Melbourne, June 12.
The Premier, Mr. Robert Gordon Menzies, yesterday predicted that the Italian Empire will be smashed after the Allies have "inflicted the greatest naval defeat in history on the Italian Navy."
"This must be the most contempt ble moment in the history of Italy, the Premier said. Meanwhile, the "Melbourne Herald." commenting on President Roosevelt's speech at Washington, said the speeding up of American aid to the Allies "may not be a formal declaration of war dictators, but for all practical p poses it is not short of United Press, labour Chief Sa Can't Stay Out of War ow York, June 13.
"Unquestionably the fate of labour everywhere depends on a victory of the democracies," said Mr. Matthew Well, Vice-President of the American Federation of Labour. "We cannot possibly stand outside the conflict. Inevitably we shall be in."—Reuter.
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