Evening star., 1942-10-12
Churchill Cites
Great Growth Of
Allied Strength
No Weakness to Be
Shown in Dispute
Over MonucIinq
BY the Associated Press.

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EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct.
12-Prime Minister Churchill
today pictured the United States,
Russia, China and Britain as
moving steadily onward from
strength to strength" while Hit
ler's prospects have darkened
to an immeasurable degree"
In belligerent and confident
speech accepting the freedom of the
city, Mr.. Churchill assured Edin-
burgh's citizens that mo weakness
will be shown to the Germans" in
the dispute over the chaining of war
prisoners and reported:
l. August and September were
"the least bad months since January"
in Allied shipping losses, and new
building outweighs sinkings.
2. The same two months saw "the
greatest tonnage of British bombs
dropped upon Germany"
3. They also marked the definite
growth of Allied air superiority"
And these months, too, he said
have covered the most numerous
safe arrivals of United States troops
in the British Isles"
Winant Hears Speech.
Mr.. Churchill. speaking in the
presence of United States Ambas-
sador John G. Winant, said the
United Nations have reached a
stern and somber moment" of the
war in which I'VE must strive to
combine the virtues of wisdom and
daring"
This was as close as he came to
indicating a second front. His words
recalled the declaration he made to
the House of Commons last week
that the war had arrived at a
significant" period.
Charging Hitler with committing
terrible atrocities against the peoples
OF conquered Europe, Mr.. Churchill
declared that lin the first day he
entered Kiev he shot $4,000 persons.
TO show weakness of any kind to
such man." the Prime Minister
added, SIS only to encourage fur
ther atrocities and you may be as
sured no weakness will be shown"
The Prime Minister disclosed that
he came to Edinburgh from a visit
to the home fleet. Speaking in the
great Usher Hall which was packed
for the occasion, he lauded Scotland
as an example of national unity"
Great Crowd Hears Speech.
I A great crowd gathered outside the
hall and cheered the speech.
Mr.. Winant, in a brief speech
made a remark which some inter-
preted as advice to leave the ques-
ton of a second front and other
decisions to the armed forces. 500
I'VE ask what kind of road lies
ahead the Ambassador said. 1--WE
must await the soldiers answer be-
cause our faith and our future rest
with the soldiers of democracy.
Sir Stafford Cripps, lord privy seal
and House of Commons leader, and
Capt. Randolph Churchill. the Prime
Minister'S son, were in the official
party.
Sir Harry Lauder led the singing
Reply to German Utterances.
Making his speech a reply to re-
cent utterances by German Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goerine
and Hitler, the Prime Minister
asserted:
There is one note which ring.
through all those speeches
a dull, low whining note of feal
and different note from that hearc
when Britain stood alone"
THE most striking and curiou.
part of Hitler's speech was his com.
plant that no one pays sufficient
attention to his victories" Mr.
Churchill continued. 1T strikes {
chill into his marrow because il
his heart he knows that with all hi.
tremendous victories and vast con.
quests his fortunes have declined.
1T was apparent to me-" he wen
on, that this bad man saw quit,
clearly the shadow of slowly and re
morselessly approaching doom. :"
Fear" he added, 'is also tn,
motive which inspires Hitler's lates
outrage"
Mr.. Churchill said Norway, Den
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