June 28.
HE German-Soviet war and the reasons for the attack of 'Germany on a country that had been supplying the Reich with raw materials and' petroleum were dealt with by Mr. H. G. W. Woodhead, CHE, editor of the "Oriental Affairs," in an address given at the weekly luncheon of the Royal Air Force Association at the Dome yesterday.
In a speech of welcome to the guest of honour, Capt. V. J. B. Holland, President of the Association, said it was privilege to have a man of Mr, Woodhead's extensive knowledge to speak at their luncheon. hig address, Mtr, Woodhead spoke of Hitlers treachery toward ihe USS, of his eyniel claims along this' war a. struggle between Ghriglanity and Atheletes and of the Sevoiting scazon given by the Germane in' Ankara shout the need of "Rauslan prisoners as labourers since he Prengh are useless, being tired ""Polowing are th f the jowing are the excerpts of the fow days ago 1 received an invitation from the President and Committe of this. Association tobe Your guest at huneneon today." Fewas Uireeéd to: reply tothe Bntertalne iment. Committee! and. it, appears to Fave been assumed. that it would be riy' clu la return for your hoepta Hy. to attempt to. enieFiain. You for 2° sew minutes. Xam. atria that unatover else T may d disposed 9 Undertake at the moment, it is not furnishing entertainment. The times fre too mutch out of joint for tha And to Tam going to inflet_ upon You. tome "remarks regarding the Jatest and most sensations development in the present war.
Hitler's Ruthless Theories "It ig a solemn but inescapable thought that those of us who are alive 'r= are living Through the greatest crisis that has ever threaten ed civilization, This crisis is of such magnitude as to appear to many of us to be utterly fantastie—to be a ad dream from which some morning we shall awake to say: "However T could have dreamed such nonsense such horrors?" Unfortunately, itis not merely a nightmare. The crisis It go Yea) and so acute that the next few months oF even weeks may decide the fate of civilization.
"Those of you who read Mein Kampf" especially the unexpurgated edition, previous to September 1039, might well have regarded its pages as the ravings of an irresponsible lunatic, But if, you still hold. that view, you must realize that, these savings have been converted into Action—that, almost everyone of Hit-Jer's preposterous and ruthless theo-les have been put into "practice. You must also have realized in the light of ait that has happened since 1930, that a policy of appeasement and conciliation toward Germany never had. the slightest hope of success, 'As long as Hitler remained in powfr, nothing could have averted' this awful catastrophe with its workd= shaking. consequences, and its awful toll of blood and misery,
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