My. Eden said that for a cuz time the Italian papers had been regularly expressing their hope of seeing a British defeat and had shown quite that if their hopes were fulfilled, Italy would control the Arab lands of North Africa and elsewhere.
Mr. Eden proceeded: "Every Arab must know what that means. In all recent history there has been no rule more cruel and ruthless than th: imposed by Italy on the Arabs live in Tripoli and Cyrenaica. What their other partner? Hitler told us on Sunday that he isan interested spectator in the Balkans—a spectator hose rule is based on military might and on the Gestapo.
The Arabs must know that the approach of Axis rule means the end of their liberty which they have jealously guarded and which in "th alliance with us is safe today.
In concluding, Mr, Eden declared: "Not once does Germany or Italy show anywhere the least respect for engagements, Their only sanction is force, The United States today are helping us greatly in many spheres and many ways, The more rapidly and the more certainly that help can reach the battlefields in Asia, Africa and Europe, the shorter the duration of the war.
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