"We must arm. And we shall no doubt arm. Britain will cast away her habits of centuries and will decree national service upon her citizens.
"The British people will stand erect and will face whatever may come."
The Tory leader declared that the antagonism between democracies and dictatorships is no longer a theoretical fact but actually exists.
"Yet does this call for war?" he asked.
It has been said that treaties are the sole guarantees of peace, he continued, "But, a swift and resolute gathering of forces to confront not only military but moral aggression, would almost overnight banish from all our lives that fear which darkens the sunlight to hundreds of millions of men," Mr. Churchill concluded.—Havas.
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