ITALIAN FAILURES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 January 1941, Page 5

ITALIAN FAILURES

| NOT NECESSARILY DUE TO LACK OF VALOUR DEADENING EFFECT OF BAD CAUSE. GLORY OF THE BRITISH VICTORY (British Official Wireless,i RUGBY. January G. j II would be wrong to insult the de j feated enemy anti it would be inglori i ous for civilians to question the cour ; ago of those who passed through th I brittle* of Bardin. If the events ii ; Libya and Albania indicate a eertaii . lack of determination and enlhusiasn ! in the Italian soldiery, there are cause ' to which this can be attributed with j out an imputation of lack of valour, ■ The Greeks know they arc t’.phtin; ! for their own country, which had beei j wantonly invaded by a far strange i Power. The British soldier know ; equally well that he is fighting for hi > existence, which hi- values more, am |he knows that this Government wa compelled by the aggre-solve police >, j other nations to go to war. But who i does the Italian say to himself on th< j morning of a battle? hi the twenty year; interval l< tweet [ the two great war.-: he has ait ack ci jother nations but has not bwn attavk led by them. He has made no elairr i !<i which witwoiciiim I, ;been refus i cd. He was living in peace and hop- : ing for prosperity when, for no reason except the ni’-ane . mbit n . f hi■lu; * -. he ■ suddenly prec.u pl W. w imb> war The Indian people feci ’.hey are fighting for a bad cause, m f l 110 CiillSe that lb.e;. L Um:- J; ! II m this w;ir the Italians arc very fa; from hemf.' the bi • i-i.m it is fig that reason. _ Bui ;dl th-nr weakness is not suf. and perfection r»f this victory ;md .di their weakrn - do.- - .! d. tr.n-i m ~;r. way from the glory <-f thor.- <o whom the credit m due It i-. th<. military genrns of Gt-m-r.d Wavell and io the trammy ami p. ii; : : v <>f m-