That remains to be seen. We are living in a scientific age and when science turns its hand to mischief, there is no knowing what evil it can accomplish. That sinister possibility does not dismay the average Briton. There is even a feeling of elation that Herr Adolf Hitler has given us st last an opportunity where the chances of victory are on our side. If he fails in this gigantic contest, it will be for him a stunning defeat and t will inflict a disastrous blow on his j side.
Napoleon on reconsideration shrank from the risk. But he came to the Scene of action himself and took a good long look at the prospect and then decided not to plunge.
Mr. Winston Churchill suggests that der Fuehrer might follow his example. He has so far not attempted any enterprise in which he did not succeed. This may be his Moscow.
But it is not a case for premature boasting. We do not as yet know what new contrivances Herr Hitler may have to assist him in crossing the seas. A "secret weapon" has not yet been revealed. All I can prophesy is that the Britons will, as always, fight desperately for the defence of their island home—United Press.
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