WILL CLEAR AIR

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20826, 3 July 1942, Page 4

WILL CLEAR AIR

LIBYAN DEBATE RESULTS EXPECTED .. CHURCHILL, AUCHINLECK ( By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Special Correspondent.) (2 p.m.) LONDON, July 2. The House, of Commons debate arrived like a _long-desir.en thunderstorm which; it is hoped, will clear the air. arid Wipe away the oppressive atmosphere. . Throughout thb Mr there hits ribt been sUch a B'diridd of unhappy. Self* quCstibhing thfbUghdut, .thb .nation as was witribssß'd during thfe period aftbf the fall of Tobruk grid thb presbht dbhate. The fact thrit it bVbfshadoWbd the gfavbst trbhd bf eyferitS iri Egypt only served id heighten tllb. iriood df iiatiohal sblf-eXariiihatioii v Tlifs. hg'd much. 10 , clb With the fhtlibr halfj' herivted decision tb pfbebed With the iriotion of censure—whilb thb fact that the Pririi'b MihiAtbL.. Mr. ..Wiristdri Churchill, irisisted. that it Should .be held Certainly did riot Wbakeri his poiitibri. . . • . It is realised that the dbßatbv bf itself: ban do little hr hbthi'og tfe alter tlib iitiinediate position iri Egypt, fbr Which teasbn the publib is Idbkirig arid hcjring fdr at least two ThihgS—first, ri decisive ‘check tb Geriefal RqiftriibL arid. Secondly, that ML Churbhill will give assUtaribes bt proof that rhistakbs arid maladministrdtibri rir’e bbing gbfctlfieS, Fob this rbdsbn Mi". Ghurfehill’s statement Uhdbubtedly Was the most ahkiously-aWaited sbbech bf the britirb debatfe. If both 'Bribes. ebri B'e rbalised, Britain Will bdhtiriUe the Wat, blit evfen if both are riot, thb country will lose riotnihg bf its determihation ultimately tp; regain lost positions and continue the pfbsbcUtibh of the war with , the utmost vigour, rioSsibly forcing measures folore-organ--isation -Whicn.- affe, *How . :ebriSid@r’ed nebessary. This statement is not based on gir-y generalisatidris-, But bn th’e plain fact that the British people inevitably bring fbrth their best When facihg thb gi’dvest position; in fact. it.is UhfbrtUnately recognised that, they often require reverses before they bring Out their best efforts. Thus, at this, gray'd moment, all eyes are turned to, Mr. ChUr'chill arid General Auehinleck, frorn both of whoiri decisive results are expected.;..