Halifax) had told the nation that force, in such an event, would be met. by force, and he (Mr. Churchill) thought it was a fact the significance of which ought to be pondered abroad.
Mr. Churchill, while again and again reverting to the dangers he saw threatening, unless all misunder-stending of the British attitude could be removed, denied that he thought war was inevitable.
It was true, if one were only to consider German preparations and the tone of her Government-controlled press and the speeches her party leaders made, that there might seem. io be no escape from the conclusion that the worst would happen, and happen quite soon.
But he would not rule out the hope that wiser counsel might prevail if only Herr Hitler could be convinced that the British nation and the British Empire had reached the limit of their endurance.
He made another appeal for the conclusion of an alliance with the Soviet and brought his speech to a close by warning his listeners that the tension in Europe would become most severe in the next three months.—Reuter.
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