"That is why all the great resources of this nation in finance, industry, trade, commerce, manpower and pro-Wuction all are committed to one supreme purpose—to see that British sea-power, which has been our guardian fora century in the Atlantic, shall not be destroyed by the Power that openly admits it is an enemy of ours."
Lord Halifax, reading Mr. Churchill's message, said, "When the minds of nations can be cowed by the will of one man, civilization is broken irreparably.
"You, who have measured the strength of the Nazi conspiracy against the world, need no reminder that the means whereby nations are raised to greatness are virtues bred by freedom of speech and writing.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.