'Other very important factors that the delay" of the last few months have produced are: The passage of the "Lease and Lend. Bil." Had Germany smashed Britain in' Atriea and carried her campaign through Iraq to India. last December and. January, as she could have done. it is doubitul if the Americans would have considered it worth while to go to the lengths of assistance that they are going to at present, But now. American leaders sce' that Britain can win hands down with their (America's) whole-hearted material and transportation support. There has been valuable time gained enabling the operative machinery fof the Lease and Lend Bin to get under way. and not the least factor might be mentioned that of the transformation that has steadily been. taking place inthe minds of the American people. They are now. gelling a clearer focus of the sinister evil beast. whose tentacles. laden with the deadly poison of underground propaganda. lying treachery and eventually crushing force, would destroy them as surely 2s an octopus prey. tears and crushes the bodies of its!
We are gaining time to build more aeroplanes and equip and train their crews. this applies to tanks and armoured fighting units. The organization of the British Government fg getting more to grips with the situation. The minds and purpose of our brothers and sisters. throughout the British Empire and America are knitting together into an impermeable structure that will not only withstand any battering. but in resisting will break the attacker in pieces.
One of Britain's leaders said that time was our ally and with the advent_of July the culminating point of Britain's difficulties would Teached. and July is only a few weeks away, folks, after July Britain will begin to climb for attack.
Germany cannot do much in Iraq, the terrific heat from the month June to September would destroy her men and armoured units in no, time. and Britain knows this part of the world and the people there better than the Germans do. So it summing up. we can 533 made a fatal mistake by Gresce. Germany made another in wailing so long before aiding her ally. The Nazis were foreed into a punishing campaign in the Balkans! and they have to garrison and control the peoples of Greece and Yugoslavia. AM the time Britain is gathering her materials. organizing her resources. training her crews and men, strengthening her various Vines of communications and keeping Germany blockaded to such a substantial extent she must continue fight or be strangled. Italy made the first fatal mistake and very soon Germany will make another that will cost: her the war and everything that will entail. Germany must keep moving.
July "is in sight—summer after a ong winter. 1 have witnessed many a hard hitler winter in the Old Home. but they were always forgot~ ten when summer came. We have been having our winter. spring here with its anticipation and pre-aration of the fruitful summer. God has not forgotten us. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. they shall prosper that love thee.
May 5.
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