AID ON PACIFIC FRONT

Grey River Argus, 17 March 1942, Page 5

AID ON PACIFIC FRONT

Britain's Limitations

DANGER OF AIR ATTACK

LONDON, March 16. “The Times” has a leading article on the Australian Premier, Mr. J. Curtin’s broadcast. It says: Mr. Curtin might have added that the Battle of the Atlantic still' has to be ceaselessly maintained. He also might have qualified what he said about the Battle of Britain. It is not always understood in Australia and in America that victory in the Battle of Britain has not' extinguished air danger to Britain. Large concentrations of German pcanes. are still stationed in a semi-circle of airfields half surrounding the Britisn Isles, some of which are only a few m'les from Britain’s most populous cities Any serious weakening of Britain’s air or other defences would invite attack. Br.tain is an essentia!l base from which a final offensive must be launched. She is still the greatest arsenal for democracy, and last year British factories produced twice the American output of arms and other supplies. British production 'will remain a vital factor, and it cannot be exposed to any risk of interruption without peril to the whole Allied effort.”