New York, May 14.
Appealing to the United States for all-out aid to Britain, Mr. Robert G. Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, last night declared in nation-wide radio broadcast ti "our ouse, [which is your cause cannot, be victorious by half-measures."
Reiterating that "I know in my bones that on the things that count, the United States is not merely behind us but with us," Mr. Menzies pointed out that "it may be still that many of you believe that some decent fraction of your effort will suf-fee. I beg of you to understand that it will not."
Mr. Menzies touched only briefly on how far the United States should go, pointing out that "whether you are neutral or belligerent—that's for you and nobody else to decide—our cause which is your cause cannot be victorious by half-measures."
The Australian prime minister declared that "in the great crises of human history, when we are fighting for great causes, we are required to become less earthly and more godlike and the choice is and must be between. comfort and immortality, between dividends and dut He pointed out that Australia: pending this year "no less an £200,000,000 on our war effort. We jate fighting and risking all because we know this war is not about European politics but is about the polities of humanity."—United Press.
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