BRITAIN PREPARES TO SMASH HITLER

Southland Times, Issue 24439, 20 May 1941, Page 3

BRITAIN PREPARES TO SMASH HITLER

(8.0.W.) RUGBY, May 16. The Minister of Information, Mr A. Duff Cooper, broadcasting to Latin America, expressed regret that the strict enforcement of the British blockade, which was essential to victory, should have caused any hardship to South American countries.

“I am convinced that they will bear this suffering with patience and that afterwards any sacrifices will be redeemed a hundredfold,” said the Minister. “Britain will continue to stand firm—more than that. Britain will continue on her determined way until she has massed within her island fortress a sufficient weight of material to deal Hitler a mortal blow and to win the war.

“This coiling up of the springs of power can be achieved—is, indeed, being achieved today—by the exercise of Britain’s strength at sea and in the air. For not only does this strength guarantee the defence of Britain against any direct onslaught that Hitler may attempt, but also British sea and air power guarantee that the vast programme of arms production now being undertaken by the United States will not be wasted. The weapons we need for victory in the battle for freedom will steadily pile up against the day of reckoning.”