BRITAIN’S WAR AIMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 May 1940, Page 6

BRITAIN’S WAR AIMS

MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S MESSAGE [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT,.] RUGBY, May 6. In a message to the National Government candidate at the East Renfrewshire by-election, Mr Chamberlain says: The issue involved' in the wab is clear. Our enemies haye shown they will hesitate at nothing to bring about the destruction of the British Empire, which stands between them and the avowed goal of world domination. Our aim is to win peace, freedom and security alike for ourselves, our Allies, and the threatened nations of Europe.” LABOUR ESTIMATE. RUGBY, May 6. Speaking at a Labour Party meeting at Cambridge, to-night, Dr. Hugh Dalton expressed the view that the events in Norway, which had lowered British prestige abroad, had shaken confidence at home —not in the certainty of an ultimate Allied victory, of which he declared his 1 renewed conviction, but in the directive organisation and personnel of the country’s war effort. He said: “Only our fighting men, solders, sailors, and airmen, have done well in Norway—and they have, done magnificently—but our political leaders, as so often before, have been outwitted and outpaced by our adversaries.” HOLIDAY CRITICISED. (Recd. May 7, 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, May 6. The “Daily Mail” says: Half our productive machinery works only one shift daily, for lack of skilled hands. This is not a one-shift or two-shift war. It is a three-shift war, demanding every ounce of our energy, and every minute of our time, yet many armament factories ' 7 and aircraft works, including Woolwich Arsenal, are closing on May 13 for the Whitsun holid'ay. Britain is taking a day off from the job of fighting for her life. Well may her friends despair, and her enemies rejoice.