THE EMPIRE'S PART.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 206, 1 August 1941, Page 4

THE EMPIRE'S PART.

Ix his comprehensive and timely review of Britain’s output of war materials, which is a fitting answer to the ill-judged criticism of industry and the .Ministry, Mr Winston Churchill gave utterance to one thought which should echo and re-echo throughout the Empire. It would be madness to suppose that Russia or the United States is going to win this war for us, he said, in issuing a warning to the nation against easy optimism, the temptations towards which he did not cloak. Mr Churchill gave an impressive recital of achievements on the industrial front which must make the Empire proud of its war industries at Home and those who guide and man - them, and similarly he spoke of gains on the war front. But lie had to give a warning that the worst was not over and Nazi power forbade the slightest relaxation. Such words are timely. The British people whose efforts have been superhuman, and who until June were fighting the Nazis almost alone, must continue to give their best effort, for Russia and the United States will not win the war loj them, no matter how great theij help. This is a complete answer also to the small number of peo pie, disciples of the Soviet ideology, who have declared with Russia’s entrance into the war that peace can only come with the victory of the Red Army. However much they choose to ignore what the Empire has done and will be doing in the future to win the victory, the fact remains that the British nation, which has dedicated itself to the destruction of Hitlerism, will achieve that object through its wonderful endeavours, ever mindful of American help, and will, in pursuance of that objective, give Russia as an ally all the help she can. No one is unmindful of Russia’s gallant fight against Hitler, but the Empire does not look to Russia, and also the United States, to win the war for its preservation.