" Our Turn Now "
In his speech at the London County Hall on Monday Mr. Churchill spoke of the lull in the German bombing-attacks on British cities, and of the preparations for dealing with them when they are resumed in full intensity. The morale of the people will stand up to the ordeal as it did last September, doubly fortified by the knowledge that the civil defence services are in far better order than they were then, and that our counter-blows will be more deadly than anything we have been called on to experience in this country. Mr. Churchill was in a challenging mood. He warned the Germans that " it may be our turn soon " and " it may be our turn now." He spoke of our advance from an unarmed position to a " position at least of equality " in the air. When he said that, he may have had in mind that Germany's recent losses may already have given us parity with her in first-line aircraft. At the moment, in view of the transference of machines to the eastern front, we have superiority in the west, and are using our strength with deadly effect in the destruction of German industry, aerodromes, shipyards and communications. Mr. Churchill revealed that in the last few weeks we have dropped upon Germany about half the tonnage of bombs thrown on our cities during the whole course of the war. But what we are doing now is only a beginning. Germany has set the pace in air-warfare, and she is about to be overtaken in it. London and other British cities have much to suffer yet, but German cities will suffer more. It is a hideous rivalry, but there is no way out of it.
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