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ON HER METTLE

THE speeches of President Roosevelt are in these days not less an inspiration than those of the British Prime Minister, and, again like Mr. Churchill's, a source of discontent and con- fusion to the enemy. When |Germany, Italy, and Japan, in | despicable cabal; concluded their latest pact, no one in this coun- try had any doubt what the response of the American Gov- ernment and people would be to that challenge.

The United States will not be deflected from its companion purposes of sending all possible help to Great Britain and de- |fending the Americus, and their rights in the Atlantic and the Pacific, against all aggression, If anything were needed further to strengthen American resolve, it is provided in the triple Axis Powers' attempt at intimidation,

The British people, resolute and confident, will find cause for speclul pride in the President's recent re- ferences to the successful struggle which this democracy is making | against the tyrants who seek to, lay West and East alike under fee. The resources of the British Common- wealth are vast. Added to those of the United States, they will in course of time

For bo overwhelming. America the, die is cast. She may continue to stop short of actual wor | ---Ĺhough - many of her people think that such abstention cannot be pro- longed indefinitely; the tide of events

a moving fast and

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RIBBENTROP: "I thought you said you would bring it down with your first shot?" GOERING: "I thought YOU said it was extinct?"

What are the

churches doing?

There was the much-loved. Dick

Sheppard, not a pacifist then, yet a fearless prophet of God with a burn- ing love for humanity.

HERE are our religious affectionately known as Woodbine leaders in this war? Is Willie, drawing crowds wherever he there an Archbishop of went, and leading men along the Canterbury, or has he paths of justice. retired for the duration? What is the name of the Methodist President, and has he a voice?

Certainly I know the name of the Cardinal Archbishop of the Catholic Church, for he has recently distin- guished himself by, being banned by the Censor in Eire. But where are the ot

others--are there no religious leaders left?

There are 30,000 ordained clergy in the Church of England. 10,000 Methodist ministers, 10,000 Catholic priests and perhaps another 10,000 ministers of other denominations, That Is

Is almost an Army division of men who are exempt from Aghting in order.ta.LEAD, us in religion..

But they do not seem to be lead- ing. They do not even seem to be Justifying their privilege of com-

There were glants like 'Doctor Glover and Dinsdale Young and Campbell Morgan.

It is impossible to think of any one of these looking twice at a second-hand Bermon from the Ministry of Information.

Why are there no religious leaders of the same callbre to-day?

The reason

because the organised Churches of this country, and of others too, have allowed. themselves to be enslaved by the de- lusion of wordly success.

An emply success

plete exemption, regardless of age, selves always. "Will my message Our religious" leaders" ask them- from military service,

Will those ini

Mr. Du Cooper thinks that they and applause from the influential are such a brainless crowd that among my people? they cannot evan prepare their own authorily approve these words? If sermons. Mr. Duff Cooper, there- I speak thus boldly will it ruin my fore, regardless of cost and of paper

chances of preferment?" shortage, has discovered a retired octogenarian Divine of the last cen- tury, and has asked him to dig up an old Great War sermon suitable for dishing out to the leaders of this present generation.

A timorous band

It was not so very long ago that Mr. Duff Cooper became seriously angry when à clergyman ventured to say something about polities something with which Mr. Dut Cooper did not agree.

But that was a long time ago, when there was courage among some of the clergy; it was even before Mr. Dutt Cooper was Minister of Information.

to

Many a clergyman has it in his heart

declare what his soul knows is true, but he hesitates with the words on his lips, “My congre- gation would not like it."

So the inspiration dies at birth. The success of organised religious denominations,

deliberately sought by the clergy, is an empty success, for it is achieved by com- promise, and a won by a denial of the very message which the Founder of the Church commanded his apostles to

procialm. In place of leaders, therefore, we have to be content with good {"mixers," vacuous organisers, genial" billiard players ("the lads like it"). ardent signers

ners of forms ("please call a

1 at the Vicarage at ten o'clock"). suitable loud-speakers for Mr. Duff Cooper's gramophone records.

But the need-that in as great as over it was. As well as guns and

aeroplanes, we must have the con-

viction that our victory will be that of an IDEAL, for which peoples aro prepared to suger and die.

All that has changed, and the only tells the clergy to preach Ministry Information now not

of

politics, but provides them with strong. But, dusty thirty-page twenty-year-old whether American policy be bele sermon all ready to READ to their llgerency or non-belligereney, there flocks. can be no doubt that the country's This is a clear indication of the war potential will be increasingly at official regard for the clergy of our

day. the service of the British peoples

They are looked upon a5 a and their Allles; for the battle icy docile, timorous band ready to ladle

out to the people whatever they are One country after another has fight is America's, battle as well,

told..

gone down, not only because of a God's the Ministry of Information before was

mésange is distilled through' shortage of armis, but because there no. Inspiration, among the It is allowed to flow to these supine common people. That is the pro- leaders of the multitude.

vince of the religious leader.

No inspiration

The most case-hardened Isolationist has now fully awakened, to the reality of the menace which stretches, for would stretch, westward across

It was very different in the last Ark the soldiers what they... · the Atlantic. However subtle may the man of the hour.

War. The need of the hour found, think of religion. You must forgive be totalitarian manœuvres and pro-gious leaders sprang up.

Great reli- the swear-words, but when you get down to it, it is just this. They are paganda, Washington will not be

They were not spoon-fed by any merely amused by competitive décelved. No promise from Axis Government-far from it, for the denominationalism; ritualistic and QUALITY AIR CONDITION DRYCLEANING quarters is worth a moment's con- Government hung fearfully upon, dogmatic Christianity leaves them

sideration. Mr. Roosevelt has blunt. They were prophets with a living

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As a Canadian omear, TO STORING-

There was --Dr. · Orchard at his returned from the trenches, said in The course of current history bus Mayfair Church, who never hesita the last war. It can help you to be brought the American and Brijishted, with his impassioned seal, to a gentleman in hell!" democracies closer together probably condemn avery departure from In genuine religion we have the than they have ever been. Hiler Chri likeness, even when it was only guarantee of social progress mny move tils^Insatiable tentacios dressed up in the garments of and of permanent peace. Every

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ASTINTO WAS... Bludders: Kennedy, Tolce, and preach that faitht

fenstward, but it is this message from H packed congregations always", foling he has been tried and has

By the Rev. W. Rowland JONES

The last war gave us "Wood- bine Willie," Dick Sheppard- a dozen other inspired re- ligious leaders. Who is there to-day?

Nazis Bully Switzerland For

Food & Oil

By W. N. Ewer Germany is starting to bully Switzerland again. The pre- tended grievance-is-that-the Swiss have not shot down any R.A.F. planes that have strayed over Swiss territory on their way to and from Italy.

But the real point of it all is

economic,

Britain Making Secret Weapon

From experience gained after three months of the heaviest and most sustained series of bombing attacks. ever launched on a city, the guns and searchlights in the London area are being re- grouped.

As their numbers have: been increased, new tactics have been employed to mini- mise the weight of the enemy attack.

One evidence of changed methods is the great volume of light which now floods the night sky.

The new light, which is white, appears to come from the ground, and is spread along the horizon, allhouetting the outlines of buildings...

Other bright light above up- pear to be parachute flares,

This battery of light is driv- ing the enemy high to avoid detection, and the chance of be-. coming an illuminated target for the guns,

Anti-aircraft fire is becoming more accurate by night, assisted by the searchlights and sound location.

Greeted By Shells

There is no doubt that many of the enemy raiders are turned away from the Central London area by the barrage of bursting. shells which have greeted their approach.

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Many atatements, some over- encouraging, have been made recently about new methods and new weapons to solve the prob- lem of night interception.

It should be made clear that at the moment there is not un effective answer to the night.. raider because the guns cannot hit and the fighters cannot chase

something which cannot be seen.

Finding The Answer

The whole weight of technical. development at the Air Ministry is working to obtain an effective The Germans want to plunder answer that is, to be able to Switzerland, as they have plun-of raiders cach night that the bring down such a proportion dered the occupied countries.

They hope to do it without enemy will find the game tou the trouble of an invasion-by

costly. threatening the Swiss until they pose that these new methods

There is good reason to sup "stand and deliver:"

During the first months of the in about another month.

will be brought into operation war the Swiss Government de- They include improvements in voted much energy to building

up reserves of food, petrol and guns, searchlights and balloons, other casential commodities.

a new type of fighting aircraft and And in addition to this, everywhose nature

technical developments

must remain a. Swiss housewife has

a well stored cellar of food, the Gov- ernment having told her to hoard everything possible,

There are some 50,000 tons of potrol and oll in the country.

Germany covets the lot. She is trying to negotiate a one-sided "trade

agreement"

which will give her all those stocks,

secret.

HITLER BORROWS

· SUBMARINES FROM ITALY

Mussolini is leading sub.. marines to Hitler to aid Ger- After all, say the German (many's depleted underwater negotiators, they are no longer feet in lls attempt to blockade needed as, Switzerland is no Britain, states a message from.. longer in danger,

Cairo.

The Swiss are naturally re- *Some Italian submarines have luctant to give the Germans all passed through the Strait of that valuable material in ox-Gibraltar and are now believed change for a trickle of coal and to be based on French Atlantic dubious paper payments.

porta.

Oil King's Son Now ping ones, but they are far from

War Prisoner

Forty-three-year-old Fleet Air Arm pilot Lt, H. Daterding, R.N.V.R., son

Without doubt they have played. a big part in sending up Allied ship-

safe in their new bases, which “pre- subject to bombardment by the RAF.

Targets Are There Meanwhile,

oil king previously reported miss- j ráneon. Bred 11,5

by

of the late Sir Henri Deterding, "the activityle Italian submarine

In the Mediter

Ing, is now prisoner-of-war.

In view of --speculation about the When his wife received the news next Axis move, the above InforTER-

from telegram the Admiralty at tlon, received from a trustworthy her home, Newnham Grounds, near naval authority, is specially Interest Daventry, Northants, she said: "I lug, as 11 shows that Italy's principal have had a very hard time since naval effort is being applied outside heard he was missing."

the Mediterranean, Lt. Deterding, joined up the day The Italians cannot claim

aim lack of before the war, and prior to being targets in the Mediterranean. Recent appointed to a ship on September 9 arrivals in Egypt of Important served as a pilot at an observer British reinforcements, bear Witness school.

to that.

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