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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 19, 1940
CHURCHILL FULL OF FIGHT
(Continued from Page 6) "There remains the danger of bombing attempts which will certain-. ly be made upon us very soon by the bomber forces of the enemy.
"It is quite true the German alr force is superior in numbers to ours but we have a very large bombor force also (Cheers) which we shall use to strike at military targets in Germany without Intermission.
Barcelona Example
"I don't at all under-rate the severity of the ordeal which lles before us but I believe our countrymen will show themselves capable of standing up to it like the brave men of Barcelona. (Labour cheers).
ties of their race and render the high- kenzie King, Mr. Menzies, Mr. Fraser ning, namely the individual superior-
and General Smuts-messages couch Ity of our aircraft and our pilots. est service to their cause.
"We may now ask ourselves in what ways our position has worsened since the beginning of the war.
"For all of us at this time, what-ed in most moving terms, in which ever our sphere, our status, our oc- they endorse our decision and declare cupation or duty, it will be well to re- themselves ready to share our fortunes member the famous line sung, 'He and persevere to the end. nothing common did, or mean, upon that memorable scene,' and I have thought it right on this occasion to give the House and country some in- dication of the solid and, practical grounds on which we base our inflexi- ble resolve to continue the war, and I can assure them that all our profes- sional advisors of the three Services unitedly advise that we should do so, and that there are good and rea- sonable hopes of final victory. (Cheers).
Empire Unanimity
"We have also informed and con-
"They will stand up to it and carry on in spite of it and at least as well as any other people in the world.
and sulted all the self-governing Domin- "Much will depend on this,
and I have received every man and every woman will have ions (Cheers) the chance to show the finest quali- from their Prime Ministers-Mr. Mac-
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"It has worsened by the fact that the Germans have conquered a large part of the coastline of Europe and many small have been overrun by them.
western countries
This aggravates the possibility of air attacks and adds to our naval pre- occupations. It in no way diminishes, but on the contrary, definitely in- creases our long-distance blockade.
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Not Yet Certain "Should military resistance come to an end in France, which is not yet certain (Cheers), though it will
the any case be greatly diminished, Germans can concentrate their forces upon us, but for the reasons I have given this won't be easy to apply.
"If an Invasion becomes more im- minent we are being relieved from the task of maintaining a large army In France and have far larger and more efficient forces here to meet them.
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No Reason For Dismay
"Therefore, in casting up this dread balance sheet, and contemplating our dangers with a disillusioned mind, I see great reasons for intense vigilance and exertion but none whatever for panic or dismay,
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During the first four years of the last war, the Alllos experienced nothing but disaster and disappoint- ment, and yet at the end their mor- alo was higher than that of the Germans who had moved from aggressive triumph to another. "During that war we repeatedly ask- ed ourselves the question "How are we going to win?' and no-one was ever able to answer it with much precision until at the end, quite suddenly and unexpectedly, our
col- terrible foe lapsed before us and we were so glut- ted with victory that in our folly we cast it away. (Loud cheers).
France's Hour
"We don't yet know what will hap- Pen in France, or whether French re- sistance will be prolonged both in France and in the French Empire
overseas.
and
"The French Government will be throwing away great opportunities their future if casting away they don't continue the war in ao. cordance with their treaty obliga- tlons, from which we have felt un- able to release them.
"On the other hand it will not hap-
"The House will have read the his- pen immediately and we are now as toric declaration in which, at the de- sured of immense, continuous and in-sire of many Frenchmen, and of our creasing support in supplies and mu- nitions from the United States (Cheers) and especially of aeroplanes and pilots from the Dominions and across the oceans, who will come from their regions which are beyond the reach of enemy bombing.
own hearts, we have proclaimed our willingness to conclude at the darkest hour in French history, a union of common citizenship.
"However matters may go in France or, with the French Government, or another French Government, we in this gland and in the British Empire will never lose our sense of friendship with fac-the French people.
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"If we are now called upon to en- and dure what they have suffered we shall emulate their courage, and if final vic- tory rewards our toils they shall share the gain and freedom shall be re- stored to all:
"Queen Mary," as well balance before as large and small in- winter will impose a strain on the stallations in every field Nazi regime, with almost all Europe in 99 countries of the writhing and starving under their heel, world.
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"We must not forget that from the time when we declared war on September 3 it was always possible for Germany to turn all her air force upon this country, together with any other devices of invasion she might have conceived, and that France could do little or nothing to prevent It.
"We have therefore lived in this
danger in principle' and a slightly mo- difled form during all these months,
"Meanwhile, however, we' have im- proved enormously our methods of de- fence and we have learnt what l'had no right to assume at the begin-
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Battle Of Britain
"We abate. nothing of our just de- mands that Czechs, Norwegians, Dutch and Belgians and all who have joined their cause to ours, shall be restored.
"What General Weygand has spoken of as the Battle of France la over. I expect the Battle of Britain Is about to begin.
"Upon this battle depends the sur- vival of Christian, civilisation. Upon it depends our own British lives, the long continuity of our Constitution and our Empire.
"The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on
us.
"Hitler. knows he will" kaya" "toʻ break up this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him 'all Euroge may be free and the life of the world. may move forward. Into the broad sunilt uplands.
"But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, and all that we have known and car ed for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more prolonged, by the lights of perverted science.
"Therefore let us go to our duty, lot us so bear ourselves, that if the. Bri- tish Commonwealth and Empire lasts for a thousand years, men will still say This was their finest hour"."—Router.
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