If there is one test to be applied to the speech of Mr. Alfred Dufl-Cooper, Minister of Information, broadcast on Saturday night, it that he was speaking to hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Britons who actually fexperieuced the German air-raids during the past week. Me was talking to those who had been "able {ose what wax happening for themselves, and who were able to judge for themselves not only the precise effect of the German bombing, but their own reactions to would have been the height of foolish-less for the Minister tohave spoken in the optimistic way he did, if his optimism were ned upon untruth. Consequently, if, the German dairiis of widespread damage inflicted pon southern ports were true the people of those ports would immediately be able to apply very destructive criticism to Mr. Duff-Cooper's Speech. It is to be assumed, therefore, that Mr. Dutl-Cooper only said thai which he' knew would be justified in the judgment of all those any people who were lose to the actual facts of Tas week." TE may be somewhat of an ex-exaration {0 speak of the past week as one of British victory, though it is a fact that the Germans have paid a heavy (all for their temerity, and that the results of their raids way justify the damage which the British wwe succeded in inflicting upon their enemy. August 15 the day on which Hitler was to have lietated his peace terms has passed. His faith the stars hax not been justified, unless of Hitler's soothsayers erred in' their cal-There is now talks that probably wi decision will have been forced. That also remains to riy -rate these succeed. Indeed the past week has show! they are clearly doomed to failure, and that there is indeed tu Britain us Mr, Dufl-Cooper Says ra sense of achievement, a note of victory ita tonging only hat they shall come again greater numbers In order that we may tinue to take the f Cul toll of them that we have already taken, Soldier's Quest "ist this a beauty parlour? "Yes, sir."
"Well, me one; I'm lonely! to allay anxieties which have been aroused by the action of the British airmen which was totally unexpected by the Ialian man-in-the-street. The mounting confidence demonstrated in the recent speeches of British Ministers indicates a belief that a change is coming over this war, That the enemy Governments dare not let their people know, ud lies and vain boasting are the only means of covering up the unpleasant fact that the war is not progressing to schedule. It is not, and that is because of the wickedness the British tion, that animal which when attacked defends itself.
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