CURTIN’S BROADCAST

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 64, 17 March 1942, Page 5

CURTIN’S BROADCAST

POINTS OVERLOOKED BRITAIN AS DEMOCRACY’S ARSENAL (Recd. 5.5 p.m.) London, March 16. The Times, in a leader on Mr. J. Curtin's broadcast, says:—"Mr. Curtin might have added tnat the Battle oi the Atlantic still has to be ceaselessly maintained He also might have qualified about the battle of Britain. It is not always understood in Australia and America tnat victory in the Battle of Britain has not extinguished the air danger to Britain. Large concentrations ot German planes are still stationed in a semi-circle of airfields half surrounding the British Isles. Some of which are only a few miles from Britain's most populous cities. A serious weakening ol Britain's air and other defences would invite an attack. Britain is the essential base from which the linai 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 cannot be exposed to any risk of interruption without peril to tne whole Allied effort."