Medford mail tribune., January 25, 1946, Image 12

TWILVT MTOKOHD MAIL TRIBUNE frlday. Jn. JS. 1948
SECRET CHURCHILL
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DARK WAR SCENE
Gloomy Picture of British
Chances Told Commons
In Secret 1942 Speech.
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Winston Churchill revealed In a
secret war speech to Commons
on April 23, 1942, that Britain's
fleet was temporarily crippled
and that an army of 100,000
British empire troops surrend
ered the great Far Eastern base
of Singapore to 30,000 Japanese,
Life Magazine said In a copy
righted article In its Issue which
will be published today.
Churchill, the magazine said,
admitted somberly that the axis
had destroyed or damaged more
than one-third of the Royal
Navy's capital ships In seven
weeks.
The Mediterranean was with
out a fighting squadron, he said,
and the tallied land, sea and air
forces in the Pacific were out
numbered everywhere by the
Japanese.
Unexpected Shock
In a harsh, bluntly-worded ad
dress to Commons, the then
prime minister said the extent
of the Japanese successes in
those first months of the war
had come as an unexpected
ihock to the allies.
He acknowledged that Britain
had not wanted to draw Japan
Into the war at that time, be
cause of the enormous drain or.
her resources in the war against
Germany.
"I have always hoped for the
entry of the United States (In the
war) . . , although the Ideal was
to have America in while Japan
remained out," he said.
In broad, Churchillian strokes,
the prime minister revealed to
the House the full extent of the
naval losses Britain had suffered
in the Far East and In European
waters.
Human Torpedoee
After reviewing the torpedo
Inn of the aircraft carrier Ark
Royal and the battleships Bar
ham, Prince of Wales and Re
pulse, Churchill told Commons
that a handful of Italian "human
torpedoes" had penetrated the
Alexander naval base on Dec.
10, 1041, and attached bombs to
the hulls of the battleships Val
iant and Queen Elizabeth.
The bombs blew large holes
In the bottoms of both ships and
put them out of action.
"Thus we had no longer any
battle squadron In the Mediter
ranean," Churchill said.
He appealed to the House not
to ask for an official Investiga
tion Into the loss of Singapore
which he acknowledged as one
or me greatest disasters ever
sustained by the British.
Jap Outnumbered
For the first time, Churchill
disclosed that the Japanese army
had captured Singapore actually
was vastly outnumbered by the
British defenders of that base.
"After a long rear-action down
the Malay Peninsula," he said,
"there were . . . about 100,000
men gathered In the Island of
Singapore by the morning of
Feb. 3, 1942.
"On tli night of Feb. 8. about
8,000 Japanese made a lodgment
. . . and were gradually rein
forced . . . until perhaps 30,000
men had been landed. After five
or six days of confused but not
very severe fighting, the army
and fortress surrendered."
Churchill told the house that
tho episode at Singapore "seems
to be out of harmony with any
thing that we have experienced
or performed In the present
war."
ONE DE WORLD'S
TOP INTELLECTS
Will Durant. scheduled to
spi-ak for the Rogue River Val
ley Knife and Fork club Jan.
28. is considered to possess one
of the great minds of present
times and Is furthermore one of
tho nation's favorite sneakers.:
officers of the local club point
out.
His "Story of Philosophy" has
aold over three million copies
and the number of copies of his
projected five volume history of
the world, three of which have
been completed is a matter of'
conjecture, but they will prob-i
ably givo hU "Story of Phlloso-
phy" a close race In the publish-1
ing field, it Is declared. The cur-1
rout volume, "Caesar and ;
Christ," is one of the most pro-j
vocative of this or any other era
and in It Dr. Durant has set
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