London, Feb. 29.
The lull of last autumn and this winter was most useful for the Allies, since Great Britain completed her preparations, Mr. Anthony Eden, Secretary for the Dominions, declared in a speech at Liverpool today.
However, he added, there was no reason io shaken down and view things complacently. There would even be a danger should Britain forget the vital lesson that in war victory in the final stages means the defeat of the enemy.
The last few months of respite, he continued, allowed the British to forge their arms, and when arms are forged they must be used.
Mr, Eden then recalled that when he was Foreign Secretary, Herr Joachim Ribbentrop, the German Foreign Minister, on many occasions spoke to him of the dangers of Bolshevism.
It has been said, he added, that without Saint George Hitler" the Red Dragon would have devoured the British, That is a fable which has often been under various forms. And what happened? The Red Dragon took Saint George along on, its back, ervers, machine-gunners, and artillery marksmen, which will amount to tens of thousands each year.
In conclusion, he stressed that there is nothing in the history of the world which could be compared to the plan, both as regards its conception and its execution.—Havas.
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