Dealing with possible Amerfean help to Britain, he warned:
"Whoever wants to help Britain must know that every ship that. comes near our torpedo. tubes will be torpedoed; if American States should attempt to intervene in the European confit, our aims will change at once. Europe will resist such an attempt,"
British "efforts at world domin He stood drinks to a party of soldiers in the "pub" who were on leave, and at the invitation of the Iendlord went behind the bar and pulled himself a glass of beer, Joking with the barmaid as he did 50, Mz, Willkie and the landlord afterwards toasted each other in a bottle of champagne which the landlord had been saving for Armistice Day, "But you are as good as an armistice to us)" the landlord told Mry Willkie.
Temple Visited The American visitor autograph many times bet to have lunch at Claridge's Lord Chancellor, Lord Simon, who later conducted Mtr, Willkie on a tour of the Temple, which had been tombed, Mr. Willkie shook his head when hie saw the ruins of the historic Middle Temple hall, and the damaged Inner, Temple library and hall, and: suld "It seems unbelievable, ' This destruction is all so useless from the point of view of Germany's war effort."
Accepting a glass of brandy from the famous cellars, which had been untouched by the air raids Mr, Willkie fo the "reiteration tion," he said,-had been frustrated by the rise of the European entente of Germany and Italy.
"It is useless fo predict any differences with Italy or that Italy will slide out, It is equally useless to invent revolutions in Italy. Wherever we can strike at Britain we shall, strike, If the British think to sce roof of their victory in a few misfortunes which have befallen our partner, 1 do not understand their argument,"
"Men of Honour"
Speaking of his relations with Mussolini, Hitler declared: "We two, fare neither Jews nor business dealers, If we have joined hands, this is a hand-clasp of men of honour, Concluding, he asserted: "It the 'British think'that by propaganda and ies they will alienate the German people, I must say they should not have slept so long, It is as ridiculous as their present' attempt to bring about estrangement between the Italian people and the Duce, "We enter the new year with armed might which is prepared as never before in German history, This. spring, we will begin U-boat warfare, and our enemies will then feel that we were not asleep, "We are confident that we shall achieve victory, We pray to God may he not forsake our struggle in the new year, 1941."
After the ' speech, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda "Minister. shouted: ""Commang, my Fuhrer! We obey and shall fetlow you!"
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