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_ , 7V --...-. Nut. uuu yst‘ e<i her word, and without warning she broke it. She aped the treach~ ery of her axis partners. Deeply though that treachery is resented by the people of the world, we must admit that in a period of less than seven months the Japanese have made substantial conquests. They have taken Guam and' Wake islancfls, To the west the present situation from the point of View of the united nations is no 'brighter. On Decemâ€" ber 7 last Japan entered the war, entered it in such a manner that she sacrificed her national honour for all time to come. .She had pledg- an In“. u...“ In North Africa we have suffered a disastrous defeat, toward the end of the third year of the war. That defeat has imperilled the whole posi- tion of the united nations in the east. Throughout Europe the na- tions which have been Overrun but whose spirits remain unbroken.and Whose people are still unconquered are seething with unrest. Those freedom-loving peoples have fought and: are fighting for us with every means at their disposal. They are fighting for the cause of liberty and for the very existence of this coun- Still farther to the east across the continent of Europe, in a battle line stretching from the Arct‘c ocean to the Black sea, thousands of miles in length, we have Russia a nation of 190,000,000 people, looked in a Iife-and-death struggle in battles that may well become the greatest ever to take place upon the face of the earth. Russia, in spite of strainâ€" ing‘ every nerve to produce the equip- ment she requires, must have help from the other united' nations to aid her in equipping her armed services. We are all indeed glad that Great Britain, the United States and Can- ada are giving that assistance in‘ in- creasing measure. In more recent days the forces of the British empire have been joined‘ overseas 'b_v large numbers of troops from the United States of America, who came to play their part in the fightufon freedom in the world. I wish to pay tribute to the men of the Royal Air Force whose cour- age and determination stood‘ between a victorious German army and the world domination which they nearly achieved at that time. We as Canâ€" adians are proud to know that many from Canada were in those immor- tal squadrons that saved the free- dom-loving peoples of the world at that time. The names of those air- men of ours w'll never die. As long as freedom exists in the world their achievements will never be forgot- ten. « Farther to the east and south we have Great Britain with a large army together with our own Canadian- army of volunteers overseas who stand on guard protecting Britain itâ€" self and reparing for the day when a second ront can .be established on the continent of Europe. It is well for us to remember the important part played 'by our first division overseas when, after Dunkirk, in so far as organized landI forces were concerned, they would to a great ex- tent have .heen called upon to bear the brunt of any attempt of inva- sion of Britain. We all remember the terrible air attacks of the Ger- man: luftwaffe, and the destruction, suffering and death they brought to the British people. But even that terrorism could1 not break the morale of the British; their courage saw them through. Nor did those at- tacks lessen their grim determina- tio_n to_resist aggression. Let us! consider the conditions and the outlook facing.r C‘anada to-day. On the Atlantic, German submarines are sinking ships along the Ameri- can coast; not off the coast of the United States alone and in the Car- ibbean, ‘but off our coasts, off Nova Scotia New Brunswfck, Prince Edâ€" ward. Island‘ and Quebec, right in the St. Lawrence. On the island of New- foundland our troops stand‘ side by side with their brothers in arms from the great repuiblic to the south, defending the approaches to Canada and the North American continent from» the forces of the axis powers. Farther to the east and north the United States has assumed the pro- tection of Greenland and Iceland. In the case of Iceland they relieved troops from Great Britain and from Canada, which fortunately arrived in Iceland before the invasion forces from nazi Germany were able to do so. t‘me for false optimism. The months -‘before us will be filled with grave danger; they will test the resources of the united nations and the char- acter of their peoples to the utmost limits. Let us not, take it for grant- ed' that we are sure to win this war. If we and, the united nations have the will to win; if we and our peo- ple and the peoples of the united nations are prepared to make sacri- fices, increasing- sacrifices, under more difficult and' trying conditions, then we shall win. But if we are not prepared to make those sacriâ€" fices, we will not win. Mr. Speaker, we the members of the House of Commons are the re- presentatives of the people of Can- ada at the hour of her gravest danâ€" ger, at a time when her very exist- ence is threatened and when defeat means death or slavery to our peo- ple. Under conditions such as these one thing‘and- one alone should be considered; that is, how can Canada and the Canadian pe0p1e make the most effective effort to help the freed-om- loving nations of the world», and to save themselves from the perils which day by day are coming closer to our shores? This is no Enemy Attacks Must Be Met Before They Reach Canadian Territory â€" Warns Against FFalse Optimismâ€"Hansard Report of the Speech Delivered in the House of Commons June 24 By Hon. W. P. Mulock, Postmaster General and Member for North York North York Member Reviews War Situation As He Urges Members Support Repeal of Section Which Provides Limitation In Respect Overseas Service THU } SDAY, JULY 2nd 1942 Those attacks must be stopped be- fore they reach Canadian territory; yet there are those Who would on- pose the repeal of section 3 of this act andK would seek to prevent our troops, raised under this act, from fighting alongside United States troops for the very protection of this continent of North America. No one can tell where Japan will strike next; she holds the initiative. of sea power in the Pacific shift in their favour, I 'believe it quite poss- ible that they may make an actual landing in force on the upper west- ern coast, fortify their positions and try to hold that part of the contin- ent until such time as they can bring up additional troops, munitions and supplies of all kinds, in‘ the mean- time fortifying‘ their harbours and constructing airports to use in their d’rive southward along the Pacific coast, west of the Rocky Mountains 3111 protected by them. As I have said, their plan of ac- tion has been very carefully prepar- ed‘. Every eventuality has been con- sidered. and alternative or suppleâ€" mentary plans have been prepared: In detail. readv to go into effect as the exigencies of the situation de- mand. Within the last few weeks Japan has commenced the occupation Iof the Aleut'an islands, the stepping stones from Asia to the North Amer- ican continent. These attacks on the {Aleutian islands may be a great deal Imrore dangerous and a much greater menace to the North American con- tinent than many belieVe at the pre- sent time. It has been the opinion of many who are well informed and who have had much experience that attacks on our western coast a"; most likely to be in the nature of sporadic raids. They may be corâ€" rect; I hope they are. but I believe they are wrong. The Japanese na- tion, which has been preparing for many years, whose forces are highly trained and well equipped, including hundreds of thousands of men with actual front-line experience in battle, is now at the peak of its military strength. Is it reasonable to expect that Japan will wait until Canada and the United States have attained their maximum power; that Japan will wait until the forces of this continent can dictate the time and place for the great battles of the future? I do not think it is. Japan' realizes that the final reckoning, not matter what temporary conquests she may make in Asia, will be with the nations ‘of the North American continent and the British empire. It is- quite probable that she may try to invade this continent by way of the Aleutian islands and Alaska be- fore we have mobilized our utmost strength. If the Japanese meet with success in the Aleutian islands, and if for the time being the balance. Hong Kong and the Philippines, Malaya and Singapore, the Dutch East Indies and part of Borneo, the Andaman islands and Burma. They have made heavy attacks on Hawaii and Australia. They have greatly increased the tempo and ferocity_of their attacks onCChina, I believe With the idea of opening land communi- cations with Burma, thus releasing a large quantity of their merchant shipping for other purposes. It ap- pears to me that the Japanese prob- lem at this time is one of transpor- tation, not man-power. Japan is a nation of 70,000,000 people; she has a tremendous army; millions of men, experienced troops, well equipped; men who have been brought up from childhood to glorify war, who believe that the greatest honour they can receive is to be killed in action on the field of battle for their Mikado and for the Japanese empire, and that such a death gives them a pass- port to the heaven that they envis- age. She has an army of soldiers who believe in. conquest, into whose minds hatred“ and jealousy of the white nations have been inculcated for many years. Even when they were our all?es in the last war they had no love for either the Canadian or the United States troops; I be- lieve that Japan has been working according to a plan carefully preâ€" pared over a period of many, many years. It was at the end of the last War that they obtained their foothold in Manchuria. They made large investments of capital in the city of Harbin, and it now appears clear that they were only waitingl for the most opportune occasion for Japanese troops to follow their in- vestments, for the conquest of Man- churfa. HON. W. P. MUIIOCK _M1‘. HANSON (York-Sunbury) Not bad! Others say that they do not want to fight for England. To them I would say this. Britain stands be- tween Germany and world domina- tion. In order to achieve world dom- ination Germany must destroy Great Britain, rbut she does] not particular- ly want the British isles. They have ‘not the great mineral resources, the igreat ability to produce potential electrical energy, the vast spaces for colonization by surplus German pop- ulation, the great farming areas that we have in the Dominion of Canada. Do not for one moment believe that a defeat in this war will not directly and seriously affect us, and those we represent â€" because it will. If we do not realize this, then we are indulging in wishful thinking. If Germany should win this war she would probably reward heroes in her army with properties and farms in this country. It is probable that she would take over the farms and allot, them to whom she wished. We, and’ those whom we represent, may be on our farms; but in such event we would not be there as owners, but as virtual slaves until the day we} are lucky enough to die. If Germany should win this war and should de- cide to make large transfers of her population to Canada. can we doubt, with the lessons of Poland, Czecho- slovakia. Norway, Holland and France before us, that she would have a few purges to remove those who had been most troublesome? Mr. HANSON (York-Sunbury): Mr. HANSON (York-SunquVry Theire would ‘be no Postmaster Ge era . Mr. MULOC‘K: Or leader of the opposition. There are still those who say that the United States will protect us, that the- United States will not let any other nation take Canada. I should like people having those ideas to consider this. If Canada relied on the United States to protect her and was not willing to assist the United States in the Aleutian is- lands, in Alaska or on their western coast, what right would Canada have to expect help from the United States if we shouldl need it? If at- tacks were made on Prince Rupert, or Vancouver, or Victoria, it might .be that our action in refusing to help the United States when our help was most needed would make it im- possible for the United States to send us help, no matter how much she might desire to do so. I With conditions as they are; with perils and dangers coming closer to our shores, unfortunately already there are some who subscribe to this view, who say that our troops should not fight alongside the armies of Great Britain, the United‘ States or Russia, but should be kept in Canada. May I make it quite clear that I am not advocating the send- ing all of our troops overseas; that we would leave our coastlines unde- fended, or that we shouldI not build up our coastal defences in every possible manner. But the fact re- mains that we in Canada are going to be in a desperate position if the time ever comes when we must de- fend this country with the forces that can be raised: from eleven and' a half millions of people, without help from other members of the united nations. Until such time as the allied forces are able to go on the offens- ive, the axis powers will to a great extent have the choice as to the location of battles and the time when those battles will be fought. With the axis powers holding the init'ative we must expect a variety of attacks to be made in an attempt to divert rs from our main objecâ€" tive, the establishment of a second front and the destruction of the Gerâ€" man war machine. It is possible that the present axis strategy is to attack in a number of widely separ- ated areas, with the object of creat- ing confusion and panic among the united nations. Their great purpose, we may .be sure, wouldl be to pre- vent, if possilble, the united nations from assembling in Great Britain the forces, munitions and transport ne- cessary successfully to invade the European continent. It may .be that the present occu- pation of the islands in the Aleutian group is for this purpose. On the other hand. we can be very sure that if the Japanese achieve successes, they will follow them up very quick- ly. It is almost a foregone conclu- sion that in the development of the strategical scheme Canada, with its vast air training plan, has not been overlooked 'by the axis powers. The German high command! undoubtedly does not view with equanimity the arrival in the skies over Germany of increasing numbers of Canadian airmen. It may ‘be that by these threats they hope to have large num- bers of these airmen retained in Can- ada. Perhaps they expect, by en- gendering a feeling of panic, to cre- ate a demand: in Canada that our forces now in Britain be brought lback here. With an improvement in her trans- portation problem the attack might be on India, through Burma. It might be another attack on Australia, or on Midway and Hawaii, to gain con- trol of the mid~Pacific and so lessen the advantages of the Panama canal to the united nations. It might take the form. of an attack on the Rus- sian area from Vladivostock to Kha- barovs-k, not only to force the Rus- sians to move troops from the Ger- man front but also to obtain for Japan control over an area in which airports might be located for use against her vulnerable cities. THE LIBERAL. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO In connection with the repeal of section 3, the result of which repeal would' be to give the government a free hand in connection with the raising of troops for overseas ser- vice, it has been suggested that other commitments should replace the one now being removed. Some desire an understanding that in the event of the present amendment being approv- ed by the house there should be im- mediate conscription. Others wish to tie the hands of the government by saying, “If the bill passes. will you promise not to put conscription into effect. under any circumstances ?” To both I say this: We are one of the united nations fighting in a, world' war, a war in which conditions change from day to day. The gov- ernment has a very real sense of its responsibilities,_and' it wants to be free to deal with problems as they alise, and according to its judgment as to what is best in the light of prevailing circumstances. It must be realized that there are times when I do not 1believe that conscription should be put into effect unless it is gofng to assist and strengthen the war effort of this country â€"- and at this time I do not believe that it would do so. I agree with the statement of the Prime Minis- t-er: “Not necessarily conscription, but conscription if necessary.” in our own boundaries and waiting to be attacked, any more than any other of the united nations can help to win the war .by keeping their troops indefinitely within the 'bord'- ers of their own countries. My position is this: I believe the amendment is necessary for the ‘pro- tection of this country, and for the protection of our volunteers overseas. I do not believe we can protect Can- ada or win the war by staying with- Do hon. members who oppcse the amendment believe that in the event of our overseas army .being' sent to the attack on the continent of Eu- rope and to fight for them and for our country, the government should leave those men to their fate, with- out proper reinforcements? With such an attitude I could never agree. Do hon. members! who object to the removal of this restriction ‘be- lieve that we should ask our United ‘States brothers to defend us at sea andl on the land, ask them to proâ€" tect us from attacks by the Japan- ese? Do they believey we should keep our troops raised under the act on: our own side of the border until United States troops have been driv- en back, before coming to their as- sistance and before beginning to fight? Do they not believe that any request we might make in the future, whether for help along oul‘ eastern or western coasts, might be received with this very reasonable thou g:ht “If Canada has to fight by herself for a while, she will be more sympathetic in giving help to us, the next time we need it." By a very large majority the peo- ple of Canada voted “yes" on the plebiscite. As a result, we have an amendment before us; and unless the amendment is approved by the house, the government is prevented from sending troops raised under the Na- tional Resources Mobilization Act to the Aleutian islands, Alaska and the United States territory on the Pacific coast, ‘because that would .be service outside Canada and the territorial waters. If the amendment is de- feated, the government could send those troops only after passing an order in council under the War Mea- sures Act, a procedure which would be in direct disregard of the ex- pressed will of the House of ’Comâ€" mons. When I asked the people in my constituency to vote “yes” on the plebiscite, these are the words I used: ‘At this time any government, re- sponsible to the Canadian people for the safety of the state, for the dye- fence of Canada, for the protection of the men, women and children of this country, must have an absolute- ly free hand, unfettered 1“by any com- mitments of any kind, so that they in their judgment may do that which they cons der best to defend this countly.’ Can we expect any mercy, any fair treatment, from brutes such as these? While it is true that we fight for freedom alongside Britain, and alongside the United. States and Russia, it is equally true that We fight for ourselves, and our very existence as a nation. ideas have been so firmly planted 1n the minds of those young people that there have been instances where children have lbetr'va‘yed their own fathers and mothers to the gestap'o. Mr. MUVOCK: There are people who say that Hitler is wholly to blame. Of course Hitler has a lot to answer for. But getting rid of Hitler, and the rest of the gantr- sters associated with him, including those in charge of the nazi party. would not correct the sv'tuation. Let us not forget that millions of chil- dren growing up in Germany have been trained in nazi principles since they were four years old. They have had inculcated into their min-dis the rabid mzi propaganda that the nazi way of life is the only one worth living â€" that is worth fighting for and worth dying for. From» the time that they have been old- enough to understand they have been told that they belong to a super race which should dominate the world, and that if they would follow their nazi leaders they would .b-econie the mas- ters of the world, with a greatly improved standard of living. Sueh Mr. MACKENZIE Centre): New Brunswick Mr. MULO'tOK And she would- senH those of our people whom she did not want up to the north coun- try, 01 to some other part of the world. 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