Sir Victor said that Japan laid too much stress on her army and navy And that she failed to build a stronger fait force, although he realized that ihe air force could never be the declsive factor in a war. He pointed out that the Blamarck was the best ship ever soon and yet the British alr Force was mainly responsible for her Sinking, He recalled the attack by f torpedo from a plane, The battle of Crete also showed the importance the alr force. he said. "He declared that Japan could not fyht the United States militarily, Politically it would be national suicide if Japan did, he said, He did not think that it was good either from a commercial point of view since Japan could rely 'Amerien for many' kinds of raw material To settle the present stalemated situation, "Sir Victor said, peoples would rise to attack Hitler... snot the British or the Americans, And this ageounted for the reporied concentration of a large number of Germa troops in the west, Hitler feared thai the Netherlands and Belgians might rise up. Sir Vielor also predicted "controlled economy" after the war when there would be no rich people Whether Britain won or lost the wat, Already there is, stich an economic evolution, he said,
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