BRITAIN READY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20631, 12 August 1941, Page 5

BRITAIN READY

• RESIST INVASION GAINS IN ATLANTIC DUFF COOPER’S SURVEY (Elec. Tel Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 12, 10 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 11. Mr. A. Duff Cooper, the British Cabinet representative in the Far East, who arrived by the Clipper, said the morale of the British people was, if anything, too good. There was a tendency to think we had already won the war. Certainly the prospects were infinitely better, but final victory was still far distant. The Battle of the Atlantic lately had gone strongly in Britain’s favour. Nevertheless, the submarine menace was still with us. The invasion threat had been enormously reduced, because Britain was now fully prepared. Every inch oi the shore was now guarded by a splendid army, fully equipped. The great lull in bombing was due to various reasons, one being that Germany had lost the cream of her air force. British war production had scarcely been interrupted. American equipment was ariving in an everincreasing flow.

Mr. Cooper will visit Washington shortly and will proceed by Clipper to Singapore a little later.