THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 4, 1940.
PERSHING CAUTIONS AMERICA
Striking a note of hope for his British comrades- in-arms of 1917-18, Gen- eral John J. Pershing said on his birthday anniver sary that he thought Great Britain could hold out against the German onslaught.
After being showered with con- gratulatory messages, decorated by President Roosevelt for an old deed of bravery in the Philippine Islands and after making a radio speech exhorting his fellow coun- trymen to "face the facts" of an imminent danger of
the "General of the Armies" held press conference,
war,
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A reporter asked him if he thought the British would be able to hold out. After
moment's deliberation, he said:
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"Yes, I think they can." Asked what he thought of the British fight against Nazi air raids, he said:
"I think they're living up pretty well to the British reputation for stability."
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More Help For Britain
quently.
"Do you think there is any thing else we might do to ald the British?" a reporter asked. "I could think of a good many things," he replied.
"Anything short of war, sir?"
"I wouldn't like to answer that without giving it some con- sideration."
Speaking over the radio just after receiving the Distinguished Service Cross in a White House In response to a question he ceremony, General Pershing said: said that the radio speech he made "We must face the facts of to- recently, advocating the turning day. Their warning call to over of 50 old destroyers to Bri-America is shrill and imperative. tain, had been made on his own The danger is imminent. The call initiative. He had no idea at the comes not only to us who fought time that this country could ob-in the World War and to those tain naval and air bases in ex- who stood ready, but it comes to change for them, as it has subse- every patriotic citizen living under
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