CRITICS ANSWERED

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 32, 2 November 1942, Page 6

CRITICS ANSWERED

Britain’s Part In War LONDON, October 30. The Home Secretary,' Mr. Morrison, has just done some plain speaking for the benefit of Britain’s critics abroad. He reminded our detractors that this eountrv had entered the war for reasons of principle. There was a time two years ago when the country administered to the all-conquering Fuehrer his first defeat—the Battle of Britain. At that time we stood alone—the only barrier between Hitler and the quick and easy conquest of by far the greatest part of the globe. A large portion of the world was generous with its applause. , Today, there seemed to be rather a different story, and we were having critical shafts directed at us from different points of the Compass, yet our attitude and outlook from the start ot this war to the present day had been consistent. If it was held honourable and worthy of applause two years ago, it was not less so today. Mr. Morrison spoke of what he called “the little matter of the victory over Mussolini,” a brief episode which busy people of this time hardly hud time to remember. IVe had captured some hundreds of thousands of Mussolini’s warriors in various parts of Africa, and in a few weeks drove him out of the great mass of Abyssinian territory _ which he had brutally snatched from its inhabitants. We then made aii possible haste to restore the country, and gave the people help with arms and advice to reestablish themselves. Mr. Morrison also spoke of India, and of our efforts on the home front. He said we were turning out war munitions at a greater rate, in proportion to our population, than any country in the world. "I do not think the British need to Apologize to anyone for their three years part in the war,” he said. “Me have made mistakes and suffered ill fortune, but happily we owe no one an explanation on this account except ourselves.’ He concluded with a tribute to the British people.