also full
of mistakes. 1t remains to be
seen, however, whether II In the
Germans who have made the
mistake In trampling down the
Balkan states and In their
attempt to invade Egypt with
the forces and means of supply
which they have now got"
BETTER THAN IN 1910
But he added:
Nothing that Is happening
now is comparable I'm gravity
with the dangers through which
We passed last year.
Nothing that can happen In
the East Is comparable with
what IL happening In the West.
The people OF the British
Empire and the United States
number nearly zoo, ZOO, 900 in
their homelands and In the Brit
ish dominions alone. They
possess the unchallengable COM
mand of the ocean and will soon
obtain decisive superiority in
the air.
They have more wealth, more
technical resources, and they
make more steel than the whole
Of the rest of the world put
together.
They are determined that
the cause OF freedom shall not
be trampled on nor the tide of
world progress turned backward
by the criminal dictators."
U. s. PRODUCTION
Churchill spoke of American
war material production and de
livery to Britain. saying;
"They lAmericans) are tax
ing themselves heavily. They
have passed great legislation.
They have turned . large part
of their gigantic industry 10
making munitions which we
need They have even given ns
or loaned US valuable weapons
Of their own.
IL could not believe that they
would allow the high purposes
10 which they have set them
selves to be frustrated and the
products OF their skill and labor
sunk TO the bottom of the sea"
o. Britain's determination Il
fight. he said:
I'VE shall do our best 20 meet
the Germans and fight them
wherever they 90, but there is
one thing which is certain. There
is one thing which rises out of
the vast weller which il sure and