TRUTH AND RIGHT

Evening Star, Issue 23726, 6 November 1940, Page 12

TRUTH AND RIGHT

FACTORS FIGHTING FOR US GERMANS THE DUPES OF HITLER ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR’GENERAL “ You may be expecting me to say something about the war,” said the Governor-General. Lord Galway, during tbo concluding stages of the civic fare-w-ell tendered to his Excellency and Lady Galway last evening in the Toxvn Hall Concert Chamber. “ However, there is, little I can add to what you already know' from your newspapers and what you hear over the wireless. “ We have been passing through very trying, very serious, and very critical times,” ho went on, “ bxxt we are beginning to feel that the worst is past and that the clouds arc begixxning to break.” (Applause.) “The Gex--mans xxndor Hitler were determined to destroy Britain, and we on our side wore equally determined to destroy Hitler. We"have one thing on our side —the right—and we tell the truth. Hitler rules over an enslaved people by lies. They xvore told that no planes would fly over Berlin. They now know that is not true, as British planes are over Berlin every xxight.” His Excellency went oxx to refer to the fact that Britain was concentrating on the destruction of the German war machine, its oil refixxeries, rolling stock, and barge concentrations. “ The people of Gornxany are now finding out what the Royal Air Fox-ce means,” he added. Then there was Italy. It would be remembered that when Italy entered the war Mr Duff Cooper said tlxey might not have to go as far as Pompeii to see tho ruins. They could now go to Naples railxvay termiixal and see them, and that was not the last by any xxxeans. The Italian people had fieexx forced into the war by Mussolini, and they reluctantly had to go where he led. . However, we had no quarrel with the Italians in so far as their culture was concerned. In literature and art Italy had produced some outstanding men over the past centuries. What we did have a quarrel with was xvith the Italian aggressors who tyrannised! over the Italian people. “ No one caix say hoxv long tlxe war will last, or how great the sacrifices we will bo called upon to make,” continued His Excellency. “ but tho Empire had never been so united or as determined as now, and wo will fight for tho suppression of this tyranny so that free people once more will be able to settle down!” Tho Governor-General wexxt on to refer to the goodwill of the United States, which we were fortunate in possessing, and of the assistance that country xvas rendering to Great Britain. “ Next year I hope that for each plane that flies over London there will be a hundred over Germany.” The time would then come xvhon the xvhole superstructure of Germany would crumble, he concluded.