WELL RECEIVED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1941, Page 6

WELL RECEIVED

EXCEPT IN JAPAN AND BY THE AMERICAN ISOLATIONISTS. MR. CHURCHILL’S SPEECH. (Received This Day, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, November 11. it is a long time since a Churchill speech has been received so approvingly as that delivered yesterday. Mr Churchill was calmly serious and combatively confident as he made the speech, which completed a recent series of notable orations by leaders of the belligerent Powers. Prominence is given in the newspapers to messages from New York reporting the most favourable American reactions to Mr Churchill’s pledge of aid if the United States is involved in war with Japan. The “Daily ■■ Mail’s” New York correspondent says the pledge was received with tremendous enthusiasm and that Mr Churchill’s blunt warning is expected to result in a swift easing of tension in the Pacific. “The Japanese people are burning with anger at Mr Churchill's declarations,” says ’ the “Yomiuri Shimbun.” “Britain is dancing to the tune of the United States and digging her own grave.” Chinese quarters in Chungking hailed Mr Churchill’s warning to Japan with joy. It is felt that the warning has brought nearer to realisation the long- cherished Chinese dream of a united front against Japan. The Prime Minister’s speech was enthusiastically welcomed in Singapore and Batavia, as indicating Britain’s determination to go out and meet Japanese aggression in this part of the world. The isolationist, Senator Wheeler, commented in Washington: “If Mi' Churchill wants to help somebody, why not help Russia? It is funny that Mr Churchill is talking of helping US when he is pleading with the United States constantly to give more help to England.”