THE WORST PASSED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24448, 6 November 1940, Page 6

THE WORST PASSED

TURNING POINT OF WAR. AN EMPIRE DETERMINED GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S ADDRESS' • Confidence that the tide of war had now turned in Britain’s favour was expressed by the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, when speaking at the farewell tendered to him by the citizens of Dunedin in the Concert Chamber of. the Town Kail last night. The Empire, had never been ,so united as at this moment, his Excellency'said, and the growing power of British, arms would wield an inexorable influence on the future course of the war. “We have been passing through a very grave and critical time,” Viscount Galway said, “ but we are beginning to; think—-in fact, we fpe! sure-—that the worst Is past, and that the clouds are slowly but surely beginning: to break.—(Applause.) The Germans under Hitler were determined to destroy Britain, and we on our side are equally determined to destroy Hitler. There is one difference—that behind us we have the right and we tell the truth. Hitler is a tyrant ruling over an enslaved people, and he rules them by lies.” Blow to German Morale The German people had been told that no enemy planes would ever fly over Germany,, but they now knew in Berlin from nightly experience that what they had beep .told was not true, and that British pldri'es flew over Germany every night unless weather conditions were too bad. This was, undermining the . morale of the German people, who were aware of the extent to which the Royal Air. Force was hammering, at , the docks, munition factories, oil refineries and countless other military objectives: ' “And what about Italy? ’’ his Excellency asked. “When Italy entered .the war Mr Duff Cooper said that the Italian people would not have to go as far as Pompeii to see the ruins. That is literally correct, for noyt they need, only, go to the- railway.'station in Naples to see what 'aerial bombardment means. And tha{ will'not be the last by, any means. Unfortunate Italy was forced into the war by Mussolini and his ,gahg. and if will remain in it until it .gets rid of the rulers who are tyrannising over it. We have no quarrel with Italian ..culture, which has given the world some of its greatest, painters., sculptors and literary men, but we nave a quarrel with the Italiah-aggressofS;’ : '; ■: Goodwill of United States “No.one can tell how long this-war will last,. but we are setting to it with the whole, force of' the Empire, and the Empire has never been so united as at, this moment. ,We are determined to win because'we are fighting for everything we hold’dear, and, wfe-will not stop until these tyrannies are broken and a free Europe can : bnce •more settle down. We have the goodwill and sympathy of the great United States of America, which is turning out munitions and planes in everincreasing quantities.. and I .trust that next year there will be 100 British planes flying over . Germany for every one that is now doing so. The time will come when the superstructure of German tyranny will crumble, and when the German people,' I hope, will *• exact retribution’on those who-have treated them so badly.”