THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 18, 1940
NEW YORK, TO-DAY,
FRENCH ARMY STILL FIGHTING PEACE WITH HONOUR
OR WE SHALL FIGHT ON. BAUDOIN
New York, To-day. The French Foreign Minis- ter, M. Baudoin, broadcasting from Bordeaux last night, said: "We are ready to lay down our arms if we can get an honourable peace but we are never ready to accept shameful conditions which would mean the end of spirit- ual freedom for our people.".
M. Baudoin declared that in any choice France always chooses honour in preference to everything else,
Germany's crushing' superiority in men and materials had not destroy- ed France's morale, and he praised
assistance
France given
by Britain, by her air force, fleet and
the
soldiera..
He added: "At no moment in his- tory has the unity of the French people been greater. Our resolve and the honour of the French army unbroken.
The Choice
are
'em-
"In this grave hour we must phasise that the French love of inde- pendence and her faith in the future- continue."
After making the declaration, M. Baudoin added: "If we are given a cholce between resistance and honour, the French army and the whole French people will know what to do."
Commenting on M. Baudoin's broad- cast, the Columbia Broadcasting Comi- pany's Bordeaux correspondent. de- clared the French Government would not leave France.
,
He added that France would not accept an unconditional peace and so far it seems clear that no offers or any acceptance of - poate. been made by. Hitler."-Router.
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German Statement
London, To-day.
THE FRENCH ARMY WAS STILL FIGHTING AT 5:30 LAST EVENING, ACCORDING TO THE FRENCH MILITARY SPOKESMAN QUOTED BY THE CO- LUMBIA BROADCASTING COMPANY'S REPRE- SENTATIVE, BROADCASTING FROM BOR- DEAUX.
The spokesman is quoted as having told them that purely military considerations dictated the French decision to sue for peace, particularly the situation of the land army.
Situation Obscure
AIR ACTIVITY RESTRICTED
London, To-day.
An Air Ministry communique says
that owing to adverse weather con-
ditions in the last 24 hours air activ-
ity has been greatly restricted. carried out routine patrols and con-
Aircraft of the Coastal Command
voy escorts as usual,-
Fighter Command aircraft also car- air..
craft were encountered. Reuter.
The army, the spokesman thought, | Fuchrer and Duce in common accord."ried out patrols but no enemy although tired, was not desperate. -Reuter: The navy
was still intact and the French air force still very powerful.
Those facts were Important In view of peace negotiations or the. coming peace terms..
..
The difficulty now with the land army was that there is no continuous front, and great army groups have been completely separated.-Reuter.
Operations Continuing
London, To-day.
A German spokesman in Berlin last night said that the Reich would not conclude a separate peace with France
except on the terms of unconditional
French capitulation.
The German operations in France. are continuing, he said:
This is confirmed in messages from Bordeaux, which state, that according to an official spokesman, the French troops are still fighting with the same tenacity at many points.
It was admitted that the French in off by a Alsace-Lorraine are cut German advance to the Swiss border. -Havas.
Germans Claim Metz
London, To-day.
The fortress of Metz surrendered yesterday afternoon to a German di- vision, according to an announcement from Hitler's headquarters.-Reuter.
Spanish Intermediary
Bordeaux, To-day. Marshal Petain announces that Erance has entered into contact with Germany through the Intermediary of Spain-Reuter.
Germany Will Offer
Dictated Peace.
Rome, To-day,
The special correspondent In Basle of the official Stefani (Italian) news agency says that since midnight Mar- shat Petain has been” In touch with Hitler through Pranch military re- presentatives who stayed behind · In Paris.
- He confirma that military; operations. are: continuing in France and says "The German High Command has not #greed to an armistico.
"Either peace on conditions dietat- An American journalist in Berlined by the victor or continuation of the was told by the Wilhelmstrasse that
war up to Bordeaux.
there can be no separate agreement "Nothing la known about futurs with France except on terms of com- plate capitulation-Reuter.
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London, To-day.
The exact position of France following. Marshal Petain's mo- mentous "We must give up the fight" broadcast yesterday' mains obscure,
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re-
Although it was at first assumed that the broadcast meant the French armies would cease. Bight- ing, reports from the front in- dicate that warfare continued all day yesterday.
It is now suggested Marsha! Petain's worda may have been `imisinterpreted and Instead of meaning France - would stop fighting now and uncondition- ally, he meant France would. stop fighting if an "honourable peace"
offered was
by Germans. The next 24 hours are expected to dispel any further, doubts on this score and to show for certain whether fighting is to continue or not. -Reuter.
Mussolini Leaves For Meeting With Hitler
the
Berlin, To-day.
The
ADMIRALTY PRECAUTIONS
London, To-day.
Admiralty announces that broadcasts in English, Dutch, Polish and Norwegian will be made at the earliest opportunity warning all Dutch, Polish and Norwegian ships bound for French ports to proceed directly to a British port.-Reuter.
3,100 PLANES FROM U.S. TO BRITAIN.
New York, To-day.
take. The British Government will over the delivery of more than 3,100 planes contracted for by, the French and now being constructed, according to an Associated Press despatch quot- ing authoritative quarters Reuter.
COAL FOR FRANCE STOPPED
London, To-day.
France
Exports of Welsh coal to Mussolini, accompanied by his were suspended yesterday and many Foreign Minister, Count Clano, Jeft cargoes, including coal cut on Sun- Rome at 8.30 last night for a meet-day in the new output drive to meet ing with Hitler, according to a Rome urgent French needs, will have to find message to the German, news agency. other markets in neutral countries.-
-Reuter.
Reuter.
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