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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 December 1939, Page 5

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DALADIER ON POSITION OF ALLIES CAN WIN WITHOUT LAUNCHING BIG OFFENSIVE. ARMIES HOLDING FORMIDABLE LINE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. PARIS, December 2. “The Allies can avoid launching a large-scale offensive and still win lhe war.” declared lhe French Prime Minister, M. Daladier, broadcasting. He referred to Germany using barbaric methods in words which Hit 1 Associated Press of Great Britain inter|irels Io mean if Herr Hitler starts unrestricted aerial warfare France will answer with I h<‘ same weapon. "Our armies are fortified in a formidable line from the North Sen to (lie Jura Mountains, namely, the Maginot Line,” M Daladier said. “They have increased its depth and doubled its possibilities. “We have no need to take the iniative in large-scale attacking operations. Our would-be conquerors are willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of men in mad offensives, but we are careful to spare the sacrifice of human life as much as possible. "We will put. clown our arms when security is achieved and when we can negotiate with a trustworthy Government in Germany." I\'L Daladier paid a tribute to tlie admirable attitude of Italy, which, under Signor Mussolini's initiative, had courageously attempted to save the peace. “TIME ON OUR SIDE’’ OPPOSITE TRUE OF GERMANY. MR MACDONALD'S REVIEW. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. December 2. “This war is going to be a grim business, but time is on our side.” said tlie Colonial Secretary, M r Malcolm MacDonald, speaking at Dingwall tonight. “Every month that passes we grow stronger, whereas the opposite is true of Germany.” Nothing the enemy could do. said Mr MacDonald, could break the spirit'

of tlie British sailors, and so long as that spirit remained unbroken Britain remained master of the sea. The' Secretary for the Dominions, Mr Anthony Eden), said in a speech that nothing could be more foolish than to under-rale tlie magnitude of tlie task upon which the country was engaged. "Tlie German war machine is ruthless," he said. "For years it lias had tlie whole resources of a powerful Slate at its command. Germany's whole economy has been twisted for war purposes. "This is not a war in the sense of a clash of rival national ambitions. We have no such ambitions. We are not out to secure new rights for ourselves. We want neither territory nor privileges. but we do seek, not only for ourselves, but for all nations, small or great, tlie right to live our own lives in freedom and at peace. "This is not a war. it is a crusade for international decency. For some time past we have been in the presence of a progressive deterioration of international standards. Today the pledged word between nations is openly broken. Good faitli is cynically derided. A smaller neighbour is bullied I and invaded merely because lie is a smaller neighbour. If that, process had been allowed to continue, it could only have ended in universal anarchy and misery."