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Franco to Act as Intermediary in

TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1940;

Peace Talks :

British Empire

Empire To Fight On, Alone If Necessary:

French Troops Still Resist Despite G. H. Q. Order: Mussolini Leaves Rome to Meet His Nazi Master:

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LONDON, June 18 (UP).-"We shall defend our Island and, with the Empire around us, we shall fight on, unconquerable, until the curse of Hitler has been lifted.”

These dramatic words by the Premier, Mr. Winston Churchill, summed up the reaction of the British public and Press to Marshal Petain's decision to seek an armistice on the Continent.

Makes No Difference

Mr. Churchill broadcast to the nation at 9 p.m.

"The news from France is very bad and I grieve for the French people," he said.

"But what has happened to France makes no difference to our actions or purpose."

The exact situation created by the decisiion of Petain's new Government to seek an armis-` tice with Germany was not clarified late last night, but authoritative sources in London declare that Britain has no reason to believe that France will act differently from any other government: which is carrying on the struggle outside their own countries,

Navy Still Intact

In view of their tradition, Great Britain does not doubt that the French, as well as the Poles, Czechs, Norwegians, Dutch and Belgians, will continue their resistance on other soil and will also place their resources

Nazis Make Fantastic Demands

FRANCE SAID TO HAVE REJECTED HITLER'S TERMS

The "Telegraph" learns from a very reliable source that France has rejected Hitler's terms for an armistice.

President Lebrun and the French Cabinet have unanimously decided to continue the *struggle.

The French Government will be transferred to London.

It is stated that the French Navy and Air Force will be attached to the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.

Hitler's Armistice Terms

Hitler's terms for an armistice included

at the Allies' disposal.

It is recalled that the French Navy is still intact. The French Army in the Near East is a formidable one, and the Levant and North Africa will provide bases for the continuation of the struggle.

The afternoon newspapers in London are unanimous in expressing sympathy for France, whose gallant "stand to the last" is everywhere lauded.

Our Task Now Clear

The papers urge every Englishman to give his last ounce of energy in the effort that must now be redoubled to repel an invasion of England.

"Our great and immortal ally, France, has suffered a sequence of hammering blows which have broken all but her soul," says the "Evening Standard."

"Her brave sons stood astride the road so long as the flame of the human body could stand the test.

"Our task is now clear and simple. We must trans- form this Island into a single fortress."

Struggle To Continue

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(UNITED PRESS 'STAFP CORRESPONDENT) BORDEAUX, June 17 (UP). The defenders of France have mustered their last gasps of resistance in the LONDON, June 17 (Reuter).—The statement that lost cause of battling the Nazi blitzkrieg west of Paris (c) loss of French colonies to Germany, Italy, Japan determined to continue the struggle until victory was for a honourable peace."

Britain and the British Commonwealth of nations was while awaiting Hitler's reply to Marshal Petain's pleas reiterated in authoritative circles here to-night.

(a) demilitarisation of the French Army (b) handing over of the French Navy;

and Spain;

(d) demilitarisation of the French Air Force.

(e) German occupation of France until the war with Britain ends.

Must Accopt With Reserve

The "Telegraph,” in publishing this information (which it belloves from a very reliable source) cannot assume any 'res- ponsibility for its authenticity, and readers arc requested to accept it as news which is possibly correct, but which should. not lend to undue optimism.

French Consul In H. K. Says

"We Must Fight On"

All Frenchmen in Hongkong fervently hope that France avill continue the fight and thai Marshal Petain's terms are not accepted, the French Consul-General at Hongkong, M. Louis Raynaud, told the "Telegraph."

Although Marshal Petain broadcast that the nation must No further information on the French situation was lay down its arms, hostilities still continued to-night. available in view of the anticipated statement by Mr. Winston Churchill to-morrow.

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There is no tendency, however, to disguise the seriousness of the blow to the Allied cause.

At 7 p.m., a spokesman of the French War Office said that the Germinns had not yet replied to Marshal's Petain's request for an armistice.

Fighting. the west.

he sald, was continuing iq But the French Army, in this area is now hopelessly spilt into four sections separated by gaps through which. German mechanised units are pouring.

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