SPRING ATTACK
Great Nazi Offensive Predicted LORD LOTHIAN’S VIEW Sea Power Seen As Key To Victory By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received January 5, 10 p.m.) NEW YORK, January 4. Speaking at Chicago, Lord Lothian. British Ambassador, said he expected that Germany in the spring would launch a terrific attack on England and France by land, air and sea. since the issue before_Germany was world empire or downfall. He said the Allies were ready, but wanted the United States of America to understand the distinct possibility of “an unutterable disaster. which would extinguish light and freedom in Europe.”
“We believe we shall successfully repel the German attack, and if it is repelled as it was in 1918, it will net be long before Hitlerism goes down in defeat.” said Lord Lothian.
Lord Lothian described sea power as the key to victory. So long as Germany thought she could wrest that power from Great Britain, she would not think of peace, except that kind of peace which would enable her to renew her attacks in a short time under more favouable conditions. —By radio.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 87, 6 January 1940, Page 11
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