London, Oct. 23.
SPREAD demands that Britain create a second front in the west for' the purpose of drawing off German forces assailing Soviet Russia died down from their week-end crescendo yesterday as Lord Mayne, leader of the House of Lords, on behalf of the Government revealed that Britain at present sadly lacks tanks and sufficient heavy artillery for such an invasion.
The Government, therefore, has no Iiniention—despite "the picas of amateur strategists, soap-box orators and press. campsigners—to invite nother Dunkirk by" invading the continent while unprepared.
would be madness for Improvise an expedition of that Kind." Lord. Mayne said in his address fo the House of Lords in rejecting the Semands for a second front.
Vast Shipping Needs army without a vast amount of ship "You cannot land a well-equipped
Rilscountry of the army We will need ing, "it would be folly" to den incase of Tavasion.
Sie cannot imagine anything which would sult Hitlers move better than Wwe adopted the Chinese method of fommitiing sulelde on your enemy's "You cannot land a, force with merely, rites and bayonets to face all {he artillery and tanka available in France to Feast them."
pointed out that Lord Gorts dipetches "revealed that, numbers ere fess important then equipment.
"There, is a, huge increase fu the need of, tanks" he. said, adding that Beltain tas tone remarkably well Tat Gort, "who commanded the BEG" in France, revenged that the hois British force had only 28 tanks Maint the German drive.
Missed Opportunity Deplored Lord Strabolgl, who spoke before Lord Mayne, deplored the fact that When the greatest opportunity. of all time hed offered itself, Britain was Unable to strike in the' west because?
lack of equipment. He urged More effective organization of man and woman power in industry.
eis not for lack of ships, because we ore, sending immense supplies Russia by sea." he declared. Hin this tremendous crisis in. the history of the world we are unable to make a Ferlous diversion in the west of create second front because we have not Feacked, after five. or six. years, Sufielent rearmament.
Mthe feeling of frustration and disappointment' Is most widespread Throughout the country, Wit could ssid after Dunkirk, when ood prepared {or eau, hat that Was our finest hour then the period from June 22 to the coming of the Snows in Russia has been the hour of our greatest humiliation,
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