"While we are growing in strength from month to month our enemy has already passed the peak of his power and resources, His very successes have added to his difficulties and every country that he has conquered has to be held down by force. In every direction his armies are being swallowed up in the task of holding down peoples who are only waiting for the moment when they can rise in revenge.
"Over thousands of miles of sea coast he has to keep incessant watch against an adversary who holds control of the sea and who will soon command'the air as well When that day comes the enemy will be sorry for the victories which have brought him so much closer within our reach.
"The, next few weeks may well be the supreme moment in the life of the nation. If England holds out, as she will, the whole world will breathe again."—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.