Show Churchill Wins Confidence V Vote ote 47 5 25 PREMIER SAYS EGYPT'S FATE IN FINAL TEST Warns Commons Grave News Can Be Expected By Dy EDWARD W. W SEATTLE BEATTLE LONDON July 2 UP UP- UP Prime Minister Winston ChurchIl Church- Church ui Il 11 won a vote of confidence in inthe inthe the Jie house of commons Thurs- Thurs lay clay after a dramatic speech i n which he said the costly battle battle bat bat- tle lie tle for Egypt was now in the balance but declared his confidence confidence con- con that the general strength of the united nations his has las greatly improved in 1942 The vote was to 25 after the he prime minister demanded a Ita decision one way or the other without favors either for myself myself my my- self or for the government but sustaining the government or hanging changing the government It wa was estimated 30 members abstained fron from voting Twenty-one Twenty members members were counted in the lobbies lob- lob aies bies during the vote In his speech warning that news Bf ot grave importance must be expected expected ex ex- from the Egyptian Egypti n battle b tUe- tUe field at any Churchill ment-Churchill Churchill laid said that i One The One iThe axis armies arthies of N Nazi zi Marsha Marha Erwin Rommel had advanced advanced ad ad- miles across the desert and were approaching the Nile valley after battles battles' in which the British lost men and large amounts of material including tanks out of in one battle battIe and suffered an entirely y unexpected de defeat defeat defeat de- de feat at Two Two The The fighting in North Africa had changed the military situation drastically in the whole Mediterranean theater and put Britain in a moment of mortal peril unequaled since the theall fall all of France Three Three- Three-The Three The e British held superiority super super- in men artillery tanks tank and airplanes at the start of the battle for or Libya and in all the totals sent to o the middle east from the empire and to a lesser extent from the United States amounted to more than men tanks aircraft almost pieces of artillery artillery ar ar- ar- ar tillery machine guns and more than tham vehicles Four Four He He has never shared the view that this would be a short I war war or would end in 1942 but I 1 affirm alfinn with confidence that the general strength of the united na- na ContInued on n Page Three Column One I How German Drives Could Encircle Mediterranean Sea C GER GERMANY E R M MANY A N Y L STATUTE MILES SLOVAK A 44 U. 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A CRETE C i LI SAUDI ARABIA E C Y P of d frets Pris Map Mop Cap Capture ure of Sevastopol Se 1 which nazi high command claims and Russia denies plus an axis victory at El EI Egypt 2 would bring the Germans into possession of the shores of Mussolini's 1 Mare l Nostrum The nazi push at near 3 indic indicates tes another attempt at the same same pincer maneuver I ICon Confidence fide nee Vote Favors 25 Churchill 25 Continued from Page One lions ions has greatly improved since the he turn of ot the year It is likely to be a long war Churchill added Five The Five The balance of ot nav naval l power pow- pow er r in the Pacific has been definitely definitely altered in our favor as a result of the splendid achievements achievements achieve achieve- ments of American and other forces in the battles of ot the Coral Coralea sea ea and Midway islands battles which have not received the attention attention at- at they deserve in Britain Six Six Although Although the summer is half alf gone Hitler HiUer has not been able to 0 start his major offensive against Russia lussia which has been bolstered by y 2000 British tanks and the Russians will ill surprise him again is s they have in the past Seven Seen SevenA A massed Japanese invasion invasion in- in of Australia would be most hazardous hazardous' at present and the allied watchword throughout the southeast Pacific is attack Eight The Eight The army in India is larger arger than ever before in history history his- his tory ory and Ceylon is now strongly defended by naval air and military military mili mili- tary forces forces's against a Japanese offensive Nine Nine Nine-A A newer and faster tank than the present heavy British tank known as the Churchill has been een designed and will soon be in production but most British air marshals still have little use for dive bombers The government has las been criticized for failure to develop dive bombers but had said that they were arriving now from the United States I Ten The Ten The United States and Britain are now more closely together together to- to gether jether and more determined to win vin the war regardless of risks and sacrifice than ever before as asa asa a a 1 result of Churchill's talks with President resident Roosevelt on movement of if men supplies and ships and replacement replacement re- re placement of losses at sea The vote of con confidence f ide n c e In Churchill who rejected any middie middle mid- mid lie die course such as demands that he e drop the ministry of defense post ost was greeted by loud cheers Some members rose and threw papers into the air and the prime minister was wildly cheered as he left eft the front bench smiling As he passed behind the speakers speaker's speakers speaker's speak- speak i ers er's chair he turned and held up his lis fingers in the Victory V-for-Victory sign ign Fighting for Lives Lives' I The prime ministers minister's speech emphasized emphasized emphasized em em- the hard deadly struggle that lies ahead of the army of the Nile in Egypt We Ve are still fighting for our ourives lives ives and for causes dearer than life ife itself he said explaining that thattie he tie had no fresh news from Egypt We do not have the right to assume that victory is certain It will be certain only if we do not fail in our duty The battle of Egypt is now in inthe inthe inthe the balance Our one object and the only one is destruction of the enemy s army and a armored r m o r e d power ower The prime minister continued All over the world throughout the he United States as I can testify testify fy y in Russia and China and throughout every subjugated country country coun- coun try ry all of our friends are waiting to know whether there is a strong solid government in Britain whether the national leadership has las been challenged or not Tells of Convoys Churchill said In his speech that In the last six months about men with the best equipment had been sent around the Cape of Good GoodHope GoodHope GoodHope Hope South Africa and that when they get around the cape it is decided where they will vill go He did not say whether these Included included in jn- American troops Dealing with the growing united nations air power he drew a laugh by saying Hitler made a contract with the demon of the air but the contract contract contract con con- tract ran out before the job was done and the demon has taken onan onan on onan an engagement with a rival firm Arthur Bevan labor opened the wind up session of the debate with witha a charge that Prime Minister Winston Winston Winston Win Win- ston Churchill was trying to fight this war in terms of the last one Admitting that Churchill would win vin the vote at the end of the session session session ses ses- ses- ses sion Bevan began bitterly He wins debates but loses battie battle bat bat- tle tie after battle Nobody he said was more Maginot minded than Churchill and nobody he charged talked more than Churchill of ot this war warin in terms of the last The 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