The 352nd anniversary of the appearance off the Cornish coast of Spain's "Invincible" Armada, 130 ships transporting 24,000 men, passed last week without incident. That day had been singled out in unofficial German predictions and warnings as Britain's Doomsday. But for yet another week, from each new day to each new hour, Britons watched the time tick past, and wondered: When? The monstrous irony of last week's waiting was the way waiting Britons had to fight their own Government in defense of the same liberties which Germany threatened. A people's revolt, reflected in both Parliament and press, singled out two...
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