GROWING STRENGTH

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 139, 8 March 1941, Page 10

GROWING STRENGTH

Confidence In Britain

"Since 1 wrote previously,” states a London director of a New Zealand-Eng-lish firm in a letter to New Zealand, “the whole conflict has become intensified, but despite the devastation that is being wrought in some of the larger cities, it will not in the least deflect Britain from her purpose. There are signs at present that we are making progress as we continue to grow in strength, and that is giving people a feeling of justifiable confidence. “There are so many angles to this tremendous conflict, which one cannot possibly deal with in a- brief letter, but I feel I can say at the end of a very tough year—perhaps the toughest in British history—that the spirit of the people here is just as high as ever it was. It is quite impossible for anyone to measure the length of this war. There is a long, hard road ahead. Modern warfare cannot be won except by final immense power, both military and economic, which, is brought to bear as in the last war. “The course of the war,” said the writer, "has been dotted with surprises and set-backs, but in the end I am sure we shall prevail.”