To Cry "Halt"
Ministers Stress Limit of Patience Has Been Reached London, July 8.
Two British Ministers delivered significant addresses today, and in both there was one note struck over and over again, an undercurrent of meaning which stressed that the limit of patience has been reached and that Britain is now in a position to say "Halt" to further aggression.
At Newcastle this afternoon, Mr. Walter Wolmersley, Minister of Pensions, told his listeners: "We have been conciliatory, but there comes a point when even the móst peaceful-minded person considers that a halt must be called."
Captain Austin U.M. Hudson, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Transport, voiced similar sentiments at Nottingham.
"We have reason to believe," he said, "that there is now no fear that any form of hostile action can bring Our transport system to a standstill, Railways will be taken over and plate to that end have been worked out.
"Ports may be damaged or put out of action, and plans have been made so that shipping can be diverted to other places with the least delay or confusion. We are now so strong, he concluded confidently, "that the axis powers cannot possibly win."—Havas,
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