BRITISH ACHIEVEMENT

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 104, 27 January 1943, Page 5

BRITISH ACHIEVEMENT

Capture Of Tripoli “Most Important Victory” WASHINGTON. January 25. Replying to a question al. a I’ress conference, the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, described the capture of Tripoli as a magnificent British achievement and one of the most outstanding and most important victories of tlie war. The British Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Law, said at Leeds today that there was no need to be despondent at the rate of our progress in Tunisia, Before the Allies could drive the Axis from North Africa they had to build up a tremendous organization, and that would take time. Mr. Law said that many ot the things in the North African campaign that were worrying people would sort lhemselves out before long. He pointed out I hat; the Allies were not occupying North Africa in the sense thnl the Germans were occupying France. Poland, and Belgium. We were not there to enslave the country, he said. We had gone there to free French North Africa, and we were not in a position to adopt an altitude of pure dominance and coercion. Malta celebrated the fall of Tripoli with processions in the streets, snjs <t Cairo message. The event, has apparently done the Maltese more good than anything since the furious attack on the island was broken last year.