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Show presents us the511 like helped BritrUni years. Unfortunately fon as the British i;; geography not . ftat the hour comes when ttat must strike in its own J P' would compel her entrance into war against Germany. The situation of the United States today is much the same. We seek diligently to avoid commitments commit-ments that mean warfare, hoping that the British, the Chinese and the Russians, assisted by rebellious people, now subjugated, will do the fighting. Like the British, in years past, we offer to provide the munitions, equipment and supplies that will keep them in battle. In this, we deserve no censure and certainly seek no credit. The j geography of the present crisis commons, and indirectly to the people of his nation, there is a lesson for those of us who now live under a precarious peace in the United States. Like the British, we are inclined to believe that other peoples will do the fighting that may be necessary and that we will manage to escape the losses of This was the British idea for many years, as the balance of power pow-er in Europe enabled the empire to tip the scales either way and thus maintain peace. This may have been the idea, when Hitler began his mad career, and the British Bri-tish remained aloof from commitments commit-ments to Czechoslovakia that CHURCHILL ASSERTS HOUSE LEADERSHIP Winston Churchill courageously asserted his leadership of the British Bri-tish empire before the house of comons, rerusing to yield to his critics and challenging the house to repudiate his government. The great war prime minister ignored the bickering of professional profes-sional "viewers with alarm" and candidly warned the British people peo-ple that they could not count on Russia and the United States to win the war for them. Mr. Churchill sternly cautioned his people to be on guard for an invasion in September, declaring that it was not sure that Hitler might not gamble on the great venture. Few English - speaking people have failed to admire the bold, bluff bravery of this war leader of an empire, now beset as she has never been assailed before. Few will forget his stern promise of desperate and unending resistance to the Germans when France, sworn ally of former wars, gave up the fight. In his words to the house af |