The Archive · 1941

No Better Defiance

Mr, Amman declared there was no hotier defiance of Hitlerism than a Geclsion to. hold the conference in London, "There are many signs of Gevastailon Ju. this capital ity, but 1 ety you to find any sign of weaken-Ing oF panic among the citizens of {this no mean city. who are deter. mined to be worthy of the rest, of Britain and the Commonwealth.

"he threat of invasion remains," declared the Deputy Leader of the House of Commons. Mr. C, Attlee, addressing the conference today.

'Mr, Aillee recalled the decision of tha. party @ year ago to share the responsibility for the government, atime, when "outside this country most' people thought Britain was Hopelessly beaten. but we were not alone, We had the people's of the Empire and lovers of freedom all over the work aby "mere passive defence Urwing that story ea added: "Today we sand unbeaten, We stand stronger than before. It Is true that we have had setbacks. We have had cruel losses, but we also had successes. Jy is almost a miracle that we have not been overrun. But Femember that we had successes as well og losses. Hitler had defeats as well as victories

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