Wairarapa Times-Age MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1941. BRITISH DOGGEDNESS.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 March 1941, Page 4

Wairarapa Times-Age MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1941. BRITISH DOGGEDNESS.

». JT is said by those who had watched at close range the first, lew months of Britain’s war effort that the British Empire did not. get into the war properly until treachery caused the fall of France. The. British people did not really hurl themselves into the fray until they were confronted with the necessity of making a “last ditch” defence. Then they demonstrated what a free democracy could do. Defence production doubled during the summer, and aeroplane building increased by over 30 per cent without any addition, to the number of hours worked. The Dominions renewed their efforts, providing a hundred per cent increase in their contributions. The doggedness of the British character was demonstrated in all directions; the bombing of London and other English towns only increased the. determination of the peoples of the British Empire to continue the fight, until the bitter end, and until victory was achieved and Nazi-ism crushed, even if it took years to accomplish. While the Jinn, murderers from the air killed scores of helpless women and children, the people of England, Scotland and Wales calmly went about their war work and their everyday peace vocations. The Fifth Columnists, who jeered at the methods of Britain in the early days of the war, are now in a panic at finding their hopes of a Hun victory dashed to the ground. There is no room in Britain today for Hun sympathisers or people who support. Ihe principles of Communism. Severe punishment awaits those who fail io stand four square to that flag which prevents them from being enslaved under Hitler and his linns. The complaint has frequently. been made —and has much to support it—that the Germans residing under the protection of the British flag at Home are too leniently treated. It is increasingly urged that they should be rounded up and placed in concentration. camps of a similar type to which the British were subjected to in Germany in the last war. Britain has set herself resolutely to fight till victory is obtained, and the Huns know that the bulldog nature of the British is such that they will hold steadfastly to their policy. Hiller must .realise that he is fighting a losing war. though doubtless he will cause terrible havoc and loss of life before lie finally acknowledges his defeat.