"But far worse than these visible injuries is the misery of the conquer-peoples. We see them hounded. terrorized, exploited. 'Their mat hood by the million Is forced to work under conditions indistinguishable in many eases' from actual 'Their goods are pillaged o¢* Aiched for worthless. money, 'Their homes, their daily life are pried into and spied upon by the all pervading system. of a secret political police which,' having reduced the Germans them selves to abject docility, now stalks {he streets and by-woys of 9 dozen lands, 'Their religious faiths are affronted, persecuted or oppressed in the interest of a fantastic paganism devised fo perpetuate, worship and sustain the tyranny' of one abominable creature, Their traditions, their cut ture, their Jaws, their Institutions, soclil und political alike, are suppressed by force or undermined subtle, coldly-planned intrigue. The prisons of the continent no longer since those breathless days of June a year ago! Our solid, stubborn strongih has stood an awful test, We are the masters of our own alr and ow reach out in ever-growing retribution upon the enemy, The Royal Navy holds the seas. "The Italian ect cowers diminished in harbour, the German navy Is largely crippled oF gunk, Murderous Raids "Muiderous raids upon our ports. cities and factories have been power-Tess {0 quench the spirit of the British: nation. to stop our national life oF check the immense expansion of our war industry. Food and arms from across the oceans are coming safely In, Full provision to replace all sunken tonnage is being made here and still more by our friends in, the United States.
'We' are becoming an armed community, Our land forces are being Perfected in equipment and training.
Hitler may turn and trample this way and. that through tortured Europe, He may spread his course far and wide and carry his curse WINS. Ladybird Ends Gallant Career This ie " view of H.M, S, Ladybird which 18 been sunk of the Libyan coast, For many years she was a femitiar sight. in Shanghai and ports along the Yangtze. From the Far East she was sent to the Mediterranean after war had broken out, with him, he may break into Africa Into Asia, but it is here, in this, island fortress, that he will' have 0 reckon in the end. We shall strive resist by land and sea, We shall be on his track wherever he goes, "Our air-power will continue to [teach the German homeland that war not all loot and triumph., We shall ald and stir the people of every con~ quered country {0 resistance and Fevolt. We shall. break up and derange every effort which Hitler makes to systematize and consolidate his subjugations. He will find no peace, no rest, no halting place, no parley. And, if driven to desperate hazards, he attempts an invasion of the British Islands, as well he may, we shall not Minch from the suprem= te
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